Rasputin Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 I've seen several pictures where it looks like Troops had these. I believe the pics were from Northern Ireland in the 70s and 80s. Were these made by the Soldiers themselves, or a unit issued item? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfixer Posted June 26, 2017 Share Posted June 26, 2017 Locally made. These were NEVER an issue item. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasputin Posted June 26, 2017 Author Share Posted June 26, 2017 Thank you. I figured that was the case, but I've never seen a close up picture of these. Does anyone have a few pics I could check out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sterling1961 Posted June 30, 2017 Share Posted June 30, 2017 I've seen several pictures where it looks like Troops had these. I believe the pics were from Northern Ireland in the 70s and 80s.Were these made by the Soldiers themselves, or a unit issued item? These were made by the blokes in the NAAFI from damaged uniforms. They did other things like "Boxing" the pockets of jackets and replacing the buttoned sleeve cuffs with the top of a sock to provide an elasticated and more windproof sleeve. I have a smock, combat 8415-69-130-5862 with the main pockets boxed to hold two tins of beer rather than the usual one. Rob D. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rasputin Posted July 1, 2017 Author Share Posted July 1, 2017 If anyone has some pictures of these modifications for the SLR covers, I'd love to see them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laboisselle Posted July 3, 2017 Share Posted July 3, 2017 Agree with the above - no rules or regs for this modification. Elasticated sleeves was the Rolls Royce way to go on this. From what I recall most either just wrapped some DPM cloth around the furniture and either tied or (more often) taped it in place. Ditto with some hessian sacking which (again if I recall correctly) was frequently more in favour since it was thicker and more 'grippy' than DPM cotton (plus it looked way cooler, too!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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