![]() ![]() * Free Shipping may not apply to all products. At time of writing they still have a few examples in stock, but don’t expect these good quality garments to hang around for too long once this brief article is published.* Warlord Medals not available until approved. Our thanks to Andy and his Essex Boys team at East-West Trading for loaning the pristine shirt and jacket, till in their original bags. One last minor point, in bright sunlight it is not always possible to spot that there are two distinct orange shades and sometimes these garments can appear to be three-colour. The combat shirt and trousers worn by the Lieutenant General I photographed with HRH Prince Faisal of Jordan in 2006 had the same lighter buttons, which suggests our Omani Orange DPM garments may well be of post-2015 manufacture. The two officers who I photographed in autumn 2015 in the UK were wearing this version, which had light khaki coloured buttons. This combat jacket is summer weight, but a heavier version with internal buttons for a removable liner and an external waist drawcord have also been produced. ¤ Back panel of the Omani combat jacket ~ pattern is clearly derived from British DPM ¤ Combat jacket lower cargo pocket has bellowed trailing edge #CAMOUFLAGE ORANGE ZIP#¤ Half-bellowed combat jacket chest pocket is slanted – note zip behind buttoned front opening flap ¤ All buttons on combat jacket are dark olive – note sleeve pocket flap Pocket flaps are envelope envelope-style and the chest pockets are slanted.įive-pocket Omani combat jacket the lead edge is flat sewn and the trailing edge is pleated – but the sleeve pocket is flat-sewn. All four front pockets are of half-bellowed type – i.e. Buttons are identical to those on the combat shirt, though there are two apiece on each sleeve cuff, and there is a straight hem with drawcord. Inside there is also a simple document pocket on the left side and a lower ‘poacher’ pocket across the back. The combat jacket, in this case sized Medium, is longer and of five pocket design – 2x chest, 2x lower cargo and 1x left sleeve – with a single action front zip and button-down cover flap. ¤ Combat shirt pockets are flat-sewn but pleated ~ note also the black and dark orange spray effect ¤ Combat shirt buttons to the throat ~ note also shoulder tabs for rank slides The hem is scalloped, the upper back is pleated, and the waist is slightly shaped. There are six small olive green buttons down the front, the two pleated flat-sewn chest pockets have a single button apiece for their clipped straight-edged flaps, the shoulder straps for rank tabs have similar buttons and the sleeve cuffs are buttoned. Turning first to the combat shirt, which is sized Small, this is of conventional two pocket design with a plain buttoned front and long sleeves. ![]() Omani, Kurdish Iranian (in ‘US coffee stain’ camo) and Jordanian (in KA2 Desert camo) officers on Salisbury Plain in 2015 ~ the Omani combat jacket is the heavier version with buttons for an internal liner and external waist drawcord ![]() On Salisbury Plain the camo stands out noticeably, but in the bright and arid conditions of the Middle East it does not look out of place my feeling, having visited the UAE-Oman border region a couple of times, is that it probably works very well in the region, particularly in the morning and evening when the sun is low. Regrettably I have not yet had the opportunity to work with the Sultan’s mainstream forces in the field, though I have photographed black-clad Omani Spec Ops troops at KASOTC, but I have occasionally been able to photograph Omani officers at events in both the UK and Jordan. They are well tailored and quality is high, which is no less than one expects of goods produced in Oman for the nation’s armed forces. ![]() Newer Omani DPM camo with two shades of orange ~ note stippling rather than spatter ~ round for size comparison is NATO 5.56mm īoth featured garments were manufactured by Fevam Industries and supplied to the Omani Government by Al-Obaidani International, an Oman-based company which produced combat and dress uniforms for armed forces across the Gulf Cooperation Council (GGC) states. ![]()
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