DDPM Bergan

[gavinkempsell]

I've turned into a born again collector of military 'stuff' which includes some uniform, webbing & bergans but for the life of me I can't find a British Army issued DDPM bergan, They must exist as I have side pouches for one but can only find DDPM covers.

I can't even find any info on them... am I looking in the wrong places or am I trying to find a left handed unicorn?

Help please????

 

[Speedbird_666]

I've turned into a born again collector of military 'stuff' which includes some uniform, webbing & bergans but for the life of me I can't find a British Army issued DDPM bergan, They must exist as I have side pouches for one but can only find DDPM covers.

I can't even find any info on them... am I looking in the wrong places or am I trying to find a left handed unicorn?

Help please????

By DDPM I assume you are referring to Desert DPM?

If so, the side pouches are probably for the 45L Day Sack available here:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125122762851

 

[OTH21]

As far as I'm aware the main DDPM regular issued packs are the one above, the Karrimor ECM pack and a mortar carrying variant of the one above, I'd assume there'd be a medic clamshell type pack also. Not seen a bergan, probably just cheaper to issue out a DDPM bergan cover like you've seen and put that over a standard DPM bergan. SF may have had DDPM bergans, if they're out there they'd come up on fleaBay I guess with the appropriate "genuine SF issue, rare, I know what I've got" pricing.

Any other kit you're after? 

 

[gavinkempsell]

By DDPM I assume you are referring to Desert DPM?

Yes, & thanks for the link & info. Was hoping they issued full sized 90ltr bergans but suspected the covers were they only option

As far as I'm aware the main DDPM regular issued packs are the one above, the Karrimor ECM pack and a mortar carrying variant of the one above, I'd assume there'd be a medic clamshell type pack also. Not seen a bergan, probably just cheaper to issue out a DDPM bergan cover like you've seen and put that over a standard DPM bergan. SF may have had DDPM bergans, if they're out there they'd come up on fleaBay I guess with the appropriate "genuine SF issue, rare, I know what I've got" pricing.

Any other kit you're after? 

Thanks, I'm always on the lookout for kit that interests me, looking for British issued kit mainly but have a set of alice to widen the gene pool.
Gavin.

 

[Jacket]

I’m 99.9% certain there has never been a DDPM bergen. Silvermans used to sell a U.S. Tri desert PLCE style bergen, along with rocket pouches that had built in shoulder straps I think.

The only issued DDPM stuff I am aware of is the 40 litre patrol pack and ECM bags

 

[Davet]

As per Jacket above, definitely no DDPM bergen was ever on issue to green army, the only DDPM nylon gear was patrol & ECM/radio packs (and side pouches for same), MOLLE vest/pouches and early iterations of Osprey armour covers/pouches.

As for “them”, who knows…!

 

[Egon_247]

I have a desert Bergen, but it's not a dpm. Bought it years ago, damn thing still had sand in it...?