Camouflage of the World: Australian DPCU "Auscam"
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The ‘C’ in DPCU stands for camouflage not combat
Yeah okay, I mis-spoke. I'll pin your comment because I'm sure there will be 10,000 more of the same exact one.
Just to confuse the issue, the Army refers to the uniform itself as the Disruptive Pattern Combat Uniform.
So Mike was right about the shirt.
@@MikeB128 he he... we'll forgive you, mate. Semper Fi :-)
For cadet units, its camo, for RAAF and army it's combat
My pea dot camo parka has the stamp saying 1960.... The pattern looks the same. Is this patter much older than 80s isnt it?
Cool pattern. It always makes me think of USMC in the Pacific in WW2, or duck hunting circa 1970!!
Like a few others who've worn this and commented, DPCU is *stupidly* effective in the Australian bush. It's definitely not a jack of all trades, but the colors and patterns blend very well in almost all environments over here. The new AMCU is as you say MultiCam, but with slight tweaks and using the color pallette of DCPU. It's pretty good too, but there will be a lot of love for DCPU for years to come!
AMCU definitely makes sense if we look at the ADF as an expeditionary force. But in the event of suddenly needing to defend our shores, we'll once again see DPCU on the front line. Quite possibly as the distinctive uniform of a hastily assembled home guard. DPCU is fairly available on our surplus market, but it's strange to think that _the_ Australian Defense Force pattern is still less common than flecktarn. Makes a man think that maybe it's being stored away for a rainy day, eh?
It is ridiculously good. They studied a ton of aerial and satellite photos of FNQ and the Top End, and built it off that.
I use this jellybean camo exclusively while hunting and its probably the best for our South African bush, very similar to Australia.
G'day Mike from down under. Nice showing our camo which was a big change from the previous 'jungle greens' that we used to wear. Just a few points. The C in DPCU stands for Camouflage, not Combat. The DPCU camo also worked very well in the green areas of Afghanistan. The style you are showing in your video is the old pattern with the two epaulettes on the shoulder. The later pattern was called LAND125, after the project that acquired it, and it is distinguished amongst other differences with zipped vertical pockets and a single epaulette on the front. The patch on the sleeve of your shirt is called a 'biscuit' and the particular badge is called the Rising Sun which is for the Army, The Air Force and Navy have their own biscuits. On the later LAND125 pattern shirt, there is a velcro patch below the biscuit that allows the Australian National Flag patch to be worn. While there is a top button on this shirt it was never usually worn with it buttoned up to it. Size showing and you may be lucky and find some big sizes around like 120R. Cheers.
Like 20 years ago, I saw an Australian army uniform, that looked like the old us woodland pattern but the colors where like the uniform shown here
(It was the pilbera regiment patrol).
Was this an experimental uniform?
It looked kinda cool.
this shirt is the old version of the dpcu uniforms. the dpcu uniforms have slightly different shading and updated pockets colloquially known as DPCU-NIR. DPCU has been replaced by AMCU
3 years later amcu (australian multicamoflage uniform) is the new auscam, its not bad its growing on me, especially the tropical shades.
I live in Aus and this camo pattern is SUPER effective in bushland. You put a full set of this on and basically dissapear
Yeah I have a set but recently got AMCU pants and shirt and it’s even better
The good old ‘hearts and bunnies’ suit. These were great bits of kit and very comfortable.
I just got DPCU from a surplus seller. Definitely loving this camo!
That’s not camo... now THIS is camo.
Hi Mike... The standard DPCU shirt (as per your review) & pants were very comfy to wear as were relatively light weight.
Cavalry & Armoured Units also had a heavier weight version called a "2 piece Tank Suit" (to cater for more wear & tear of working in & around armoured vehicles) & these had different pocket set ups (side opening instead of top opening) for the shirts & pants... & used zips on all pockets instead of buttons.
For straight up wearing for comfort in hot conditions, I preferred the standard light weight uniform sets, but for not losing stuff from pockets to the 'hull monster' of an Armoured Vehicle, the Tank Suit uniforms were handy...& bit warmer in winter.
The shirt you have on the video is a 90's era shirt. The later era DPCU shirts (approx 2007-8 onwards) were designed for all Corps (except Helo/Air crews I think) to use & were a bit more heavier/longer lasting than the 90's era DPCU's (but not as heavy as the 90's era Tank Suits) & were similar in layout to the US UCP shirts but with the breast pockets using zip side access & added a large shoulder pocket (with buttons) to each arm + velcro panels. Each shoulder pocket on the newer DPCU versions had a velcro panel on the top flap. Left shoulder pocket was for the Australian flag patch & the Right shoulder pocket was for the Unit patch.
