An icon in surplus-wear, this is the British DPM Field Shirt. Like the US Military's M85 Woodland camo, British DPM had a very long service history in many military organizations around the world, particularly in countries that were formerly British colonies.
DPM can be traced all the way back to the Denison smock used by British commandos in the 1940s. Early patterns continued to be used for some field uniforms until it was more widely adopted in 1968. Until 2016, DPM was the standard camo pattern used by the British Armed Forces, and is still used today in some countries.
The field shirts mechanical design also has a long history with only minor changes being applied over its service, but the phrase "If it aint broke, don't fix it" certainly comes to mind. If that isn't "trad" we aren't sure what is.
Specs
Sizing
These field shirts are measured in cm using height and chest circumference. The sizing intervals are decently far apart, so you may want to round up or down depending on how you want the shirt to fit (tight like a shirt, or looser like a jacket).
Condition
Field shirts are in great condition, with only minor signs of use and no holes, cuts, or tears.
British DPM Field Shirt
I’ve been looking to build up my camo collection, and DPM seemed like a must have. This jacket looks great. Only con is that it’s pretty long on me. I’ll still use it as an overcoat layer though.
At least it ain’t French
Fits great, good utility pocket locations, awesome materials, peak camo pattern
Its a field shirt I got for a discount. Nicely made. One size too small for me. Guess I gotta start hitting the gym again to fit into it.
Simply beautiful, it took a while to arrive but it's completely understandable given the distance. Unfortunately I wasn't lucky enough to get one with a patch or at least a piece of velcro bit stills gorgeous and after all I managed to fit 6 boxes of Earl Grey in each pocket.
I'm broke but now I can rout churrasco eaters in Falklands
