MEASURING SELECTED PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS OF MILITARY CLOTHING FOR THEIR POSSIBLE INNOVATION.

The article deals with materials of service military clothing in the Czech Armed Forces (CAF) and their possible innovations. Useful properties were identified based on the results of a questionnaire survey in the field of satisfaction of soldiers with current military uniform. Properties as colourfastness, abrasion and pilling of materials became the subject of measurement experiment. The measurement took place in the Laboratory of Physiological Comfort of the Technical University of Liberec. The aim of the work was to create design possibilities for improving the application properties of materials. The results are a source of important information for the stage of design and innovation in the introduction of new service military uniform, leading to improved military equipment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]