gunner501

welcome old boy

Paul is bang on with what he wrote ,just to add infantry snipers got smocks to and just as now many items were not issued but acquired !In regards to the Denison book I,m very happy with it but like all books it,s not a last word bible but has taken the subject forward massively . It turned out to be quite a good thick work and is nicely presented in my humble opinion

That's a great looking smock . The print upon this one is one of my favorites . I hope you can get the original owners details to keep with the item .

Thanks for the info Tinweasle, Could you poss post the NSN please when you have a spare min ? does this new info indicate these were produced for a few years guys ? Cheers all G501

Thanks for the responce guys. I spoke to a friend who was in Iraq in 2003 with 3 para and he told me a few guys were issued these . he remembers them moaning about them ! As Steve has pointed out there pre 95 manufacture ,,and thus (could ) be infact realy early ? one thing I,ve noticed is a small offcut of tri color D P M has been used inside . SEE PICTURE

I was wondering why this cut was produced as opposed to the ,,run of the mill double bellows pocket version,,

I found these a while back ,they look early(ish). any ideas what/who they are for please Thanks in advance

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some sample pages

This is the front cover shown on the flyer

It looks like the Denison book is going to be with us soon https://en-gb.facebook.com/pages/Airborne-Assault-The-Museum-of-the-Parachute-Regiment-Airborne-Forces/109068972454849

Thanks Steve great info .These are often mis sold /described as SAS or LRDG . like you pointed out there just part of a winter warfare type clothing system . There are some nice period photos of thesee in SAS/SBS use in the Adreatic in 44 .They were plentiful and relitivly cheep pre Bravo 2 zero .

One quite nice detail is the underside of the pocket flap that uses the (I presume earlier salt n pepper fabric??) there are still cutters markings to the cloth in blue . The smock has clearly been stored for along time but also shows signs of use ,the hood cord is replaced with modern para type cord . The seller told me it had come from Hereford about 8 years ago ,but there is as ever no paper proof of this