Kit & Camo

Omani Orange Disruptive Pattern Material
The Sultan of Oman’s Armed Forces have worn Disruptive Pattern Material camo variants since the 1970s and more recently in an orange…

Slovakian vz 2007 Digital Woodland Pattern
In January 2020, as part of our coverage of UNFICYP uniforms worn in 2014, we looked at the Desert version of Slovakian…

New Zealand Army ~ M12 NZ MCU
In July 2012 the NZDF announced the forthcoming introduction of an updated uniform for the New Zealand Army in a new NZ…

FAA Combat Shirt ~ Another Conundrum
This interesting chocolate brown FAA (Forças Armadas Angolanas) combat shirt sourced by the East-West team has been posing another conundrum, writes Bob…

New Dutch M19 NFP Camo Kit In The Field
This morning our colleague Gerard van Oosbree, owner of Dutch Defence Press, was out on the range to photograph new kit in…

DoD Announces Agreement With American Apparel
The US DoD has announced a $1.1 Million Defense Production Act Title III Agreement with uniform manufacturer American Apparel Inc. ~ News…

VOSS ~ First Issue Of New Dutch Personal Equipment
The first new Dutch personal equipment from the VOSS (Enhanced Operational Soldier System) project has been issued to an operational unit. ~…

M-1965 Field Jacket ~ An American-born Classic
This article on the classic US M-1965 Field Jacket, derivatives of which have been widely worn for over 50 years, was prompted…

M-1965 Camouflage Conundrum ~ Maybe An Answer?
We recently posted about a US-style M-1965 Field Jacket in an unusual four-colour camo pattern which was posing a bit of a…

M-1965 Camouflage Conundrum ~ Can You Help?
At J-F we have a reasonable knowledge of military camo patterns but this 4-colour M1965 Field Jacket is posing a bit of…