Was in the cadets here in Australia, this uniform was actually pretty great, can confirm that camouflage worked really well here
The patch is a copy of The Rising Sun badge worn on the slouch hat.
Bit of trivia it’s not a sun at all it’s symbolises a wall of bayonets.
I cant remember since its been awhile but I believe its just the way the army was formed moving from a colonial militia/police force to a standing army but its some old weird English naming. Like it was proper circa during the federation to call things The, like The Navy and The Army and The Royal shitposter. I could be wrong but this is all shit that they taught in the Cadets program which is like Scouts in the US but our guns are old surplussed FALs and F88s and a metric shit ton of parade stuff.
As for possessing Auscam in Australia its legal. You can get and old set of DPCU for like 5 bucks with all the proper patches still intact quite common. Very effective in Australian bush, light scrub and subtropical areas, half decent in dryer environments but struggles in dry farming lightly vegetated areas. Useless in urban, desert and subdesert (if thats a thing) its somewhat passable but still obvious. The navy did develop a special DPCU for the ocean which is very effective but harder than hens teeth to get atm. Thats all I can think about.
Hold shit, not really ripstop but wont rip open an entire leg instantly, decently cool, heavy a shit in water but dries straight which is a plus.
Also getting it out is a pain but easy once you figure out DHL doesnt give 2 fucks half the time as long as you just list it as fashion clothing to some gay punk rock band in the Sweden or something. Worked the last time I sent a pair over there to my mates and I didnt have seven boarder force cops violate my prostate for it.
Great video of a super cool camo pattern! Back in the early 2000s ('01 or '02?), I found an Australian surplus store online and sent them an inquiry about purchasing a set of AUSCAM. The next day, the owner called me from Australia and we chatted for probably a half hour. He sold me pants and jacket for around $25 US. I remember thinking that the phone call alone probably cost him at least 20 bucks back then! I still have the set. 😊
Very glad to see as an Aussie
Own a set they are my favorite and very comfortable .
Good on ya mate 👍
The reason that the biscuit on the right arm has "the Australian army" is because each branch has a very similar uniform and from what I know that's about it
G'day Mike (another Aussie - Oi Oi Oi). Yeah the Auscam really worked well in Australia. You're right in that it wouldn't have worked in northern USA, but I think that it would have worked in Arizona, New Mexico, southern Texas or southern California, and possibly as far west as the bottom ends of Virginia and South Virginia. Australia is very arid, and as a result our climate involves a lot of khaki and brown. I've heard that Aussies never really know Green unless they go to Europe, the US or Tasmania :-) . As a strange aside, as far as I know, the Australian military really never referred to it as DPCU. We either used the phrase "Oz-Cam", or more generally (in keeping with the military world-wide tendency to include swear words) we called it "You can't see me, C***"
I served with the RAN from 1986 to 1994. I actually wore Auscam's when I was deployed as a part of Desert Storm with... errr... a unit that shall not be disclosed. Got to hang with some amazing Aussie Pussers, Aussie and Kiwi diggers Pommy SAS, and a USMC Recon team. I was amazed at the technology the yanks had available back then, compared with the rest of us.
As an aside, a big thank you to members of the armed forces world-wide. We don't make the decision to engage in violence (the politicians to that), but when we are told to, may we keep doing so with honour, integrity, and valour. If it was left up to non-coms as to whether we'd go to war or not, peace would prevail.
fighting uniform (cams) is owned by fed gov and repleced(exchanged) by dept of defence(adf). where as dress uniforms (after first issed) are owned and cared for by soilders/sailors/airmen.
When I found a jacket in the camo for $15 at a thrift shop I had to buy it.
You're allowed to buy and sell these now, they're officially obsolete but still in use, mainly by Army Reservists, til they use up old stocks transitioning to the new AMCU pattern.
Right on. If Only I could get an Aussie to send me a size extra fat uniform ....
Our Aussie Army cadets still wear them
When auscam is wet and a bit muddy it works very well in the jungle.
Our camo gear does come in different variants depending on location
Take the same pattern but add more black and freen up north and down south black grey and white
Yes ther is a lot of grey and white in the bush of nsw white makes up upto 50% of the bush(blue gum,ribbon gum'ghost gum,red gum,scribbly gum,white gum the younger limbs of red box yellow box and mountain ash are whight with bark peeling away grey quartz is white decomposing granite is grey and all dead sticks are grey and shadow is shades of black)
The best camo i had (200km sout west of sydney) was this same pattern but was a dark brownish red with black white and grey
Growing up in the bush my father and i learned the best camo was just loose fitting faded black and grey and dirty stained white work clothes
man even for australian airforce cadets we are issued this uniform and it works very well for bush enviroments.
