New Production SADF Pattern 83 Battle Jacket Color:Ranger Green the lid has an external

the lid has an external cargo pocket as well as fasteners to affix gear

Velcro hood roll keeper

easy to spot clean

we’ll probably never know for sure

The head can be adjusted simply by giving it a few love taps with a mallet to further secure it

New Production SADF Pattern 83 Battle Jacket Color:Ranger Green the lid has an externalThe Birth of Pattern 83 The Cold War was not cold for South Africa. While most of Europe was playing an elaborate game of who has the most nukes, the South African Defense Force (SADF) was hard at work fighting the counter insurgency battles of the future. In the process, they developed and refined much of the tactics, weapons, and equipment used today. In the 1960s and 1970s South Africans were involved in three major counterinsurgency wars in Sub