What's New on Karkee Web:

This page lists all changes, updates, additions, and deletions to Karkee Web from January 2013 to present. For listings 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
January 2012 to December 2012

 

22nd December 2013 - Revised and expanded the entry for the Belt, waist, Cadet Pattern (N.I.V.) (previously listed as Belt, waist, converted) on the Australian Leather Infantry Equipment - Belts, Braces, and Straps page.▫ Added several documents to the Australian Leather Infantry Equipment - Primary Source Documentation page.▫

12th December 2013 - Added a 2nd example of the "J" Pattern Frog to the Japanese Pattern Equipment Components page, this one complete with Helve carrier, "J" Pattern Bayonet, and Scabbard. Added LoC §24582, declaring the "J" Pattern Frog obsolete, to the Japanese Pattern Documentation page.

8th December 2013 - Added a postcard illustration to the Pockets, cartridge, rifle. (Mark I) section of the Accoutrements, Naval, Pattern 1901 Components: Ammunition Carriers: Bags, Bandoliers, Pouches, and Pockets page. Added text information to the Fitting Instructions - Naval Service (1920) section of the W.E. Patt. '08 Fitting Instructions page. Added a new pattern section for Japanese "J" Pattern Equipment.

1st December 2013 - Added a 1937 dated Pouch, compass to the W.E. Patt. 1937 Officers' and Pistol Accoutrements page.

30th November 2013 - Added a 1st issue Pouch, cartridge to the W.E. Pattern 1919 Equipment Carriers page. Added a Carrier, water bottle, Australian Pattern 1908 to the W.E. Pattern 19o8 Equipment Carriers, Water Bottle Carriers page.

24th September 2013 - Revised the Set Displays page for Web Equipment, Pattern 1958.

28th July 2013 - Added a first issue Water bottle carrier to the Australian Leather Infantry Equipment Equipment Carriers page.

14th April 2013 - Updated the W.E. Pattern 1908 Pistol Equipment Set Displays page to add sets showing the Mk. I Pistol Case (with Webley Mk. IV), and the Mk. II Pistol Case (with Webley Mk. VI).

11th April 2013 - Added a 1915 dated pair of W.E. Patt. '08 Attachments, brace to the Pattern 1908 Pistol Equipment page.

11th March 2013 - Added an 2nd issue Holster for the Webley revolver and other additional photos to the Web Equipment Officers (R.A.F.) Equipment Carriers page. Added another example of the 2nd issue Patt. 1908 Haversack to the W.E. Patt. '08 Haversacks page. Added Canadian Order in Council P.C. 1838 / 1924 to the W.E. Patt. '08 List of Changes and Other Official Documentation page. Updated the page for the Harness, Carrying, Infantry in the Non-Patterned Equipment - Bulk Load Carriage section. Added ACI 1119 to the Non-Patterned Equipment - Bulk Load Carriage - Official Documentation page. Added photos of a Web Equipment Officers (R.A.F.) set for the Webley with 6-inch barrel to the W.E.O. R.A.F. Set Displays page.

3rd February 2013 - Added a Local pattern M-1 carbine magazine pouch to the W.E. Patt. '44 Equipment and Equipment Carriers: Basic Pouches page. Updated the text for the Canteen, water, Mark 1 on the W.E. Pattern 1958 Equipment and Equipment Carriers: Water Bottle and Water Bottle Carriers page. Added two (!) additional examples of the Holster, pistol to the W.E. Pattern 1958 Equipment and Equipment Carriers: Other Carriers page. Updated and expanded the First aid pouch section of the W.E. Pattern 1958 Components, Non-Pattern 1958 - Official Issue page. Added a Bayonet frog, with leather loops to the Bandolier Equipment, Pattern 1903 Associated Equipment page. Revised the Web Equipment for Officers, R.A.F., Fitting Instructions page to include excerpts from The King’s Regulations and Air Council Instructions for the Royal Air Force, 1939.

2nd February 2013 - Added a 1945 dated example of the W.E. Patt. '44 Rucksack to the W.E. Patt. '44 Haversacks and Rucksack page. Added a converted example of the Case, pistol, web, R.A.C. Mk. I to the W.E. Patt. '37 Associated Equipment - Attached page. Updated and greatly expanded the S.M.G. Pouch section of the W.E. Patt. '58 Non-Pattern 1958 - Official page. Updated the Sheath, knife section of the W.E. Patt. '58 Non-Pattern 1958 - Local page.

29th January 2013 - Updated the Pattern 1958 Components, Non-Pattern 1958 - Official Issue page to add a Runner, belt, with snap hook.

28th January 2013 - Updated the Pattern 1901 Belts, Braces and Straps page to add a pair of British made Braces. Updated the Patt. '01 Set Displays page to add another set.

27th January 2013 - Updated the text and improved the PDF for Army Training Memorandum No. 45 (The Brooksbank Method), located on the W.E. Pattern 1937 Manuals page. Added Pattern "A" and updated the text for the Sten Bandoliers entry on the W.E. Pattern 1937 Associated Equipment, Slung Over, page.