What's New on Karkee Web:

This page lists all changes, updates, additions, and deletions to Karkee Web from January 2012 to present. For a listing of changes we made before that date, see the archived pages linked below.

"What's New" Archives:

December 2008 to June 2009
July 2009 to December 2009
January 2010 to June 2010
July 2010 to December 2010
January 2011 to December 2011

 

 

7th December 2012 - Added a Local Pattern version of the SLR magazine pouch to the W.E. Patt. '58 Local Pattern and User Mods page. Added a User Mod version of the Sheath, knife to the W.E. Patt. '58 Local Pattern and User Mods page. Added a new photo of the Sheath, knife to the W.E. Patt. '58 S.A.S. Add-on Items page.

28th November 2012 - Revised and updated the Set Displays page for Web Equipment for Officers, (R.A.F.).

27th November 2012 - After receipt of new information, we've made an interim correction to the entry for the Pouch, Ammunition, Stirling Machine Gun listed on the Web Equipment, Pattern 1958: Components: Non-Pattern 1958: Official Issue page. We expect that there is more information yet to come on this Pouch.

26th November 2012 - Added a new site search facility to Karkee Web. See the front page for details.

24th November 2012 - Added a green plastic example of the Canteen, water, complete to the Web Equipment, Pattern 1958 Water Bottle & Water Bottle Carriers page. Added the WWII variation of the Patt. '08 Carrier, entrenching tool head to the W.E. Pattern 1908 section: Upgrading Pattern 1908 for the Territorial Army and the Royal Navy.

22nd November 2012 - Added a PDF of the Illustrated RAEME Maintenance Scale for Equipment, 9-mm OWEN machine carbine, Mk 2 1960 to the Non-Patterned Equipment:Weapons: List of Changes & Official Documentation page. Added another example of the WWII variation of the Patt. '08 Carrier, entrenching tool head to the W.E. Patt. '08 Equipment Carriers: Carriers, intrenching tool page.

19th November 2012 - Added the long-promised new section on Web Equipment, Pattern 1958.

18th November 2012 - Added new photos of the Pattern 1944 Water bottle and Water bottle carrier to Pattern 1944 Equipment and Equipment Carriers: Water Bottles and Carriers page.▫

16th November 2012 - Added new photos of a Pouch, ammunition, pistol, Webley, with "V" attachment and buckle to the I.E. Pattern 1914 Pistol Equipment page.

13th November 2012 - Completely revised the Set Displays for Web Equipment, Pattern 1925, by creating separate pages for Blue-grey Pistol Equipment, Blue-grey Rifle Equipment, and Khaki Rifle Equipment. Also added many new set displays as part of the upgrade.

11th November 2012 - Added an RFC method of wearing Patt. '08 Pistol equipment to the W.E. Pattern 1908 Set Displays page. Added two additional examples (Mk. I & Mk. II) of the Belt, waist, special, to the W.E. Pattern 1908 Pistol Equipment page. Added a Marching Order Set to the W.E. Pattern 1937 Set Displays page. At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day of the eleventh month, ninety-four years ago today, the Great War finally came to an end.

