R and I Training Smock Green

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CLEM

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Me too! Action Man was certainly one of my favourite toys!

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So after a bit of searching, the NSN comes back as Smock - Windproof. A lot of the searches came back with those words and Royal Marines. A google of "R&I" Training royal marines came up with this link:

It looks like R&I training is Resource and initiative training which looks to be what the marines called Adventure Training in the 90's. Are there any Marines knocking about who can confirm this?
Well played Mr G Thanks for that
 
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Laurentius

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Not too sure of the R and I bit, but it may refer to the RNLI instead?

We used to wear them on Army adventure training courses years ago - heavy canvas, perhaps slightly windproof but not waterproof, otherwise just rugged and heavy and uncomfortable.

Attached are 2 similar smocks from 1960s outdoor catalogues, so it may just have been the trendy design for mountain jackets in the day, although I suspect it was a military design as so much of that old surplus kit was used post-war for outdoor pursuits (according to these catalogues at any rate).
My brother had something very like that from Belstaff.
 

CLEM

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I don't know about the quality of the R&I smock but a good well made Gorka might be better made and suited. Probably cheaper too.

I’ve had a hankering for a Gorka suit for a few years now unsurprisingly ha ha
 
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