Sas smock dpm ww2. The first garment ever made in the beautiful/ iconic DPM (Disruptive Pattern Material) Camo. These were issued to British Special Forces only (Such as the SBS, and SAS) in extremely limited numbers as an official replacement for the WW2 Windproof Smocks of similar design that were still being widely used at that time. The Smock, Windproof, DPM (or DPM Windproof Smock) was issued alongside the standard DPM Combat Jackets by the British Army. Genuine Vintage UK issue windproof smock Woodland camo DPM colour Known as the SAS smock to differentiate from the Arctic windproof smock with the wired hood Label reads Smock, Combat, Camouflage, Windproof Not the later general issue Soldier 95 Windproof smock These smocks were issued in the70's 80's & early 90's - originally to the SAS Large Unwired hood with draw cord Chunky zip and storm . In the late 1970s a revised design was introduced of lightweight An icon in surplus-wear, this is the British DPM Windproof smock. The smocks have 4 British Army arctic windproof smock in DPM as issued to SAS, parachute troops and marine commandos. The '63 pattern smock was an exact copy of the wartime one, with a small hood and four patch pockets. The material was of the heavy 100% cotton pale DPM type. Like the US Military's M81 Woodland camo, British DPM had a very long service history in many military organizations around the world, particularly in countries that were formerly British colonies. These Jackets were first issued in the mid 1970's as a lightweight, windproof outer layer to members of Britain's famed Special Air Service Regiment. This is the updated version as issued from 2005 with the addition of Canadian type slotted buttons on all the pockets, inclusion of sleeve sized union jack over left arm pocket, two large dump pockets left and right. Constructed from a tight-weave cotton gabardine material, double thickness at the shoulders and elbows, and using the standard 4 colour temperate DPM print, these garments quickly became firm favourites with all who used them. The Special Air Service Regiment was the first unit to adopt its own design of DPM Windproof Smock which it wore in preference to the 68 Pattern and later combat jackets. Introduced in the mid-1970s, the 'Smock - DPM Windproof' replaced the wartime -style splinter pattern windproofs and the 1963 pattern smock in use by the SAS and SBS. bqlq joqfk ayuqv zio adzt odwqqua damnwh cxlll plkjqf isctzh
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