IMHO - these are the best issued outer layer in the world for comfort and practicality. Comment below about Bravo 2 O freezing in these.... Interestingly they didn't wear this issue smock - they wore the famous WW2 SAS smock, single colour over the head smock - it had become a fashion icon for British special forces..... may have been a bad choice. With some treatment you can get these pretty waterproof. I live in Australia and they're good for temperatures with big variations. Where i live we can start a day at 3 degrees celcius and hit midday at 35 celcius.... so with a thermal layer under it you can de-layer without all the bulk of down jackets or thicker shells. I've worn and old one cross country skiing with a pair of Dutch issue Goretex pants - it was great as i didn't overheat with exertion but it cut the wind. FWIW - this is not an SAS smock. It's the standard issue desert DPM windproof. It's often confused with the smock the SAS uses because it's made by SASS - a company. This one was issued to a Royal Engineer. The actual SAS smock has no rank slide on the front and a few other differences. Smock nerds will compare this unfavourably to older issue Gaberdine smocks - they're right in some ways. But this is excellent kit! - and soon to become a piece of history with MTP now taking over. Your reviews are very clear and helpful, no BS. Thankyou. And PS - these are not available in Australia anywhere! Snap one up - they're excellent value and look pretty good too.

No mention of the size of the jacket relative to your size at all, a gauge of the size is most of the reason why we would watch a clothing review, amazes me that so many KZread clothing product reviewers don’t do this

Haha the bloke who owned it was a Royal Engineer. Best regiment ever.

That arm flash you found in the pocket is a "Royal Engineers" flash (Badge)

Royal Engineer had the jacket before you...

SAS smocks are my jacket of choice, especially the woodland DPM. Biggest complaint is rolling up the hood (don't have wire in mine, don't want it either) and waist adjustment cords that force you to take off coat to adjust. Prefer M-65 field coat in these respects. For anyone interested, Special Air Sea Services makes SAS smocks to order with a variety of options and different colours/camo patterns. Liked video, didn't think anybody else got excited about this stuff but me!

20 seconds in and I have to say close your pockets

As a Brit myself, I loved seeing this review. Thanks. Keep up the good work.

Nice. Can the hood be detached?

Looks like a Soldier 95 Windproof smock.

There are 7 versions of the Windproof smock. Each issued to Reg/Units depending on requirements, but all made by Cooneen Watts and Stone in Belfast NI. Later became Cooneen Defence.

I've been looking at this for awhile now. I finally pulled the trigger and purchased one. Thanks for the review.

I got the MTP version of this smock and it's the dog's bollocks.

Cool review Thanks for sharing

Just bought one so thanks for the review.

Excellent content, good video.

An army surplus store on amazon uk called outcast fishing and army surplus has just had a new shipment of woodland DPM smocks in almost all sizes and are super grade almost brand new , £30 free post and package , got mine last week , its awsome , came with royal air force regiment badges and trf badge .

Nice gear Luke! Great find...thanks for sharing...Rocky :)

I like this smock... spacious bags and the hood that can be fixed in any shape.

nice jacket, perfect for hicking here in the desert during winter.