10th November 2012 - Added an Officers' Equipment Set to the I.E. Pattern 1939 Set Displays page, including a special section on the difficulties of assembling this particular equipment. Revised the information and added photos of a "natural colour" Sling to the Non-Patterned Equipment: Slings for Rifles, LMG, SMG page. Started a new sub-section on S.M.G. Slings to the Non-Patterned Equipment: Slings for Rifles, LMG, SMG page with the addition of a new entry for Australian Slings for Sub-machine Guns and Machine Carbines. Added Australian Changes in War Materiel paragraphs nos. 1219 & 3404 to the Non-Patterned Equipment:Weapons: List of Changes & Official Documentation page. Added publication Owen Gun | Illustration Showing the Use of the Sling to the Non-Patterned Equipment:Weapons: List of Changes & Official Documentation page. Added Section 5 of the M.G.O. Equipment Memorandum No. 4 to the Non-Patterned Equipment:Weapons: List of Changes & Official Documentation page. Added Admiralty Fleet Order 711/43 to the W.E. Pattern 1937 LoC & Official Documentation page. Added Admiralty Fleet Order 4187/43 to the W.E. Pattern 1908 and W.E. Pattern 1937 LoC & Official Documentation pages. Added Admiralty Fleet Order A.F.O. 5604/43 to the W. E. Pattern 1937 LoC & Official Documentation pages. Added Commonwealth Naval Order 137/44 to the W.E. Pattern 1908, W.E. Pattern 1919, and W.E. Pattern 1937 LoC & Official Documentation pages. Added new pages to the W.E. Pattern 1908 section: Upgrading Pattern 1908 for the Territorial Army and the Royal Navy. Revised existing entries and added new entries for New & Converted Lanchester magazine pouches to the W.E. Pattern 1937 Associated Equipment - Attached page. Added a new Lanchester Pouch Set Display to the W.E. Pattern 1937 Set Displays page. Added information on a Boer War era Mills & Orndorff Sling to the Slings, rifle, web, G.S. (Mark I) entry on the Non-Patterned Equipment: Slings for Rifles, LMG, SMG page.

29th October 2012 - Added Admiralty Fleet Order A.F.O. 5604/43 to the Pattern 1901 List of Changes and Other Official Documentation page.

27th August 2012 - Added a new Partial Set Display of Accoutrements, naval, pattern 1901 to the Patt. 1901 Set Displays page.

11th August 2012 - Added a Standard Pattern example of the Sling, rifle, web, olive drab to the Non-Patterned Equipment: Slings for Rifles, LMG, SMG page.

10th August 2012 - Added a pair of Canadian Pattern 1919 Cartridge carriers to the Web Equipment, Pattern 1925 [Khaki] Equipment Carriers page.

29th June 2012 - Added new Collectors' Section pages for Iain Davidson and Dave George. Revised the Harness, carrying, infantry, G.S. page in the Non-Patterned Equipment section to add a new sealed pattern example. Added a new entry for LoC §A7628 to the W.E. Patt. '08 List of Changes page. Added another example of the Canadian issue Cartridge carrier to the W.E. Patt. '08 Cartridge Carriers page. Added another example of the 2 ¼-inch wide O.T.C. Belt to the W.E. Patt. '08 Belts page. Corrected and added another photo to the Pouch, basic, leather, pattern ’39 (modified) entry on the Pattern 1939 Leather Infantry Equipment: Pouches, Basic and Utility page. Added a 2nd variation Haversack to the R.A.F. Web Equipment, Officers, Haversack page. Added a new variation of the Holster, pistol, Colt to the blue-grey Web Equipment, Patt. '25 Pistol Equipment page. Modified the Web Equipment, Naval, Pattern 1919 Equipment Carriers page to illustrate manufacturing tolerances of the 1st issue and 2nd issue Pistol cases.

4th June 2012 - Added an new section on Naval Undyed Webbing to the Web Equipment, Naval, Pattern 1919 section. It's worth noting that these are the same items that we removed from Karkee Web back in October of last year, pending examination to determine their originality. We are now quite confident that they are original, and have made them the subject of their own entry in the Patt. '19 section.

28th May 2012 - Updated the Web Equipment, Naval, Pattern 1919 Belts, Braces and Straps page.

14th April 2012 - Updated the Web Equipment, Naval, Pattern 1919 Associated Equipment page.

9th April 2012 - Added text and an illustration to the entry for of the Pouch, tool, empty, no. 1 on the Non Patterned Equipment | Tool Carriers | Bags, Pouches, etc. page.

8th April 2012 - Updated the W.E. Pattern 1937 Ersatz Forms and Braces and Straps pages. Added another example of the 2nd issue Pack to the Web Equipment, Naval, Pattern 1919 Haversacks and Packs page. Added a Canadian made example of the Pouch, tool, lineman to the Non Patterned Equipment | Tool Carriers | Bags, Pouches, etc. page.

