info wanted on issue dates of british desert camo

As the title say,s  I am looking for date when various patterns desert camo were issued or when the material pattern changed

cheers

Here is my guide to desert DPM

Let's start from the beginning of official issue.

1990

We see the very first issue

Jacket unknown not seen
Trousers lightweight , direct 1:1 of the green lightweights but in desert cam. These are very first issue and come with 4 part cam for waist band lining and inner pocket reinforcement.

Colours , 4 screen 2 colours and 4 screen 4 colours for internal use only.

Then the second issue 1990-1991

A direct copy of the tropical suits

Jacket 4 pockets , 2 chest , 1 pen , 1 FFD ( FFD come with square and triangles pocket flaps , pen pockets come with or without a flap. )
Trousers , 4 pockets , 2 cargo with new non loss flap, 2 hand pockets and deletion of the rear pockets.

Suits feature mix of sand and brown buttons

Colours , 2 colour sparse , 4 screen 2 colour, could be more due to samples like I have.

3rd type 1991-1993/4
These are same as type 2 but a new camo print is added with shape changes.

4th type 1993/4 - 1995

With the introduction of new temperate uniforms the army gets a new set of tropicals too.
The fabric is airtex and is coined tea bags and rots like a mother.

Jacket, 3 pockets boxed edge stitched non loss flaps on the chest and a pen pocket with flap.
Trousers, 4 pocket , 2 cargo boxed sewn edge , 2 hand pockets.

Buttons are brown flat dish

5th type aka combat 95 1995- few months

We see continuation of the tea bag with a new cut to the jacket.

Jacket, 3 pockets , 2 angled boxed sewn edge chest and a pen pocket. These jackets however feature 3 rank slides 2 shoulder and one chest.
Trousers, 5 pockets , 2 boxed edge cargo , 2 hand and reintroduction of a single rear pocket.

We now see the introduction of the Canadian slot buttons.

6th type 1995 - today

Same as 5th but with deletion of the shoulder rank slides

This style remains in use today.


This is the guide as I know of and if anyone can add a variant please fill me in.

Thanks for the info, I always wondered about the desert lightweights I got a pair of these a few years ago, I will pull my desert kit out and see what I have
based on this info.

Cheers