were gillie suits used in ww2
or was it more likely that uniforms would be altered in accordance with terrain using scrub, bush etc?
Depended on the type of job the sniper was involved in. But by and large yes, a gilly was used.
IIRC, the camo and concealment part of the British Army's sniper school was run by the Lovat Scouts to start with, most of whom had been shooting ghillies on sporting estates in Scotland before the war.
Mind you, i've got some pics somewhere of basic ghillie suits being in WW1 as well...
When we were a Kingdom it was run by a King
When we were an Empire it was run by an Empress
Now we're a country we're run by a..........
thers a good film role of the king and queen inspecting some canadian troops ( i think) befor D-Day,
including a team in ghillies,
the old queen has a rather ammused look on her face,
if you can get hold of the war time style tank netting with the dyed sacking as thats the stuff they used,
team shoot and scoot, TL
ok thank you
Yep, WWII ghillies are *very* different to modern ones.
IWM has some photos of british smiper sin them, check out the Osprey title 'British army 1939 - 45' that has a superb pic of a uk sniper with ghillied head gear and an ss camo smock.
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
excellent thanks alot for all the info
i was also wondering, could i come to a day dressed in ss officer uniform, and then play as allies, as i know one ww2 sniper used this tactic
No
you cant do that.
I'd accept odd bits of lifted kit on brit airborne (mainly weapons or ammo pouches) but you cant try and convince peopel you're on the other side.
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
yer i sort of new the answer to that one, still... one can but try. The friendly fire issues that would come with it though 