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????

Edited June 13, 2023 by gavinkempsell

[Speedbird_666]

8 hours ago, gavinkempsell said:

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]

2 hours ago, Speedbird_666 said:

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

58 minutes ago, OTH21 said:

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...😂