British Army Desert DPM Goretex Pants

Desert DPM Gore-Tex Pants

These are British Army waterproof trousers in Desert DPM, built to keep rain and wind off your legs while letting body moisture escape. The loose overtrouser cut is meant to go on over your regular trousers when the weather turns, and comes off again just as fast. They suit anyone who wants a dependable shell layer, plus collectors and reenactors putting together British desert kit.

Features

• Gore-Tex Membrane — A waterproof, breathable laminate blocks rain from the outside while letting sweat vapor pass out, so you stay drier than you would in a plain rubberized shell.
• Desert DPM Camouflage — Disruptive Pattern Material, the British Army's own camouflage, printed here in its two-tone sand and brown desert scheme.
• Elastic Waistband — A fully elasticated waist pulls on without buttons or a fly and sits comfortably over another layer.
• Gathered Ankle Cuffs — The cuffs close in around the ankle to keep water, sand and grit from riding up the leg.
• Overtrouser Cut — A roomy leg leaves space to wear the pants over combat trousers or base layers.
• Packable Shell — There is no lining or insulation, so the pants fold down small enough to carry in a pack until you need them.
• Genuine British Army Issue — Supplied by the British military, so you get the real issue garment and not a commercial lookalike.

Issued British Kit

British forces wore Desert DPM in arid theaters, and these Gore-Tex pants were their wet-weather layer for that pattern. Because they were made to a military specification and not a fashion brief, the construction is plain and purposeful: a membrane shell, an elastic waist and closed cuffs. For a collector they complete a Desert DPM uniform set. For everyday use they are a hard-working rain layer for hiking, hunting and range days.