"native african troops with denison smocks?" Topic
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| mark72 | 05 Apr 2018 6:46 a.m. PST |
hi, did african troops (e.g. KAR) get Denison smocks? I wanted to convert Warlords plastic paras to some native troops. Thanks |
| foxweasel | 06 Apr 2018 1:22 a.m. PST |
I know that the Kenyan airborne forces wore them in the 60s and 70s, I've just looked on the net and it seems these are the same ones used in the filming of "The Wild Geese". India also made its own copy of the Denison, I should imagine they were exported to various countries who wanted to claim they had a parachute capability. |
| andysyk | 06 Apr 2018 3:25 a.m. PST |
As Foxweasel said lots of use postwar, this review has some good info link
And the Denison Smock Wiki page is quite good.
However during the war I don't think any African Troops were issued it. The only Commonwealth troops issued it on masse was the Indian Parachute units but they left all their Airborne Uniform, Smocks, Helmets etc in depot at Assam before deploying operationally. |
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