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    Post by Necrolust Mon Nov 05, 2012 10:26 am

    SAS OMAN '70 I think...
    Denison smock??Pants?Backpack?
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    Post by filupe Mon Nov 05, 2012 10:42 am

    WWII Camouflage Windproof smock (known often as 'SAS windproof), WWII 'A' Frame Bergen rucksack, trousers ... my bet would be the OD lightweight trousers (60's-70's issue)
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    Post by CollectinSteve Mon Nov 05, 2012 7:57 pm

    The trousers appear to be camouflage, but it's difficult to say. No knee reinforcements. I can't remember if the windproofs had reinforcements or not. But it does rule out Belgian Brush since they do have reinforcements.

    Judging by the M79 grenade launcher on his back, I'd say this is a mercenary from the 1960s or 1970s.

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    Post by fez Mon Nov 05, 2012 10:15 pm

    Is he not an SAS trooper ???
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    Post by sh4pak Mon Nov 05, 2012 10:35 pm

    Looks like a merc. That being said-- GREAT shot. Don't know where you found it, but I'm glad you posted it.
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    Post by Necrolust Mon Nov 05, 2012 11:55 pm

    More..pics.No Merks.
    I also think that the pant is some bleched camo.
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    IT WAS without doubt one of the most heroic defences in British military history and the raw courage of nine SAS men against an estimated 400-strong rebel army at the Battle of Mirbat still sends a shiver down my spine.On the pic they are 14 ???
    Only 9 SAS and 5 photographer of course,local militia....
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    Post by sh4pak Tue Nov 06, 2012 12:01 am



    --Happily corrected.

    Thanks, Necro. Sorry I cannot help to ID, but you made me aware of something I didn't know about.

    Cheers,

    --D.
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    Post by CollectinSteve Tue Nov 06, 2012 12:05 am

    (slaps head) SAS... of course that makes sense.

    The smock does look to be WW2 Windproof, but still too difficult to tell what the trousers might be. I did a quick check and the WW2 Windproofs had reinforced knees, so it is not likely to be that.

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    Post by Okruch Wed Nov 07, 2012 8:27 pm

    I think that trousers might be just dirty, one cannot simply find a laundry in Oman in 1970s Wink

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