"British" Camo Jacket 68 style...bit it is'nt!

Hi Guys.

I bought this jacket on-line fairly recently.Made in China...bit disappointing but it was very cheap. Ideal for Hunting or Fishing I guess.

Fully lined

The Label

It's a very good quality copy.....but a copy nevertheless

Chinese (or Hong Kong) made '68 pattern DPM jackets were issued and worn by the Royal Hong Kong Regiment, a British Territorial Army (i.e. Reserves) unit attached to the Gurkha Infantry Brigade that was stationed there prior to the British Handover in 1997. The RHKR(V) disbanded in 1995.

Unlike the unit DPM tropical uniforms which were locally made with UK materials, the combat jackets were made with locally sourced materials which weren't as durable or colour fast as the UK material, hence the rapid fading.

filupe wrote:Chinese (or Hong Kong) made '68 pattern DPM jackets were issued and worn by the Royal Hong Kong Regiment, a British Territorial Army (i.e. Reserves) unit attached to the Gurkha Infantry Brigade that was stationed there prior to the British Handover in 1997. The RHKR(V) disbanded in 1995.

Unlike the unit DPM tropical uniforms which were locally made with UK materials, the combat jackets were made with locally sourced materials which weren't as durable or colour fast as the UK material, hence the rapid fading.

That's very interesting info filupe.
Do you reckon this jacket is RHKR issued

I have no idea's but if it is then that's cool.
It cost me a fiver so I'm not gonna be gutted if it is just a cheap repro item.


Thanks Mate

Possibly.

If nothing else, you've got an additional paintballing garment.

Camo_fiend wrote:If nothing else, you've got an additional paintballing garment.

Too True,that's about it's future usage,as far as I can make out,I googled Wynnster, they make Tents and stuff like that

Oh,well it will look cool,covered in Yellow splat's... I am gonna look the dog's nads in the woods, in this bad boy!!!!

"Dude,you look totally badass in that that cammie", and I shall be like...
" Why,thankyou kind sir,you flatter me with your compliments, now get that goddam marker outta face,before I waste ya" !!!!

And if your warning is not heeded, you can do this:

Nice jacket. Don't use it for paintball!!

Camo_fiend wrote:And if your warning is not heeded, you can do this:

Too right unless of course the marshall,is in attendance!!!!!

Of course I never get this kinda head shot treatment myself,as my nick name is "Stealthly Gaz"

Philip wrote:Nice jacket. Don't use it for paintball!!

Thanks Philip,glad you like it!

Why not?

If it was a genuine P68 I would'nt obviously

Marshals can sometimes be useless, though... when I last played paintball, more dirty behaviour happened in the marshal's presence than in the deserted back side of the playing grounds!

Camo_fiend wrote:Marshals can sometimes be useless, though... when I last played paintball, more dirty behaviour happened in the marshal's presence than in the deserted back side of the playing grounds!

Totally agree with the general uselessness of some Marshalls,last time I went P'Balling,the Marshall was a hybrid of primary school teacher,staff sgt wannbe,and ultimetely a complete ****.

Bearing in mind most of my team,are former Commando's ( one being an infamous sniper in the Falklands) ,ex-sqauddies,and a Welsh farmers son to boot ,he was boring us with his retoric ,about marker safety,"Think of this is a weapon".

The majority was like

"I used to play war games with pieces deadlier than this!"

Camo_fiend wrote:"I used to play war games with pieces deadlier than this!"

Er,yeah, I think that was the general consensus,personally I wanted to plant a nice head shot,right between his eyes

I knew a guy whose rule of thumb was "two in the face and one in the face." So long as game staff aren't looking... you can always say you were blind-firing... his mask is painted up, how can he refute your claims?

Camo_fiend wrote:I knew a guy whose rule of thumb was "two in the face and one in the face." So long as game staff aren't looking... you can always say you were blind-firing... his mask is painted up, how can he refute your claims?

Yeah.... I like your thinking Ben....


Evil theatrical laugh !!!!!!!!!!!

If uh...you dont want you cheap hong kong jacket,I could take the burden off your hands..

Gemini wrote:If uh...you dont want you cheap hong kong jacket,I could take the burden off your hands..

No worries Mate I will bear that in mind...thanks for looking glad you like it!!

That picture is funny .............

first time I played PB .....in my first ever game I got wacked in the mask just like that KID !

I will dig out my picture as I have it somewhere .
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My first time playing paintball, I wore a PASGT Helmet I looked awesome. But soon realized it wasnt ideal for PB Lol.