wildcat123 Posted May 10, 2020 Share #1 Posted May 10, 2020 Picked up what I think is a third pattern jungle jacket. Label shows a cotton/ rayon construction... any info on these? Used to seeing these in cotton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted May 10, 2020 Share #2 Posted May 10, 2020 Show the whole jacket please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcat123 Posted May 10, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted May 10, 2020 Here’s the jacket... sorry haven’t figured out how to not post sideways in the new system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 10, 2020 Share #4 Posted May 10, 2020 A DPSC or Defense Personal Supply Center marked tag, believe this one with the rayon may be a 1971 made one, here they just changed the material content, all the ones we seen, even the rip stops are 100% Cotton, and have no DPSC in the nomenclature, however with the DSA there will date before 1977 as after that the new code is DLA for Defense Logistics Agency. Here's some talks on these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcat123 Posted May 11, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted May 11, 2020 Thanks guys, I appreciate the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbranch Posted May 13, 2020 Share #6 Posted May 13, 2020 There had to have been a reason for the change to 50/50 cotton/rayon. Also, why produce a jungle uniform from non-ripstop fabric in 1971, several years after the ripstop material was the standard? Weird uniform. I wonder how many were produced like this under this DPSC contract? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike Posted May 13, 2020 Share #7 Posted May 13, 2020 Can you show the front of the shirt, laid out on the floor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted May 13, 2020 Share #8 Posted May 13, 2020 I have a boonie hat in this fabric Owen Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiGilio Posted May 14, 2020 Share #9 Posted May 14, 2020 I don’t think these are from 1971. heres one I used to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 15, 2020 Share #10 Posted May 15, 2020 Are these DPSC NON RIP STOP? Spotted another DPSC Tropical Coat, this one is NON RIP STOP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 15, 2020 Share #11 Posted May 15, 2020 3 hours ago, patches said: Are these DPSC NON RIP STOP? Spotted another DPSC Tropical Coat, this one is NON RIP STOP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 15, 2020 Share #12 Posted May 15, 2020 And then a RIP STOP DPSC one, BUT in 100% Cotton with NO RAYON Content, wild huh, Now even I'm cunfused Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbranch Posted May 15, 2020 Share #13 Posted May 15, 2020 DPSC had it's own clothing factory and was able to produce small runs of uniforms as required. As a member mentioned above, this is why these don't have the typical contract numbers with the fiscal year as part of the contract number, as they were not procured by the DPSC, but were actually manufactured by the DPSC. The "Defense Industry Bulletin" from August, 1969 states: "DPSC also operates a clothing factory which manufactures orders normally too small for industry contractors, pilot models for research and development, and special measurement garments." The DPSC's clothing factory appears to have been closed in 1993 after it was used to produce desert uniforms to fill the shortage that occurred during Operation Desert Shield/Storm. It's very possible that these 50/50 rayon/cotton uniforms are experimental/test garments produced so the military could evaluate different fabrics for the jungle uniforms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcat123 Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share #14 Posted May 17, 2020 Sorry, missed the request for the picture. Here you go! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildcat123 Posted May 17, 2020 Author Share #15 Posted May 17, 2020 Double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huntssurplus Posted May 17, 2020 Share #16 Posted May 17, 2020 Perhaps it was later made, later 1970's early 1980s? I know that many veterans preferred the OD uniforms to the newer BDU's. Especially among members of the 101st AB in the early 1980s. Could it have been a shorter run in the post-vietnam/early 1980's era? Hunt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted May 17, 2020 Share #17 Posted May 17, 2020 Dumb post Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kammo-man Posted May 17, 2020 Share #18 Posted May 17, 2020 Dumb post by hunt Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 17, 2020 Share #19 Posted May 17, 2020 10 hours ago, huntssurplus said: Perhaps it was later made, later 1970's early 1980s? I know that many veterans preferred the OD uniforms to the newer BDU's. Especially among members of the 101st AB in the early 1980s. Could it have been a shorter run in the post-vietnam/early 1980's era? Hunt We would say unlikely since by the late 70s there were examples being made of an OD version of the RDF Coat, and this was worn to a fair degree by those units allowed or prescribed to wear this type, OD or Cammies back then even after the new BDUs came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Longbranch Posted May 17, 2020 Share #20 Posted May 17, 2020 Yes, by the late 70s the DSA became the DLA, so the reference to DSA On the tag dates this to 1977 or before. Here is another DPSC manufactured jacket (the “mosquito resistant” variant), referenced in another thread here at USMF and with solid provenance that it was a test garment. It is also discussed at this website: http://www.vietnamgear.com/kit.aspx?kit=687 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiGilio Posted May 19, 2020 Share #21 Posted May 19, 2020 Roughly speaking, the design of this rayon jacket is what you would find most commonly on DSA 68 dated jungle jackets (sleeve gussets, no loop in neck, one pen pocket, etc..). Late production poplin ERDL is the same I believe. And then the sleeve gusset is seen dropped on DSA 69. I think that’s gonna give you the best idea on when these are from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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