DPCU Armoured Vest : Corporal A A Rutledge, 2 Cavalry Regiment, Australian Army

Armoured vest in Disruptive Pattern Camouflage Uniform (DPCU) fabric. The vest has a strap over each shoulder with a brass press stud and Velcro fastening on the left strap. The front section of the vest has a sewn-in nylon webbing waist belt with Fastex clips at either end, which attach to elasticised receivers on the rear section. Each section has a 30 x 25 cm central pocket, with a Velcro closure, designed to hold Kevlar plates protecting the vital organs. There are narrow nylon webbing reinforcement strips sewn vertically over the shoulders, and wider strips horizontally across both central pockets, and around the hips, stitched at regular intervals to form suspension loops. The inner face of both front and rear panels has a full-width Velcro strip permitting access to the interior, and allowing further ballistic or weather protective material to be inserted. A maker's label is sewn to inside left section of the vest. 'RUTLEDGE' is written in black on the webbing strip across the front armour pocket.

Worn by 2806594 Corporal Aaron Allen Rutledge, who served as crew commander on an Australian Light Armoured Vehicle ('ASLAV') Personnel Carrier (PC) Type 2 with 2 Cavalry Regiment in East Timor.