Are dpm windproof trousers still around or replaced by another version?

[Monk]

There used to be a windproof dpm trouser which was very light material and quick drying...not your regular combats!

Are these still floating around or have they been replaced by something else? I have not seen these trousers for some time and am curious as to whether they are extinct.

 

[rik_uk3]

Army lightweights?

 

[tiger stacker]

Do you mean the trousers with the wind flap at the front. As the PCS aka MTP is being introduced, no doubt certain clothes will eventually be produced.

 

[bikething]

Do you mean the trousers with the wind flap at the front.

Surely the "wind flap" should be at the back ???

 

[MikeLA]

Do you mean the SAS/Arctic windproof trousers. If so they are hard to get and expensive when found

 

[bojit]

Not sure if there are any issue one around anymore but Arktis do produce some .

http://www.penrithsurvival.com/penr...tis+rip+stop+windproof+trousers+1055/pid/8350

Craig.............

 

[Monk]

MikeLA,
the Arctic windproof and the SAS windproof.....the light cotton ones not the poly green lightweights.

bikething,
the trousers are supposed to resist the wind from, ahem, outside the fabric.
Wind inside is your responsibility.

 

[Paul72]

What about these?

http://www.britishmilitarysurplus.co.uk/ishop/1069/shopscr203.html

 

[The Lord Poncho]

Yep- still on issue from our stores with the windproof smock. Some prefer them, but to be honest, they don't seem to dry out quicker than s95 trousers. Velcro closer on hip pockets, two button pockets at the back, velcro opening on lower leg to enable putting on without takling off boots, and metal buckle/short fabric strap closure at the front. The arctic version is different, and is lined with a second layer of fabric. I prefer the tropical combats for being much quicker drying.

 

[Monk]

Thanks for the reply, Lord Poncho.

I take it the trousers are a handy source of patch material and buttons to fix a windproof smock.