MIL-DTL-14645C
Yarns Per Inch:
Warp: 70
Filling: 66
Weave: 2 up and 2 down, 4 harness right twill
The color of the shell fabric shall be U.S. Army Black, Cable No. 65018 (see the U.S. Army
Color Card) when viewed under natural (north sky) daylight or filtered tungsten lamps which
approximate artificial daylight having a correlated color temperature of 7000 ± 500 K, with
illumination of 100 ± 20 foot candles. The color shall also be a good match to the specified
color under incandescent lamplight at 2300 ± 100 K. The cloth shall show good fastness to wet-
dry cleaning, perspiration, light, laundering, and crocking.
3.3.2 Thread. The thread for hemming the shoulder mark and sewing the seams shall be
polyester and conform to Type I, Class 1, Letter Size AA, 2-ply of V-T-285. The thread shall
match the color of the shell fabric.
3.3.3 Embroidery yarn.
3.3.3.1 Synthetic metallic embroidery yarn. The synthetic metallic yarn for embroidery shall
conform to Type III, Class 8 or 9 of MIL-E-17568 with the following exceptions.
a. The finished yarn size shall be 260 denier ± 15 denier.
b. The yarn shall have sufficient turns per inch to ensure proper uniformity of the
metallic ribbon wrapped around the core and can be used on any type of embroidery machine to
meet specification requirements. The metallic yarn shall match the color specified on the
applicable drawing or cartoon.
3.3.3.2 Rayon or polyester embroidery yarn. The embroidery yarn shall be a semi-dull
continuous filament, regenerated cellulose type rayon, 2-ply Schiffli type or Multihead yarn. The
use of 2-ply polyester is authorized in lieu of rayon. Denier of the yarn shall be as specified on
the cartoon or drawing. Comparable sizes are as follows:
SCHIFFLI
MULTIHEAD
Rayon
Polyester
Rayon
Polyester
150/2
135/2
150/2 or 35 weight
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100/2
90/2
120/2 or 40 weight
120/2 or 40 weight
75/2
70/2
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95/2
Yarn color shall be:
Graphite Blue HCF 67181
White HA 67101
Goldenlight HG 67107
or Black HAN 67138
as specified. The yarn shall show good colorfastness to wet dry-cleaning and light.
3.4 Design. The design of each shoulder mark shall be as shown on the applicable drawing.
3.5 Construction.
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