Issued British DPM Field Shirt

The British DPM Field Shirt is a classic piece of surplus gear. It's lightweight, breathable and practical. The field shirt design features a double button-up and zip-up front, button-adjustable cuffs and two generously-sized front chest pockets. It also features a button flap for rank insignia on the center chest. Disruptive Pattern Material & Its History This classic British camouflage pattern traces its origins back to the Paratrooper Regiment's Denison smocks of WWII. This camouflage was used only by special units at first. As time wore on it became clear that standard issue camouflage uniforms for the average soldier were the future. The British Ministry of Defence began developing a camouflage pattern that would become general issue for all British soldiers in the early 1960s. That pattern was the now iconic Disruptive Pattern Material (DPM), which was first issued on a small scale in 1963. By 1966 it was adopted for general use by the British armed forces in the form of the