Picture in Tuesdays Examiner shows what looks to me like Irish pattern DPM Chest Rig worn by PDF Pte. in Kosovo. So when did we get this new web and is it on general issue? It is replacing the PLCE?
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I heard on the grape vine that chest rigs will replace PLCE, only in special circumstans,eg when people are operational in the mowag the webbing is too big so they get chest rigs instead.If your not in bed by 4 o' clock it's time to go home!
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In the BA chest rigs & assault vests are issued either on a permanent basis to specialist units or on a temporary basis to 'ordinary' units where the regular PLCE would be inappropriate.
So where a recce team operating out of Landrovers may use chest rigs & vests all the time, an infantry unit being sent to Basra might trade in it's PLCE for the duration of the deployment."The dolphins were monkeys that didn't like the land, walked back to the water, went back from the sand."
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There was a picture of PDF personel in Kosovo in the Hearld yesterday two of them could be seen to be wearing DPM webbing. One had a DPM chest rig on but can't say about the other one in the picture. Also In last months Connect various bits of DPM kit can be seen. The guy on the 50. has a DPM back pack on.
As for us RDF getting PLCE all I can say is it is about time."Those who have long enjoyed such privileges as we enjoy forget in time that men have died to win them." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
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I used an assault vest purchased from Arktis on the PSO exercise this year...its a must for vehicle crews....chest rig same principleCovid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe
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Troops sent to Shannon last year nearly all had DPM back packs of different types, but there was such a mixture of DPM pattern that it was obvious that they were privately purchased. PDF on the PSO in southern brigade all have privately purchased backpacks.
The pictures of DPM webbing we are seeing are almost certainly of privately purchased gear.
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