[1] The combat uniform was sky blue-drab colour pants and shirt replacing the old battle dress from the British.
Development of CADPAT started in the 1990s, but it was not until the turn of the 21st century that widespread adoption began.
There are many different variations on the Canadian combat shirt (tunic); one was a simple button up with FN magazine type pockets, another made of a heavier material (for cold weather) and had a zipper in place of buttons with the same pocket style but without dividers for FNC1A1 magazines, and the cadet combats that was made of a lighter material then to both and had a different pocket arrangement and size as well as no drawstrings.
Both the combat shirt and the jackets had two lower cargo pockets with inserts that could hold three FNC1A1 20 round magazines each.
Combat pants also had "blousers" which were tucked into the boots and the drawstring on the bottom of the pant leg would be tightened around the top of the boot to keep out foreign objects and pests.