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Post by gadge on Oct 7, 2012 3:51:32 GMT -5
Almost finished the west german loadout. and *purely* messing about with fancy dress...
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Post by Schwerpunkt on Oct 7, 2012 13:01:00 GMT -5
the only thing missing is a brandy and soda and a cheroot
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Post by tango on Oct 7, 2012 23:27:21 GMT -5
Nice job on the West German kit gadge! I much prefer the moleskin uniform over Flecktarn. Here is one of my Cold War kits, Soviet Naval Infantry (parachute trained), 1980s.
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Post by masterchef on Oct 10, 2012 2:26:15 GMT -5
With this many Bundeswehr, Russian and NVA impressions I'm suprised none of you guys are interested in Eastwind, it's just about the only place we get any love. Anyway, was refitting all my gear for a local game (I've lost some weight) and had recently finished my Mg3 project (so the west Germans can use period tactics) and had a quick shot snapped in the backyard. Early 90's Eastwind Jäger kit. I've got an extra canteen and am missing the p1 in holster. I've got a moleskin kit too but haven't sourced a big enough combat shirt yet. I'll get pictures of that later. Gadge, I've never seen the canteen on the belt like that, and the Bundeswehr vets I've spoken to (late seventies through mid nineties) said that the canteen always went in the buttpack (there's even a special pouch for it) Otherwise, great kit!
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Post by tango on Oct 10, 2012 11:47:26 GMT -5
With this many Bundeswehr, Russian and NVA impressions I'm suprised none of you guys are interested in Eastwind, it's just about the only place we get any love. I'm already on the forum. Excellent job on the MG3 by the way, I followed your build thread with great interest!
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Post by gadge on Oct 10, 2012 17:28:07 GMT -5
Its the way its shown in a lot of training manuals. I've also seen it worn on the belt in a few pics too. I'll try and scan in some pics if i can, i may just have to take photos of the page in a book or two. Edit: You had me worried for a minute there seeing as the pics part of a series for a magazine article (it's my job to do it right , like i say i was going off a 1970s book on NATO webbing. But it seems from looking at dozens of pics and trawling a few fora that the *usual* thing to do was to wear it clipped to the side of your breadbag (not inside, the idea was to keep all your cooking/eating/drinking kit together) but equally it is sometimes seen clipped to the rear d rings on the y straps or the side of a rucksack. If you're not wearing a breadbag or rucksack (as i'd imagine marder crew wouldnt as its not easy to sit in APC with a bread bag on the small of your back then it was supposed to be worn on the belt. I've found half a dozen pics of it being worn all three ways in a quick search, can post em up if anyone is that bothered. Like I say, i just found that interesting as I was a little worried i'd stuffed up this months 'cold war warriors' article!
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Post by gadge on Oct 10, 2012 17:33:10 GMT -5
My 90s BW kit... It was our team kit (about 20 of us) for a year or so. There are a few non issue bits there and the lids repro but most of it was issue kit.
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Post by gadge on Oct 10, 2012 18:20:54 GMT -5
I am now BTW *really* regretting selling my set of SEM52 radios we used to use for section leaders on the team.
Illegal to use in the UK, so we discovered, and meant we were on a net of our own and all the other players on site couldnt liase so they went...
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Post by gadge on Oct 10, 2012 18:24:07 GMT -5
And the old team, you can see a few of us rocking SEM52s in this pic. You'll also note that some of the guys only paid lip service to the BW theme while a few of us were quite into it.
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Post by masterchef on Oct 10, 2012 20:23:17 GMT -5
We've got both Sem52A and Sem52S (synthesized) radios, as well as an FSE 38/58 and several Sem35 man pack radios. In my opinion the Sem52S is light-years ahead of the "A" model since it is programmable and has an internal speaker/microphone. That said, you can do amazing things with the little Sem52 series.
I've seen that quite a bit with "Bundeswehr" themed teams here. The guy(s) providing the driving force go all out while others put in a token effort.
