Thanks Paul Very nice Mate
Looks like a nice one to wear occasionally. Thanks for showing Anderson.
Here's a New Zealand made boonie in Desert DPM made by Hill's Hat's of Wellington around 2009 and issued to troops going to Afghanistan. The Hill's Hat's company has been making hat's for the NZ military of 100 years, and originally was known as Chas. Hill & Son's of Wellington. Nice to see these family owned companies still getting government contracts
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[QUOTE=Warspite;1959390]Thought this might be of interest- 68 pattern DPM uniform but worn with the trials 72 pattern webbing set.Attachment 1300560/QUOTE]
I have just looked at this again and wonder if you would be kind enough to post an image of the pick helve removed from the webbing?
The reason I ask is because the metal ferrule at the "head end" is not visible.
The helve in the picture looks too long to me and it appears that it would be very difficult to sit down when wearing it like this.
As I said, I don't have a great deal of knowledge of the '72 patt webbing but I imagine it would have been paired with the same "shovel lightweight" "sometimes referred to as "shovels infantry" as the '58 pattern which preceeded and subsequently outlived the '72 patt.
The helve shown looks to me based on the length to be from the tool known as "Pick (or pickaxe) GS" which comprised a larger mattock and a longer helve (+ approx 10 inches) and did not have the socket at the head end to accept the stud of the webbing yoke (or the largepack flap).
The "Pick lightweight" comprised a two and a half pound mattock which fit in the pocket on top of the '58 patt poncho roll and the shorter, socketed helve also designed as part of the '58 patt webbing.
As I say I don't know much about the '72 patt so maybe it was used with the pick GS but I have to say I don't see it being popular! Maybe it is an optical illusion and that is a short helve. If that is the case "mea culpa"
Attached below are pics of both the lightweight which are correct for dismounted use.
Regards
Mark
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"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature with no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
Great stuff Anderson, & great service pic too!
I recently picked up some sealed patterns for jungle dpm and desert dpm, two of the latter, one sealed and one not accepted. They are quite large sheets of fabric, c.1m x 0.5m.
Regards,
Jerry
Whatever its just an opinion.
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