The British Army 1965-80 : Combat and Service Dress (Men at Arms Series, 71)

By Digby George Smith

The uniform of the British Army underwent many changes between 1965 and 1980. This book catalogues these changes and outlines in detail the many regimental distinctions which exist throughout this old... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0850452732
• ISBN13: 9780850452730
• Release Date: June 1977
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.1" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

BD Out, SD In, DPM on the way.

If you know what all that means then you need this book. If not, stop reading now. Published in 1977, this book is a snapshot of the British Army as it was in 1976. It consists of O B listings of the major units and their sub units.All is covered herein except the officers' mess dress, and the white and red ceremonial uniforms. These, though beloved of students of the British Army are so seldom seen and are so complicated in the details of their regimental distinctions, that, like the old Indian Army, one would need a multi volume encyclopedia to cover the subject well.Instead this concentrates on the Service dress orders which replaced the BD, jungle greens, and khaki drill of the WW II period and later.Very little on individual equipment so look elsewhere for that.