DPM Design Date?

[Enfield1940]

Quick question: when was the design of temperate DPM finalised and was it part of the development of the 1968 Pattern clothing or a separate project?

 

Thanks,

Mark

[wdbikemad]

Quick question: when was the design of temperate DPM finalised and was it part of the development of the 1968 Pattern clothing or a separate project?

 

Thanks,

Mark

 

Separate project basically........I had a trial DPM jacket many years ago now in the standard DPM cammo, styled like a 59 pattern Denison but lined like a 52 pattern parka ! It was dated 1963 and a UK trial garment......this suggests that DPM development was underway by the early 1960s.......

 

The fabric first appeared on issue during late 1969-70 in the form of the DPM 60 pattern suit......the 68 pattern was then still under development as a replacement and did not commence issue until early 71.........some trial 68 garments were allegedly made up in green to test the design rather than DPM.......

 

The MoD announced their intention to universally introduce DPM as early as 1966 but it seems that it took another few years for this to actually occur......

 

By 1970 DPM garments introduced were basically the 60 pattern smock and trousers, the 63 pattern windproof suit, and the MK2A aircrew suit........followed by the 68 pattern smock and trousers by 1971, the new SAS windproof smock & trousers around 1975, the arctic windproof suit and tropical combats by 1976, and the parka, para and sniper smocks by 1977......