Fallschrimjäger Knee Pads in Gebirgsjäger Use?

[customairsoftweap]

Do any of you know of Gebirgsjäger using knee pads as well as Fallschrimjäger? I know that they were not standard issue by any means, but it seems like something mountaineers might need when climbing. What are your thoughts on this?

[mccallion]

um.....Fjs were issued knee pads and early on even elbow pads, the pads were used in jumps and issued just before jumps, i find it Highly unlikely that a gj could get his hands on knee pads also i beleve that the mountain trousers are reenforced so the use of knee pads is redundent

McCallion

[customairsoftweap]

Thanks for the help.

[Adler69]

Fjs where issued not just knee and elbow pads, they also where issued ankle braces and groin supporters to prevent hernias during landing.
The first model of knee pads where more like a paded knee brace that went under the the jump trouser and upon landing you would reach into the trouser through the knee access slit on the side of the trouser, pull on a special release wire and the oad would fall into the trouser leg.
When the first oad model was phaced out in favor of the easier pad for some reason the access slit was kept on the jump trousers.

[gadge]

I've also read the pads were very unpopular with the troops and usually binned after landing. You have to remember that they are there becasue of the way the german chute drops you, you don't land quite as easily as you do from allied parachutes.

If you need kneepads for airsoft, fairdos, get the slim sort folk wear to putdown carpets and wear them under your wool trousers.