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Post by Hawkeye on Feb 14, 2015 16:03:45 GMT -5
Lots of sellers on eBay. Most of them are in the UK though. That's not an issue other than just accept that your going to pay more for shipping.
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Post by omnivorous on Feb 15, 2015 1:30:16 GMT -5
I'm a Medium Long top and bottom, in Freedom Inches. 180/104 is probably about right for you. It appears their sizing is S/M/L - Which means f*ck all to me. Don't know what they're equating to small medium or large. Most blokes I know would be wearing large, because most soldiers aren't midgets. Be warned our large may sit between your medium and your large. That would be fine. I wouldn't have to wear them as a uniform, so if they're a little looser than usual, all the better.
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Post by winterborn on Feb 27, 2015 15:31:17 GMT -5
Got my set of it. Have to say its nice. The material is bit thin. I had planned to wear it in the winter. Not sure if it fit into my gear set up yet
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Post by panzer0170 on Feb 27, 2015 16:28:00 GMT -5
Got my set of it. Have to say its nice. The material is bit thin. I had planned to wear it in the winter. Not sure if it fit into my gear set up yet Interesting. It's not MTP temperate, then. That'll be issued for Afghan/Jungle work. It's design to last out the six months, basically. Though to be fair that is 6 months of fighting...
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Post by winterborn on Feb 28, 2015 12:43:49 GMT -5
Ah panzer that explains the thin ness. I had planned to wear it during the winter. I live in a semi tropical environment.
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Post by panzer0170 on Feb 28, 2015 13:13:14 GMT -5
The massive advantage of wearing the thin stuff is that it dries a LOT faster. You'd regularly get lads wearing jungle issue DPM in winter in the UK. It's insulation value is probably in the minus figures; But as soon as you got warm and moving again, that stuff would dry out in minutes. It may still be of benefit to you, the trick is layering (I'd always prefer thin trousers, myself. Upper body heat management is the key, for me.)
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Post by winterborn on Feb 28, 2015 15:10:30 GMT -5
They did seem to dry fast. The area I was at was muddy as all hell. I do love my old school dpm. I may need to get a smock in this now
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Post by panzer0170 on Feb 28, 2015 21:02:54 GMT -5
I hate the smock. It's heavy, it has a mesh inner that, whilst 'lighter' catches on everything. It has fleece lined pockets because someone complained about NFCIs to the hands. WEAR GLOVES YOU FUCKING GIMPS. There are so many things wrong with it it takes a lot of effort to fix. There are some similar bits of kit that are half the weight and RIGHT, but they're £100+...
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Post by winterborn on Mar 1, 2015 1:51:53 GMT -5
Thanks for the heads up. You just saved me a bit of cash
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Post by Ivarr Bergmann on Jun 3, 2016 19:51:06 GMT -5
I hate the smock. It's heavy, it has a mesh inner that, whilst 'lighter' catches on everything. It has fleece lined pockets because someone complained about NFCIs to the hands. WEAR GLOVES YOU FUCKING GIMPS. There are so many things wrong with it it takes a lot of effort to fix. There are some similar bits of kit that are half the weight and RIGHT, but they're £100+... Somehow a quality piece of kit like a smock was over engineered. They just couldn't leave it alone could they..? The S95 pattern was completely sufficient IMO. Ivarr
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Post by panzer0170 on Jun 4, 2016 6:22:04 GMT -5
Here's the trick; Everyone complained about the issued stuff, so they did what was asked.
The problem is they asked a representative sample of the army.
Which means they asked a bunch of fucking desk jockeys and a few infanteers. It is a FANTASTIC jacket for people who stand around doing very little, or those who break a sweat easily because they're fat lazy fucks. Fortunately, everything that IS wrong with the jacket is easily solved.
I preferred the S95 to the S2000. People wanted the smocks with hoods, basically, because SF had them. I hate hoods. The 95 pattern ripstop jackets were the best combat jacket I have owned so far bar none. Thick, strong material (never, once, have I managed to tear one, or see one torn) double layered at the shoulders kept rain out. If it got warm you undid the bloody zip a bit. That and the jungle trousers (thinner, slightly off colour, dried faster than you could beleive, but were quite easy to tear compared to the temperate trousers) and you had 90% of all the thermal regulation you needed. Add a buffalo and bar EXTREMES in environment (Arctic, Sahara) you're pretty much covered.
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