East German Strichtarn Pants South Africa The Pattern 83 webbing system

The Pattern 83 webbing system was produced to fill a very specific need in the South African military

Type A vs Type B

which allows you to snap the tarp to itself

This makes it great for low-vis usage  — Coyote brown in arid climates or hidden in the woods with it's MARPAT pattern on the outside instead

East German Strichtarn Pants South Africa The Pattern 83 webbing systemWhat in tarnation While still heavily influenced by their big brother in the east, the East Germans simply couldnt help themselves but be German and say what if we could make our uniforms more complicated for the lols? So they adopted Strichtarn, contrasting to the dull & gray uniforms from over the wall. The now iconic rain pattern was originally developed in Warsaw Pact Poland, and became a highly proliferated camo in Czechoslovakia & Bulgaria as