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i wonder if someone were to FOI the cost of the uniform in DPM and the equivalent garments in NON DPM how the pricing would work out?Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe
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Originally posted by hptmurphy View Posti wonder if someone were to FOI the cost of the uniform in DPM and the equivalent garments in NON DPM how the pricing would work out?
Looking at the US firm Crye who supply multicam commercially there is no difference. But it is only what is available commercially!
https://www.cryeprecision.com/Produc...lg0_lwf-jacket
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What’s the reports on the equivalent RN uniform?
We have a MOU with them.
We could even get the tricolours and other DF specifics added locally or as part of the contract
Of course something multicoloured in a particular pattern than one has one customer is going to cost more
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Originally posted by DeV View PostWhat’s the reports on the equivalent RN uniform?
We have a MOU with them.
We could even get the tricolours and other DF specifics added locally or as part of the contract
Of course something multicoloured in a particular pattern than one has one customer is going to cost more
Looks like a fine uniform to me. Replace the white ensign with a tri-colour and done. Horse has bolted now though.
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Originally posted by ancientmariner View PostAccording to Google-it is in Naval and Air Force terminology descriptive of a soldier. It is slightly derogatory and reserved for in-house usage. A bit like calling MP's Rozzers
On the brightside its a DF holiday today. Always welcomed.
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I'm afraid that the 'corporate image' thrust is flogging a dead horse - how many times have journalists described RAF helicopters (with ROYAL AIR FORCE in 2 ft high letters helpfully written all over them...) as 'Army helicopters'?
The best you can hope for is to have NAVY in 6 inch letters written on the blokes/blokettes chests and back, and for the NS to go mad (in the style of the RN and RFA) with Twitter accounts. I also take the view that these 'naval' DPM patterns make the wearer's look like Ukrainian Tax Collectors....
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Originally posted by ropebag View PostI'm afraid that the 'corporate image' thrust is flogging a dead horse - how many times have journalists described RAF helicopters (with ROYAL AIR FORCE in 2 ft high letters helpfully written all over them...) as 'Army helicopters'?
The best you can hope for is to have NAVY in 6 inch letters written on the blokes/blokettes chests and back, and for the NS to go mad (in the style of the RN and RFA) with Twitter accounts. I also take the view that these 'naval' DPM patterns make the wearer's look like Ukrainian Tax Collectors....
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AFIK it may be manufactured in Ulster.
And no.It's not Cooneen.
Funny that the NS would go to them when Seyntex in Belgium has the overall DF Combat/working uniform contract at the moment."Let us be clear about three facts. First, all battles and all wars are won in the end by the infantryman. Secondly, the infantryman always bears the brunt. His casualties are heavier, he suffers greater extremes of discomfort and fatigue than the other arms. Thirdly, the art of the infantryman is less stereotyped and far harder to acquire in modern war than that of any other arm." ------- Field Marshall Wavell, April 1945.
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Originally posted by apod View PostOriginally posted by PoiuytTricolour is hard to subdue. Once it is subdued, it just looks like every other subdued tricolour. Yeah, you have the "IRELAND" part but why bother having the tricolour then?
But (other than "them")Why have a subdued tricolour? We had a small tricolour flash that was got rid of. While not subdued, it was far more tactical that its replacement. I understand that the large replacement tricolour made more sense on UN/EU missions but why replace it with a subdued version? Why not go with the older smaller tricolour?
It is the same old DF circular logic - "We want to be all camouflaged and don't want to be seen, but still want to forecast to everyone 'Don't Shoot, We're Irish' ".
Or is it so we can fit in with all the other countries and show off our gucci subdued flags at the bar?Last edited by Poiuyt; 16 August 2019, 13:51.
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Might be a use for the unissued Navy blues...'He died who loved to live,' they'll say,
'Unselfishly so we might have today!'
Like hell! He fought because he had to fight;
He died that's all. It was his unlucky night.
http://www.salamanderoasis.org/poems...nnis/luck.html
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