British DPM Camouflage

[Anderson]

Ah I now have a New Zealand example 2005 dated. Interesting for me that it's aertex type material (certainly more course than UK tropical material) and has retained the WW2 type button style. Bit of a bummer I can't make out the maker!

Rene, the maker of the shirt will be "Magrath The Shirt Company" of Christchurch and your trousers are likely to be made by "John Whitehead Manufacturing/ Whitehead Productions Ltd" of Masterton.

[reneblacky]

Rare, IR protection version of the NZ DPM.

[Composite]

Interesting.....is the label different mate?

[reneblacky]

Interesting.....is the label different mate?

This one is written in Mauri so can't make it out!

[reneblacky]

Cheers to Anderson for adding this pic he added on another thread, the NZ rip stop pattern DPM.

[reneblacky]

I might just slip in here Rene, a bit on the NZ Desert DPM. Developed in 2003 and based on the British Desert DPM, it is a two colour camo similar to the British, but using different fabric and uniform design. But the NZ SAS used US Multicam in Afghanistan.

Photo of NZ trooper in Bamyian Province 2011 wearing the Desert DPM.

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I bet this pattern would be tricky to find!

[Anderson]

Rene, I mentioned the sown NZ patches on the pre-ripstop & velcro shirt. This photo from East Timor.

[reneblacky]

On watch Crazy deployment in the suburbs of Melbourne!
I was going to write "Spot the Pom" but hey.....

[Anderson]

Thought I might rekindle the DPM phobia, or is it a fetish?

A New Zealand DPM shirt dated 2005, non ripstop, made by Magrath the Shirt company in NZ.

And New Zealand DPM ripstop trousers dated 2008, made by Whitehead Productions in NZ.

[reneblacky]

unmarked rubbish gas mask bag, I guess dates to the transition period of the MTP?