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Posted: 5/24/2011 7:30:45 AM EDT
When did the British Army phase out Shorts for uniform combat wear and does anyone else still actually issue shorts as part of a combat uniform?
What reason were shorts issued for combat wear? |
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Posted: 5/24/2011 7:32:23 AM EDT
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I've seen pics of Danes wearing shorts on their FOBs in Afghanistan - but not as part of a combat uniform or outside the base.
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Posted: 5/24/2011 7:34:53 AM EDT
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Didn't you get the memo? Shorts are for women and children, grown men wear pants. And not sweatpants either!
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Posted: 5/24/2011 7:35:20 AM EDT
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I don't know, but the guy on the right of the top picture is trying to get as far away from that Webley as possible!
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Posted: 5/24/2011 7:46:20 AM EDT
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The Brits and Aussies still do, however they normally don't wear them on patrols.
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Posted: 5/24/2011 7:48:45 AM EDT
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I don't know, but the guy on the right of the top picture is trying to get as far away from that Webley as possible! No eye or ear protection, I can't say I blame him. |
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Posted: 5/24/2011 7:55:25 AM EDT
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There used to be a hot blonde with the Australian Army contingent on Camp Virginia in Kuwait back in 2005...
I'd drool half to death every time I ran into her wearing her uniform shorts in the PX... 
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Posted: 5/24/2011 8:02:20 AM EDT
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Didn't you get the memo? Shorts are for women and children, grown men wear pants. And not sweatpants either! .....eh.....no 
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Posted: 5/24/2011 8:41:27 AM EDT
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Was in this thread.
http://www.ar15.com/forums/topic.html?b=1&f=5&t=1186091&page=1 |
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Posted: 5/24/2011 9:26:18 AM EDT
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Every modern military (it seems) but the US.
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Posted: 5/24/2011 9:28:59 AM EDT
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I've seen pics of Danes wearing shorts on their FOBs in Afghanistan - but not as part of a combat uniform or outside the base. Shorts and issued flip flops. Silly Danes. 
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Posted: 5/24/2011 9:32:00 AM EDT
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The Brits and Aussies still do, however they normally don't wear them on patrols. Aviation guys rock them from my limited exposure to them stateside. (I had to Pettibone an engine for one of thier P-3 and scored a case of VB out it .)
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Posted: 5/24/2011 9:33:38 AM EDT
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There was a seriously messed up dude from (Norway/Finland/Sweden)? who wore some seriously short shorts at ISAF in 2008.
My eyes... they cannot unsee what has been seen.... |
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Posted: 5/24/2011 9:34:44 AM EDT
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Didn't you get the memo? Shorts are for women and children, grown men wear pants. And not sweatpants either! 
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Posted: 5/24/2011 9:38:47 AM EDT
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Probably concerns about increase bug bites, ticks, and parasites maybe?
Perhaps it's the load each service member is now carrying and the fact of increase cuts and abrasions to the knees and legs with concerns of infections? No idea. |
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Posted: 5/24/2011 9:49:10 AM EDT
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The French do, and boy do they like them short:
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Posted: 5/24/2011 9:49:34 AM EDT
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its interesting how the countries with the most experience historically with fighting in deserts and jungles (brits, danes, french) are the ones that issue shorts...
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Posted: 5/24/2011 10:02:24 AM EDT
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I don't know, but the guy on the right of the top picture is trying to get as far away from that Webley as possible! Must have been one of those Webleys manufactured by Glock! |
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Posted: 5/24/2011 10:04:01 AM EDT
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The French do, and boy do they like them short: http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/3338/missionsdelasemaineecoum.jpg Choo Chooo Big Gay Dildo Train coming into the station! 
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Posted: 5/24/2011 10:06:12 AM EDT
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Yeah when we were in kuwait I saw some brits and aussies with shorts.
Think I saw some in iraq too. |
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Posted: 5/24/2011 10:38:56 AM EDT
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its interesting how the countries with the most experience historically with fighting in deserts and jungles (brits, danes, french) are the ones that issue shorts... ...or, the least experience domestically with the realities of life in deserts and jungles. |
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Posted: 5/24/2011 12:16:01 PM EDT
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its interesting how the countries with the most experience historically with fighting in deserts and jungles (brits, danes, french) are the ones that issue shorts... Just to clarify, the Danes have absolutely NO experience whatsoever with fighting in deserts. The Brits and the French do, but not the Danes.
When Denmark volunteered to join the war in Afghanistan and the invasion of Iraq, the Danish army basically had to develop new uniforms, because there were no uniforms meant for desert/rocky use in the inventory. All we had was meant for the Danish/northern Europe environment. 
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Posted: 5/24/2011 12:18:21 PM EDT
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The French do, and boy do they like them short: http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/3338/missionsdelasemaineecoum.jpg They gots nothin' on the Marines running PT around Leatherneck and KAF! |
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Posted: 5/24/2011 12:36:37 PM EDT
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Quoted: Didn't you get the memo? Shorts are for women and children, grown men wear kilts. Fixed. Even comes in desert MARPAT for deployed Marines   |
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Posted: 5/24/2011 12:43:38 PM EDT
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Quoted: Didn't you get the memo? Shorts are for women and children, grown men wear pants. And not sweatpants either! .   |
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Posted: 5/24/2011 12:53:16 PM EDT
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UDT Shorts are still around in the Navy and Marines, don't know if they qualify as part of a "combat uniform".. Although UDT guys certainly wore them in Vietnam.
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Posted: 5/24/2011 9:59:28 PM EDT
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Didn't you get the memo? Shorts are for women and children, grown men wear pants. And not sweatpants either! .
Oh teh noes! Those posers are all wearing scarves...IBTL! |
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