SilentScope Posted March 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 holyshit dude nice find! Link to post Share on other sites
Maple-Leaf Posted March 31, 2005 Report Share Posted March 31, 2005 You could always get some surplus Brit DPMs and over-dye with a light green - to simulate proper Paddyflage..... Link to post Share on other sites
boldhat Posted June 6, 2005 Report Share Posted June 6, 2005 Arktis Western European DPM Waterproof Smock the closest pattern and colour to the real thing wear it with the french ce pants and og web and even darby o'Gill wouldn't know the difference hope it helps Link to post Share on other sites
squale Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 i've just find that on the web http://www.irishmilitaryonline.com/Store/i...e=index&cPath=2 if it could help ( vest are in french CE pattern ,very similar to the irish one) Link to post Share on other sites
Onechance Posted June 7, 2005 Report Share Posted June 7, 2005 Been talked about lad but thanks anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
Maple-Leaf Posted June 10, 2005 Report Share Posted June 10, 2005 Nah, Canada... Everyone knows that's not a proper country <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Oi!!! WTF is that supposed to mean? Anyways, the last country to try and invade Canada was the US - and we drove them back and burned down Washington D.C. (1812). Link to post Share on other sites
Paddywhack Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Hi guys! I am a member of the Irish reserve defence forces, and I was just wondering today if i did try to sell my uniform on ebay or whatever, would anyone buy it. (I'm not selling it- sorry!) I stumbled across this thread and read it with much amusement (The notion of us attacking canada.....! ). Anyway I thought I would register as a user and fill you in as best I can as regards...um..."aquiring" paddyflage (as you all call it). This is the story: The chances of you being able to buy official Irish DPM gear is ZERO, and it's even lower if you live in the UK or US or whatever! The reason for this is, as someone already pointed out, we have a low turnover of uniforms. Also, people tend to hang onto their uniforms after they leave the reserves. You simply cannot but the uniform anywhere. The irish regular army get issued gore-tex DPM wet gear, and even we in the reserves cant get this. I actually asked a lieutenant (whose father is in command of the irish cavalry) could he get me some of it. The answer is no. What we do in the reserves as regards wet gear is either use the issued stuff (which is ######) or buy american or french stuff which is readily available on the web or in specialist shops. This brings me onto my next point. The closest DPM to the irish (from my own research) is actually called "Western european cammo" and can be bought online. The closest country to ours is american (not the desert stuff, obviously, but the woodland or whatever its called!) or mabye dutch or french. The size and shape of the patches of colour is quite similar. The american has more shades of brown in it though, and ours is by far the greenest and the darkest. (Its a lovely deep dark lush green!) The brit stuff it NOT like ours. The shape of the patches is different and they have yellow and more brown, where as we have several shades of green, brown and black. Knowing someone in the Isish army will not help folks. They simply will not part with their gear. If you are lucky, an ex reserve or a friendly CQ (quartermaster) will sort you out, but it is unlikely. I havent even been sorted out yet! Please remeber though, wearing the Irish army uniform under false pretences in this country is a serious offence (we have a history of terrorism and stuff like that- you cant be too careful) and you will get in trouble if you get caught. Aside from that, I wish all of you the best of luck in your search for irish DPM! Keep your eyes peeled on the web and Ebay, or mabye you could get in touch with the manufacturer of the material. If y'all have any other questions, post them here and I'll be happy to help you. Link to post Share on other sites
Lance Jackass Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Nice one- very informative. Link to post Share on other sites
nuclear_darkness Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Who makes the Irish DPM? Do they have a site? Link to post Share on other sites
IronWolf Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Somewhere in Belgium (or near there) iirc, i googled it when i knew what it was called but it turned up nothing. The name was semtex, dynatex or something like that ... Link to post Share on other sites
nuclear_darkness Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Cant be semtex lol, thats a type of plastic explosive Link to post Share on other sites
Paddywhack Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Seyntex. Just checked it there. http://www.seyntex.com/ This is an interesting pic. You can compare the different cammo the company makes. The Irish is on the top. The stuff in the bottom right is British (I think, I am open to correction of course) and I am fairly sure the stuff in the bottom left is German pea pattern. The desert stuff can be seen in the middle. Link to post Share on other sites
IronWolf Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Close enough , thanks for finding the site Link to post Share on other sites
doc_newstead Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 So hang on, we've finally got somebody in the Irish Army to confirm that, yes, CE pattern is close enough? And it took us 4 months to do this? Link to post Share on other sites
IronWolf Posted June 24, 2005 Report Share Posted June 24, 2005 Its the closest, but its not close enough Link to post Share on other sites
Paddywhack Posted June 25, 2005 Report Share Posted June 25, 2005 I have a feeling there's money to be made here! I am going to do my best to track down a uniform, and stick it on ebay. I wonder would it be worth my while. If I do, I'll shtick the link up here, and ye can all out bid each other and make me a wealthy man Link to post Share on other sites
nuclear_darkness Posted June 25, 2005 Report Share Posted June 25, 2005 If its illegal to wear these things (which im assuming from all the copyright stuff mentioned it is) would it not be a little risky putting it on ebay? Link to post Share on other sites
Paddywhack Posted June 27, 2005 Report Share Posted June 27, 2005 Hmmm. Good point but have you SEEN some of the stuff on ebay? There was one guy selling Iraq! Link to post Share on other sites
Joss Posted June 28, 2005 Report Share Posted June 28, 2005 Well, on the plus side the irish soldier wears OD PLCE webbing, a full rig can be bought for £30 from SOF. Link to post Share on other sites
tommyboy Posted June 29, 2005 Report Share Posted June 29, 2005 I can't believe that no Asian company has brought out any rip offs of it yet! Link to post Share on other sites
GunHo mutha fucker Posted December 18, 2005 Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 they're a little too green imho, nice find though <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey man i am ex irish army and still have the dpms, they are pretty easy to get if you know someone Link to post Share on other sites
Maple-Leaf Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 Seyntex. Just checked it there. The Irish is on the top. No its not - that's French CE Woodland. Link to post Share on other sites
Maple-Leaf Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 Starting from the top left and going clockwise you've got: * Belgian "jigsaw" camo * French CE Woodland * Swedish M90 woodland * Blue DPM * Woodland DPM * Saudi Variant 6-color desert (aka, "chocolate chip camo") * Belgian Air Force Flecktarn * Dutch Jungle trial pattern * US 3-color desert Link to post Share on other sites
Onechance Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 Hey man i am ex irish army and still have the dpms, they are pretty easy to get if you know someone <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Explain please. Link to post Share on other sites
seawulfhornblower Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 Well, this is paddyflage They also seem to use old dpm ..as this picture taken at McKee Barracks 2004 shows. and and this is CEE Camo... CEE is far more close to woodland than to paddyflage... Link to post Share on other sites
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