DPM (part 2)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มี.ค. 2024
- "Welcome back to our ongoing exploration of the British Army's iconic Disruptive Pattern Material (DPM) camouflage. Continuing our journey through the evolution of DPM, this is the second installment in a series of four videos. From the '68 pattern to the '95 pattern and beyond, we're delving deep into the history and significance of each iteration.
In this video, we pick up where we left off in part one, shifting our focus to the '84 pattern. As a pivotal point in British military history, the '84 pattern DPM emerged during the latter stages of the Cold War. Join me as we unravel the design intricacies and tactical implications of this influential camouflage pattern.
Stay tuned as we unravel the layers of history woven into the fabric of British Army DPM, exploring its role in shaping military operations and strategies during this critical period."
I remember the 85 issue, and it was terrible, was only fit for guard duty, in the field we all preferred a sas windproof and tropical trousers instead, at least they didnt stay wet, the quality and fit was not as good as the pervious issue, just like the previous issue there were a lot of variations in the pattern, some were smaller and crisper, like the smock I was issued in basic, the pattern was noticeably smaller and darker than anyone else's, so much so the brown was almost purple, back in '85 it must have been towards the end of the previous issue as some blokes got the previos kit, and one bloke with huge feet ended up with DMS boots and puttees instead of the O-11 boots, his boots didnt fall apart like mine.. but thats another story, it wasnt uncommon to see some DPM had the black part of the pattern shifted, this appeared to be variation by the different manufacturers, it came without any lining for the smock but the trousers were still lined during my time, but in truth blokes used to cut the lining out of the older smocks anyway as they dried quicker and were easier iron without it, the seams were awful and the trousers used to always split under the crotch, the only thing good about it was it was easy to iron and the internal front pockets were easy to dump mags down, but the front chest pockets seemed to be deliberately designed for things to fall out of them if you bent over to pick something up... but saying that smokers used to take advantage of the FFD pouch on the back of the right arm.
Thanks. Yeap, I had heard the 85 pattern had a bad reputation. Things were meant to have improved with the 95 pattern.
After the Falklands tactics and training changed, and a new uniform was needed to reflect those changes. Troops were already wearing jungles and windproofs in Sennybridge training areas because they dried faster.
The 68 pattern was expensive, so finding something cheaper was also sought.
A colourway was dropped as the MOD found out they didn't own the rights to the print method or possibly even the actual design when they changed manufacturer. Sizing changed to metric.
Ten years off rubbish design and manufacture followed until "95 came out. All sorts of cloth and material tried, including rip stop, and the DPM got darker and darker with fewer colour ways and more simple patterns. No "dots" nor edge highlights. Some was dreadful.
Where as the early DPM was often thought too light coloured, the later patterns were too dark turning almost black when wet.
For the UK and Europe the 1970's DPM works very well in the woods and fields. Later DPM never worked as well, and a radical change to MTP was welcomed.
thanks
very good camo pattern, familiar to the US woodland BDU pattern. I have a few items that have DPM and they also come in the lighter tan desert variation.
Some times wonder if they have a common origin but haven't seen anything to say so. But then the US woodland did come out many years after DPM, so perhaps M81 takes some inspiration from DPM? I did do a little video on the desert DPM studio.th-cam.com/users/videowwTCii4R1nQ/edit
I think I must have been half asleep last night. Woke up this morning and realised M81 was just a modification to ERDL which came out in 1948, predating DPM. Still wonder if they all derive or were influenced by German Leibermuster.
Beautifu
thanks
I really preferred the 68 pattern which was a better quality jacket but the trousers took forever to dry. The 84 pattern was poorly designed and manufactured and required a lot of modifications to even make it useful. That said the windproofs were great especially private purchase ones which there were several companies making in the 80s . I personally much prefer DPM over MTP .
I tend to prefer the 68 pattern and I think MTP doesn't work as well as DPM in a woodland environment.
Lindo uniforme
thanks.
Pants?
I have some trousers somewhere but they are either C95 or '84 pattern.