7th April 2012 - Updated the Australian Production and Use page in the Naval accoutrements, pattern 1901 section. Updated the Pistol Equipment and Set Displays pages for W.E. Patt. 1908.

13th March 2012 - Updated the Non-Patterned Equipment | Weapons | Slings page to add an entry and photos for the Vickers-Berthier Light Machine Gun Sling.

11th March 2012 - Updated the Non-Patterned Equipment: Tool Carriers: Bags, Pouches, etc. page, adding text and photos to the section on leather Lineman pouches, and adding a new section on web Lineman pouches. Added excerpts from the Orders for the Australian Imperial Force (issued with MO No 359 of 1915 and reprinted with amendments, MO 787 / 1915) to the LoC and Official Documentation pages for B.E. Pattern 1903, W.E. Pattern 1908, and Australian Leather Infantry Equipment. Added excerpts from Regulations for the Equipment of the Army | Part I. 1942 to the LoC and Official Documentation pages for B.E. Pattern 1903, W.E. Pattern 1908, and W.E. Pattern 1937. Added excerpts from Regulations for the Equipment of the Army | Part I. | 1912 to the LoC and Official Documentation pages for B.E. Pattern 1903 and W.E. Pattern 1908. Added copies of the manual Instructions Regarding Kit and Equipment for Officers (1942) to the LoC and Official Documentation pages for W.E. Pattern 1937 and W.E. Cavalry Pattern 1940.

10th March 2012 - Relocated! See entry for 11th March. Added excerpts from Regulations for the Equipment of the Army | Part I. 1942 to the Fitting Instructions pages for B.E. Pattern 1903, W.E. Pattern 1908, and W.E. Pattern 1937.

Added an "economy" variation of the Belt, waist, special to the W.E. Pattern 1908 Belts and Pistol Equipment pages.

4th March 2012 - Revised the W.E. Patt. '37 Braces and Straps page, and added a new fabrication variation of the Brace.

3rd March 2012 - Relocated! See entry for 11th March. Added excerpts from Regulations for the Equipment of the Army | Part I. | 1912 to the Fitting Instructions pages for B.E. Pattern 1903 and W.E. Pattern 1908.Added copies of the manual Instructions Regarding Kit and Equipment for Officers (1942) to the Fitting Instructions pages for W.E. Pattern 1937 and W.E. Cavalry Pattern 1940.

Added an excerpt from the Army Training Memorandum No. 45 to the W.E. Pattern 1937 Fitting Instructions page.

2nd March 2012 - Added a new page to the Contributors' Collections Section, for the Karl Vines Collection. Completely revised the W.E. Patt. '08 Pistol Equipment page. Added a new Pistol Set to the Patt. '08 Set Displays page. [Keep watching this space - there are several more sets soon to come.] Revised the Non-Patterned Equipment | Weapons | Slings page & added an entry and photos for the Lewis Gun Sling. Added another cigarette card image to the Accoutrements, naval, pattern 1901 Trials Equipment Set Displays page.

25th February 2012 - Added a new photograph illustrating London Brown colour leather to the I.E. Patt. '14 Colour page.

12th February 2012 - Added a new example of the Case, pistol, web, with brass hooks, to the Web Holsters used with Patt. '08 W.E. page.

9th February 2012 - Added a photo of a dated 1st issue Brace attachment to the Web Equipment, Infantry Officer's page.

24th January 2012 - Revised the entry for the 1st issue Frog on the W.E. Patt. '08 Bayonet Frogs page, based on a new example of an early Frog that has just turned up.

14th January 2012 - Added a Canadian made example of the Canadian made Bag, ammunition (Mark I.) to the Accoutrements, naval, pattern 1901 Ammunition Carriers page. Added the first (May 1908) War Office issue of the Fitting Instructions for W.E. Pattern 1908 to the Patt. '08 Fitting Instructions page. Added an excerpt from Canadian Army Routine Orders [1944] to the W.E. Pattern 1913 List of Changes & Other Official Documentation page. Added a possible variant of the 1st issue Pack to the W.E. Pattern 1919 Haversacks and Packs page.