I do not think the Desert Cammo T Shirts were MoD issued? were they not plain sand coloured? and you should have got your boots before you departed?
Sometimes it is the Regimental QM who does not provide sizing charts in time!
In all my years of service I was never issued with an 'Extra Long' Sleeping Bag for example, and I was RAOC! [I did obtain an Artic 'Extra Long' however]
Artic Rations I do know about, they were issued out of war reserves, and were not that bad really, as they contained higher calories than the standard issue. Extra water should have been issued along with the Artic Rations by the supply chain.
Yes mistakes do happen, but not always the fault of who you think
