As part of the Clothe The Soldier program the Canadian Forces have been issued the relatively new Converged CADPAT Rainsuit (CCR) manufactured from a Waterproof, Moisture Vapour Permeable (WMVP) membrane with static dissipative properties. The latter property is particularly important when working around POL and aircraft.
Consisting of a jacket and trousers, the interesting thing about the CCR is the “converged” element of the name. Utilizing the Air Force rainsuit as a baseline, CTS integrated design elements for ground combat forces in order to produce a joint garment.
It’s garbage. I’ve used both the Woodland and Desert versions, and neither are very waterproof or breathable. Instead of going to proper goretex, they used some knock-off version, and the rain suit is only acceptable because the version before it was basically a green garbage bag. Yet another waste of money that wasn’t properly trialed before purchase. ( I know the pers who did the trial and even they said it wasn’t a correct trial) Hence why Canada’s SF doesn’t use them, but instead uses other garments with almost the same fit and pockets, but in real goretex.
