Just been to get a new Nato strap from stores and they have a new batch with pins in the buckle. Storeman states that this is what they have been supplied for a while and no longer get the "old" type with the one piece buckle without the pin.
Looked at defence standards and it does not state if a bucke should be without or with a pin. Has anyone seen these or another money saving issued item. Surely the pin is the weak link in the whole of the strap and defeats the object of the exercise a strong and almost non breakable strap? MOD cost cutting??? Both 18mm and 20mm are of the same type.
Regards


Peter (Nimrod)