I've almost entirely focused on the transitional and fleck gear (since that's the EW time frame) in my research and can't get my hands on anything but a copy of "Der Reibert" so I may have to defer to you on that subject. Like I said I've only talked to a few vets and my German isn't as strong as I wish it were (don't get much practice here in Kansas) so I very well could have misheard as well.
Didn't mean to get you worried!
Tango: I figured it was you, nice impression by the way!
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Post by gadge on Oct 11, 2012 6:12:47 GMT -5
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Post by gadge on Oct 21, 2012 17:10:46 GMT -5
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Post by Adler69 on Nov 13, 2012 21:10:44 GMT -5
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Post by Adler69 on Nov 20, 2012 21:50:04 GMT -5
And one more Belgian UN contingent, Somalia '94 Need to get my hands on an early DDPM vest to use instead of the S95 vest.
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Post by gadge on Nov 28, 2012 17:47:56 GMT -5
Soviet Airborne, afghanistan mid 80s. It's a very early set of afghanka (no cargo pockets on pants) and excuse the AK47, the 74 is in for repairs! (boots are german too!)
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Post by tango on Nov 28, 2012 20:51:11 GMT -5
Pretty good! Never seen Afghanka without leg pockets before- that is pretty neat. What's the date on the uniform? Some stuff to work on: Your magazine pouch looks hard to use in that position with the RD-54 on top of it. Usually it is worn on the right hip. You need a collar liner: www.red-alliance.net/forum/index.php?topic=19128
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Post by gadge on Nov 29, 2012 3:44:59 GMT -5
The trousers are dated either 85 or 86 it's hard to make out. The mag pouch is a reserve seen worn on the back in archive pics, obviously the ready mags are the ones in the RD54 mag pouches. Collar liners being made. I only got the uniform the other day, just trying it all out
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Post by tango on Nov 30, 2012 7:20:14 GMT -5
I've seen the mag pouch worn on the back sometimes- but only with nothing else worn on the upper back to block access. Then again- I haven't seen everything. Here are some recent pictures of my Afghan VDV kit- everything is ok except for boots (IDF) and bayonet hanger (Russian). I'm on the left here and on the right
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Post by gadge on Dec 6, 2012 6:59:40 GMT -5
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Post by Adler69 on Dec 24, 2012 2:39:05 GMT -5
Another day another impression Africa Merc 1961 1960 french shirt Belgian Brushstroke trousers French 1954 low canvas boots STG44 and P38
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Post by gadge on Jan 19, 2013 5:24:09 GMT -5
With the snow down in the UK i though it was a good chance to try out the NVA winter issue. Although the rifle shuld be an MPIk this is pretty much a winter 'fighting load' with the NBC kit worn on the back. Note boots are outside of the trousers as this was only allowed in bad weather where there was likely to be a lot of snow or mud, also of interest is the ersatz helmet camo, while it might look odd it's actually what the NVA did... just put strips of paper under the net. Etool is an engineers pattern one too and *may* be upside down, i've seen it worn both ways, the othr way round is really uncomfortable with an ABC suit on your back.
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Post by Adler69 on Feb 6, 2013 2:58:15 GMT -5
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Post by gadge on Mar 17, 2013 13:36:36 GMT -5
1985 British CNBR kit, reasonably uncommon dpm camouflage MKIII 85 dated suit (it usually came in bottle green), S6 ressie and overboots and gloves. Also similar era NVA chemical defence kit with the mask varient for soldiers using optical sights (such as gunners)
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Post by stuka on Mar 17, 2013 16:46:16 GMT -5
What is that thing on the 74 stock and where can i find it?
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Post by gadge on Mar 17, 2013 18:08:40 GMT -5
Its a rubber tourniquet
ebay
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Post by gadge on Mar 17, 2013 18:09:46 GMT -5
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Post by stuka on Mar 18, 2013 5:03:12 GMT -5
thank you sir
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Post by battlegear on Jul 31, 2014 2:08:22 GMT -5
I usually get those kinds of comments but just simply say I'm korean as a correction and since the U.S. is a melting pot country it wouldn't be uncommon to see a asian decent or even a couple in the military since they mixed races... great looking uniform, you look like a soldier from the movie "TAE GUK GI" that was a excellent Korean war movie
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