The badge is an up to date version of the one used since WW1. Originally, during both world wars, the scroll on the badge read' Australian' then 'Commonwealth' and 'Military Forces' below. The crown was the Tudor aka 'the King's crown. From 1953 until the 1990s, the wording was 'Australian' 'Military' and 'Forces' below and the crown changed to the St Edward's or 'Queen's' crown when Queen Elizabeth 11 was crowned. The current badge has the motto 'The Australian Army' both to distinguish the branch of service (both the air force and navy have their own distinctive badges) and to continue the tradition. During the early 1970s, the then 'leftist' Labor Government tried to implement the failed 'combined service' Canadian model of just having one 'defence force' wearing the same uniform, etc. The badge was somewhat similar to it's predecessors however the legend below had one word 'Australia' and the crown was superimposed on a seven pointed 'Federation Star'. I was in the military at the time and we all refused to wear it. We were issued the Australian Military Force version. The legend on the scroll was read from L to R - top to bottom On the current badge, some wags read it as 'The Army Australia'. I was discharged well before the DPCUs came in. We wore the OD 'greens'. Many of my comrades who 'stayed in' said that the first issue of the BDUs were very hot to wear in Summer and cold in winter when compared to the ODs. This was due to the cotton/synthetic blend whereas the ODs were 'pure cotton'. the DPCUs weren't supposed to be ironed otherwise they'd lose some of the colouring - however try telling that to the Sergeant Majors!!!!!!!!!!
...also its not illegal to buy or ship this camo, or DPDU out of Australia, especially now that it is surplus with the Army transitioned to the new AMCU. Check out ebay...you might get lucky with a size.
This pattern looks like it would be great out here in the Sonoran Desert of AZ.
3:29 not sure why it says “‘the’ Australian Army” but I do know that when the Air Force and navy uses the army’s uniform they have a branch tape on top of the left breach pocket that says either “Navy” or “Air Force” but with the Air Force they get a biscuit on the shoulder as well which is a patch of a kangaroo
Bunny ears. Nice😊👍
3:10 biscuit
The emblem on the Biscuit badge on the left sleeve is actually the Australian Rising sun badge emblem
Jelly beans they knick named it..so I was told
Sometimes known as “Bunnies and Jellybeans”
The material is 70% cotton, 25% polyester.
Mike I have this pattern in bigger cuts that are brand new unissued if your still looking for a set 👍🏻🇦🇺
All good, wound up getting a set years back. Thanks!
Mike, if you wanna see a bit of a demo of DPCU, here's the legend himself, Les Hiddins, wearing it while showing Ray Mears around North Queensland - where the pattern was made for: th-cam.com/video/PEqax7gglGo/w-d-xo.html
It's a bit dodgy quality, but you'll see just how well it melts into the Aussie rainforest, in the dappled light and greenery. (Bet the Pommy cameramen loved him for wearing it...)
Hey TH-cam no matter how many Biden adds you show me not voting for him. Always like Auscam
just think of it this way, Joe Biden is just paying Mike to make pro gun videos for you.
Looks 90's early 2000's pre land 125 pattern. Don't hold me against it.
The Biscuit has the Australian rising sun badge this is also a brass badge the goes on the brim of the Sloush Hat the badge has remained the same a crown be the kings or the Queens crown with the suns rays projecting from it with three scrolls at one stage it said Australian Commonwealth Military Forces and then Australian Military Forces in three scrolls to keep the same it needs at least 3 words so the was put in the front The Australian Army.
Hello mike b how are you
2nd pattern bunny camo
Not my favourite camo pattern I have but the most effective, its effective is a little lost on the coastal regions of Victoria i have found but up in the high country it works very well at concealment. As for the "the" in the Australian army, I believe its a bit of a hold over from the bore war where each state(Queensland, new south Wales, Tasmania, south Australia, Swan River later western Australia northern Territory cant quite remember if they existed at that point and Victoria) was its own country at the time and sent there own forces, but were combined into The Australian (in the terms continent) Army, kinda like if Canada and the us joined it would be The North American Army. So yeah I think it ls just something we keeped from the start.
Looks like u.s.marine "FROG".
It’s legal in aus to buy and sell this stuff but I don’t think think we’re technically “allowed” to have the new ADA AMCU stuff... which I all lost in a boating accident
i buy it for 10usd a piece at vinnies and if i buy a full set they give me a free bonnie
Congrats, not everyone lives in Australia....
@@MikeB128 was not meant to be a insult
i always bring a set over if i visit
@@MikeB128 all way yall got it better coz you got guns we cant even own paint ball with out a licence
@@mannox775 No worries. And agreed, I'd rather have guns than one particular camouflage pattern lol.
@@MikeB128 same mate if i go to usa il bring you full set with matching vest and boonie cap i have plenty