RAF Parachute Ident help needed

No contact so far.Still looking for MK2CA seat structure.
Also looking for MB Seat Manuals.Maintenance Manual and Parts Manual.
Any seat any typ.Hardcopy or pdf.
Would appreciate every help.
Thanks

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It’s a type ZM PSP with the felt and fits to the velcro on the parachute.
So now anybody out there who knows where i can find the matching seat structure?
I can offers some other MB seat spares for trade or money.
That would be a great addition to our collection.

If it is the correct PSP it will have the velcro that matches the velcro on the para pack, so that they hold together (ish)!!!

The AP in the link I found gives the PSP as Type ZM.

Here are 2 more Photos.
On another label is written Parachute Assy Type SMK18.
I googled some pictures and found 1 or 2 pictures showing a MK2CA seat with a harness quiet similar to my harness so i guess you all are right.I also own a yellow PSP covered with a felt.Could that be the correct PSP for a 2CA seat?
Thanks again for all your help and a happy new year.

That would attach to the apron on the seat that connects to the drogue chute. MB 2CA !!

Thanks for your answers so far.
Will add some more pictures in the following days.
There’s white line with a small round black connection that looks like a typical MB seat drogue chute quick disconnect.That could be a sign for a ejection seat type parachute.

The old Ref. No. for the parachute was 15A/1533 if this helps.

I see what you mean about the velcro patches. I guess all that family of parachutes were very similar in design with subtle differences depending on where they were being used.

That said, as a PSP could be used in none ejection seat aircraft (take for instance RN helicopters, I know, bad example for a parachute), would there not have been manually operated parachutes made for use with PSPs that were never fitted to ejection seats?

Further edit: Not the smallest of files, but there is reference to the Mk.18 parachute and it use here http://www.gbairspares.co.uk/reference/2ca.pdf in section 3 “Composition of the Assembly” it has “Parachute assembly seat Type Mk 18” made by Irvin. Further down from Part 9 to 11 is a description of the parachtue assembly where again the Mk.18 chute is referenced. As the photo of the identification patch clearly states Mk.18 you had it right was A Mk.2CA seat.

I think the give away is the velcro on top of the chute pack. The chute goes in the seat pan followed by the PSP which has the matching velcro on its base.
Martin Baker 2CA1/2 seats and maybe some others.
However maybe they used the same pack outer on various jobs!!

To me it looks like the type of parachutes carried by crews on the smaller aircraft (e.g. training types), such as Chipmunks, Bulldogs etc.

If anyone has a copy of “Around the World at 90 Knots” there are a few photos of the pilots carrying their parachutes and while not brilliant, there are enough angles to say they are at least very similar.

Not sure looks quite like the kit off a Canberra 2CA ejection seat. Minus the PSP.