Pair of DPCU Canvas pouches : RAN Boarding Party

Place Middle East: Persian Gulf
Accession Number REL31408.013
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Personal Equipment
Physical description Brass, Canvas, Nylon webbing, Plastic, Steel
Maker Trade Partners International Pty Ltd
Place made Australia
Date made 1997
Conflict Iraq, 2003-2013
Description

Pair of Australian Army issue radio pouches in Disruptive Pattern Camouflage Uniform (DPCU) printed canvas. Each oblong shaped pouch has an open top. A narrow webbing strap can be clipped across the top opening to retain the radio. The pouches each have a clear plastic window in their front face, covered by a flap with two brass press studs. Attached to the right hand side is an open topped pocket with an adjustable webbing strap loop above it. There is a drain hole, reinforced by a brass eyelet, in the bottom of each pouch, and a pair of black painted steel sliding clips are attached to the rear of one. The other has a pair of nylon webbing straps hand sewn to the top and bottom of the reverse. Underneath the front flap on each pouch is printed '8465-66-142-9033 (Broad Arrow) TRADE PARTNERS INT. 2/97' in black ink.

History / Summary

Australian Army issue DPCU Canvas radio pouches, issued to Royal Australian Navy Boarding Parties during the war on Iraq.

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