Originally Posted by
Fortissimo
Has anyone ever worked out what the saving would be if the wegiments were all made to wear the same uniforms?
Actually yes. I can't remember when, it was perhaps 50 years ago though there is a clue.
The principles were:
1. All services would wear the same pattern and colour uniform (Canada plus? 😀
2. If this was not possible, same cloth and pattern but individual colours.
3. If this was not possible, the same cloth.
4. If this was not possible .....
The obvious one was RAF No 1 uniform, Army equivalent, and Royal Marines. Same pattern and cloth but blue for RAF and the brown for the others.
But the Royal Marines not only demanded a different shade of green but an entirely different cloth.
We are almost there now with cabbage kit. Whereas the RAF wore blues in winter and stone in summer in Cyprus many now wear cabbage kit all year - free issue.