Royal Navy personnel are conducting wear test of a new new PCS working uniform aboard the new HMS Daring during its first deployment. This new uniform consists of T-shirt, shirt, thermal fleece and windproof jacket as well as trousers with slanted pockets to accommodate access while seated. There are also boots that feature zips as well as laces for rapid donning. The shirt’s collar can also be turned up and fastened instantly with Velcro to help protect from flame threats. Additionally, it’s in a new dark blue color rather than the light blue found on the current No 4 Dress. What’s even more interesting about this new uniform is that it is the same cut as the PCS uniform used by the UK’s ground combatants.
Further testing will be conducted aboard the Type 23 frigate HMS Westminster and the Trafalgar Class submarine HMS Talent.
Tags: Royal Navy, UK
Why does everyone need a beret these days?
The Brits have been wearing them for awhile now.
That’s a big belt!
The style is a Stable Belt and each Regiment has a different one.
Not entirely the best option but worlds ahead of the shit the US Navy issued out…
The ‘shit’ the US Navy issued is based on the Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform.
And they took everything that made sense about it and ruined it. Sew on rank, no velcro on the chest pockets, not to mention that ridiculous pattern. Oh, and the uniform is stiff, hot, and heavy. Seems like you haven’t worn it.
No I haven’t worn it but it seems you can’t seem to divorce the concept of the uniform from the camo pattern. As for the sew-on rank, I can see the argument that pin-on rank can fall off and be lost in aircraft and ships during operations and maintenance. What’s REALLY funny about your button complaint is that Soldiers complain because their uniforms have Velcro closures. It’s not like you are wearing body armor over your NWUs so the buttons aren’t that big of an issue.
Although, I’ll tell you that there are other parts of the Navy that have different uniforms (and camo patterns). If it’s so bad, maybe you should switch rates.
I find it interesting that so many countries seem to be moving to the chest mounted rank devices. We have those on the NWU Type IIIs and it’s sometimes really difficult to tell. But it seems to work for this uniform ok.
Chest mounted rank tabs would seem to make sense on a sailor uniform as shoulder straps / epaulettes might have a tendency to snag on pipes and stuff – or have I just been watching “Das Boot” too much? Not too sure about those big patches on the arm pockets though.
It also must be a bit disconcerting for the female sailors to have to wear their rank right in between their boobs though. Maybe that was a deliberate design feature…
SSD is right by the way – the Royal Navy has been wearing a dark blue beret for decades…
hmm.. what is it about the navy (of any country it seems) and the desire for a uniform that.. uhhh.. appeals to The Village People..
i like it.at least they did’nt feel the need to put a blue mtp pattern on it.as for the berets the mod web site has more pics and for every day use they have base ball caps.berets will be for shore use
Caps? Royal navy do not wear head dress indoors, and its berets or relevent headress for occasion outdoors.
I’m slightly amused as to how these 3 individuals are wearing their uniform. PCS is designed to be worn with sleeves rolled down and not tucked into trousers as the top is no longer a shirt but rather a jacket. Quite frankly, the way they wear their uniform makes it look unnecessarily scruffy
I don’t understand why the Royal Navy feel the need to tuck in a uniform that wasn’t designed to be tucked in. Both the Army and the Royal Air Force are now wearing this pattern of uniform, but in the Multi Terrain Pattern, however we wear it as it is designed to be worn, untucked with sleeves rolled down. It looks very scruffy like this.
To be fair, it looks scruffy liek that because they haven’t put any effort into it, shirts can be tucked in wayyy better than that, and shapes of berets are a bit scary too. Sleeve rolling is a poor attempt also.
I personally think wearing the shirt untucked looks scruffy and lazy and it will remove the use of stable belts for regiment colours in the army. Just copying of other countries shamefully, but we do as we’re told lol