wdbikemad Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 The issue sniper smock in DPM has no matching DPM sniper trousers........... A few years ago now, I acquired a pair of 68 pattern DPM combats with some very professional looking padded DPM knee pads fitted......I thought they were a local modification so ditched them...... Only recently, I was browsing the 1986 edition of the Combat Clothing lists (section CG) to note that the DPM padded knee pads were a NSN stocked and supplied item for sewing on to the 68 pants for sniper use !!!! Dohhhhhh !!!! The items are in DPM fabric, mildy rectangular in profile, sponge-padded and presumably for sewing onto the combat strides by the sniper himself or the unit tailor...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferretfixer Posted July 3, 2011 Share Posted July 3, 2011 You are correct, the pads were issued to be sewn on the knee area of standard issue combat trousers of the period. I had a few pairs of these myslef when i was serving. I found them usefull for my own personal issue of DPM Combats. Which i used to go game shooting in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer nut Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 "Game shooting"? Is that what you called the locals...LOL Jon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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