British DPM Camo | Best Military Surplus 🇬🇧🇺🇸

#britisharmy #dpmcamo #bushcraft #edc #edclifestyle Howdy and welcome back to the channel! My name is Mack and this is Marsh Foot Outdoors, and the little fellow is Buck. In today’s video I will be discussing one of my favorite surplus camo patterns and clothing of all time, the British DPM (Disruptive Pattern Material). It is extremely comfortable, rugged and blends in very well here on the East Coast of the US. I hope you enjoy the discussion, please consider subscribing and hit that 👍s up!! I’ll see you on the Happy Hunting Grounds ✌️🇺🇸🇬🇧

[@karlmckernan4476]

The material is called gabardine, the smock you are wearing is a 95 pattern, the earlier 94 had the rank on the shoulders and a small pocket on the left sleeve that would hold a notebook and pen.

[@brianjones1151]

The third one is an early jungle/ tropical shirt, they were always lighter in colour. Jungle trousers are very scarce as they were favored by sqaddies in temperate climates because they dried out quickly.

[@SimonCaddy-xf4vf]

Cotton/Polyester mix. Tantalus was special issue, not a manufacturer, maybe some of the last dpm ever made. The smock (modified dp) was cool but quite heavy with pit zips etc if I remember correctly. dpm is highly effective and has got to be one of the all time classic patterns

[@inky4763]

Yep just to reiterate what someone has already said, the shirt you're wearing is the Soldier 95 shirt (as are your trousers, pants, whatever). Your favourite shirt is the old 'tropical' or jungle shirt from the 1970s up to the 90s, and the other one is a commercial piece that might have been used in a trial.

[@vermontvermont9292]

Today driving home from boston to VT I stopped in NH and found a MINT condition S95 smock. Ive wanted one for so long I didnt care about the price. The best part though was when she rang it up is was $20 less than the tag price. Works great here in VT. I like mixing m81, flecktarn, and dpm. I still need to find a blouse, and trousers, and the gortex since I also collect etc.

[@frakismaximus3052]

Contrary to your opinion, no the use of cotton in combat uniforms was not simply militaries being cheap. Field testing in times past consistently found soldiers reporting higher cotton content as more comfortable, especially in warmer climates. Today, microfibers and other textile technology are narrowing the gap between synthetics and cotton, but i still think a mix of the two is best.

[@philliplewis-pm1ln]

my fav to i am from uk prefer this pattern to multicamo

[@Thisisnotmyname2309]

Welcome to the absolute nightmare of trying to date British DPM.. i once read that no design or shade of the print can automatically exclude it as 'old' but certain shades & prints cannot be 'new'. I'm an amateur collector & it's often a nightmare dating DPM.

[@keithorbell8946]

The shirt your wearing is 95 Pattern/ Soldier 95, the Tantalus shirt is possibly a prototype for trials, the third is a much earlier Tropical issue shirt. The tropical issue kit was banned for use in Northern Ireland because it’s not good when petrol bombs are in use… By the way Derby (a city in the East Midlands of England) is pronounced Darby because we like confusing foreign people with our place names 😉

[@marshfootoutdoors]

Good info on the petrol bombs

[@keithorbell8946]

@@marshfootoutdoors The tropical issue uniform is a poly-cotton material and is not fire retardant.

[@macancurkovic]

65% cotton+35%pes

[@Scottish-ops]

great video man keep it up👍

[@marshfootoutdoors]

Thank you!

[@vonsprague7913]

Your older favourite jacket (we call them a smock) is a '68 pattern if you want matching trousers look for '68 pattern trousers. They were produced from 1970 until 1984 when the '85 pattern superseded them.

[@marshfootoutdoors]

Rgr that, thank you for the info.

[@vonsprague7913]

@@marshfootoutdoors in 1985 I was issued at '68 Para smock, we all wanted them as they were much better than the '85 more "Gucci" as the term was back then, made us feel like Vets already lol. Try the new mtp smocks, dyed with olive dye they look great and are a great upgrade.

[@ryanvictoria6206]

If you want to see the '68 pattern in action and kicking butt go watch THE WILD GEESE(1978) Awesome movie!!!👍😊👍

[@HollywoodTacticool]

thanks for the tip. is there any particular camo that is the "cheapest"?

[@marshfootoutdoors]

Well these days it’s really hard to say, nothing is as cheap as it once was, not even Milsurp, but the army ACU always seems to be cheap, but l do not like that pattern as is, but you can dye it to make it better.

[@Kikq1818]

It's not faded it's on purpose because it's tropical camouflage

[@reneblacky]

Contract SL322a/4261 dates from 1/3/1988, consisted of at least 13 items and included: Pouch, Water Bottle (8465-99-130-9359) (Item 13 of the contract) Yoke, main (8465-99-130-9355) Cover, Hand Shovel (8465-99-130-9362) Haversack, Respirator (8465-99-130-9357) Edited to add more contract dates....and even more.....9/10/2015 SL31a / 2147 Date 1986 C.Q.C. (Casualty Bag Chemical Proof (sic) Whole, Mk1. 8415-99-132-4881) SL32a / 5018 Date 1990 RR. Belt, Waist, Adj. Surely the last 58 pattern belt ever made? CT2a / 1763 Date 1983 58 Pattern Ammo Pouch Left, whatever the name is SL32a / 5875 Date 1992 REMPLOY. (Belt, Waist, Large, OD IRR, 8465-99-132-1565) SL32a / 6121 Date 1993 C.Q.C. (Pouch, Side, Rucksack, DPM IRR 8465-99-132-1555) SL32a / 6122 Date 1993 C.W.L. (Carrier, Water canteen, DPM IRR, 8465-99-132-1556) SL32a / 6325 Date 1994 Papworth. (Pouch, Ammunition, Universal, DPM IRR, 8465-99-132-1557) ST1a / 1444 Date 2001 (Carrier, Entrenching Tool Case, 8465-99-132-1554) ST1a / 1510 Date 2003 HFS. (Belt, Waist, Large, OD IRR, 8465-99-132-1565) Jacket, Bush, (S.C.C. 19) Green. 1947; 6/CLO/N812/7 Trousers Protective N.B.C. No. 1 Mk. 2. 1971 (Packed Mar 1972); A/78/CLO/34433/DC69(3) Gloves Inner (For Use With Gloves NBC). Packed Dec 1976; A/78/CLO/50168/CB(CT)2B Gloves Protective NBC (Outer). Packed Jan 1979 (1978, 8 crossed out, 9 written in); A/78/CLO/53062/CB(CT)2A Overboots N.B.C. No.1 Mk. 3 (Fishtail). Packed Feb 1980; CT 2A/237 Mk II Combat Glove GL 8415 99 978 3712 Size 8 DC2B/2591 2015 Belt waist 58 pattern and/or belt waist working dress large cn 8465-99-869-3248 ct1a / 1021 1996 Correct early manufacturers number of CT4b/360..this dates to approx 1980 to 1981..all the pre 1000 numbers are Falklands and before.

[@kevinmoulding7702]

I got a realy nice desert dpm camo jacket that my freinds dad gave me.he was deployed with the UN in gulf war 1 era.send me youre address and il send it to you

[@marshfootoutdoors]

That is very thoughtful of you and I really appreciate that, send me an email to [e-mail] so I know how to contact you. Once I have a PO Box setup for the channel I will let you know.