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you want the maroon titles with yellow text bt *dont* get the one with the glider attached its post war depeite what the osprey book says.
Glider patchit right for you BD blosue (remember only rank on the dension)
Printed pegsus and airborne tabs are most common
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
Whats the best way to clean wool serge of heavy soiling or fruit/berry staining? Dry clean? Cold hand wash?
A Proud Member Of 'Team Spleen!' who play mainly at Gunman Airsoft, Tuddenham, Suffolk.
does anyone know where you can get a ww2 groundsheet cape? i am not paying silly prices so would a post war one be acceptable? also whats the deal with the usage of these as shelters? i can remember we had a few post war ones at my old cadet hut and they werent that big!
We picked up a couple of the rubberised cape type things at Beltring for £4 each.
They're good as a rain cape but would be useless as a shelter.
Whats the best way to clean wool serge of heavy soiling or fruit/berry staining? Dry clean? Cold hand wash?
Cool hand wash for berry staining... get that a lot at F&O.
After the wash stretch the BDs a bit to stop them shrinking. Just pull them by hand in all directions to line up the fibres...
Dirt can be brushed out
Dry Clean is also okay.
We picked up a couple of the rubberised cape type things at Beltring for £4 each.
They're good as a rain cape but would be useless as a shelter.
Yeah Green post war Rain capes are fine.
excellent 
I'd like a chinstrap too please warren!
Me too please, if you have any left, Warren? Are you coming to D-Day?
You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
after having a bit of a confab with tyler we both decided it would be more fitting to both be carrying zeltbahns. after all everyone seems to be making a thing of both sides using captured kit!
OK kit query, Is it possible to ever have too much?Im running out of space, but cant stop looking for more kit.
OK kit query, Is it possible to ever have too much?Im running out of space, but cant stop looking for more kit.
i don't think it's ever possible to have too much kit.
Well, maybe if your house starts to look like Sabre Sales, but until it gets to that stage, then you're fine!
OK kit query, Is it possible to ever have too much?Im running out of space, but cant stop looking for more kit.
I don't think it's ever possible to have too much kit.
Well, maybe if your house starts to look like Sabre Sales, but until it gets to that stage, then you're fine!
So untill my attic is just a big pile of mil clothing im ok then? Phew.
Well, I wore my Brit Airbourne kit for the first time today, at an open day. Heh, met Tyler-D and friend, quite by chance!
Anyway, I decided to wear my small pack on the side, and dead handy it was too for grenades and smokes, etc. However, my problem was that it meant I had to move my water bottle over to the left side, and it kept getting tangled up with my gas mask pouch thing. What do you experts do? 
You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
Well, I wore my Brit Airbourne kit for the first time today, at an open day. Heh, met Tyler-D and friend, quite by chance!
Anyway, I decided to wear my small pack on the side, and dead handy it was too for grenades and smokes, etc. However, my problem was that it meant I had to move my water bottle over to the left side, and it kept getting tangled up with my gas mask pouch thing. What do you experts do?
The waterbottle in it's carrier is 'usually' always on the right hand side hanging between the front right and back right brace straps handing down. The small pack, when worn 'off-the-belt' mirrors the water bottle and carrier, but on the left hand side using the front left and rear left brace straps that hang down. If you're talking about the 'light' gas mask pouch ("dragon bag"/ light green canvas material gas mask pouch) then that would be worn over your shoulder on it's strap but with the strap done up so that it lies approximately level with your belt (to stop it getting caught in things) or more commonly attached to the back of the belt (direct centre back - between/on top of the rear brace strap buckles) with it's long shoulder strap either stuffed inside or wrapped around it's exterior.
A Proud Member Of 'Team Spleen!' who play mainly at Gunman Airsoft, Tuddenham, Suffolk.
Ah, ok. I wore my small pack on the left, as in photos I'd seen. I'll try it the other way around. Cheers. 
You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
Ah, ok. I wore my small pack on the left, as in photos I'd seen. I'll try it the other way around. Cheers.
No, that's correct! Small pack on left, water bottle on right.
A Proud Member Of 'Team Spleen!' who play mainly at Gunman Airsoft, Tuddenham, Suffolk.
Ah, ok. I wore my small pack on the left, as in photos I'd seen. I'll try it the other way around. Cheers.
No, that's correct! Small pack on left, water bottle on right.
Er... yeah, but then my problem remains - the cork of the water bottle snags against the gas mask pouch and pulls out!
You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
So how are you wearing your gas mask pouch?
Try as I mentioned in my original post and have either with the shoulder straps shortened or affixed to the rear of your belt.
If you've got the large MkIV gas mask bag, and not the later 'lightweight' design, then it should be hanging down your front, suspended from your neck and secured around your waist with a piece of string.
A Proud Member Of 'Team Spleen!' who play mainly at Gunman Airsoft, Tuddenham, Suffolk.
Dunno what type it is - green canvas, which I attached to the belt, because that's the only attachments it had, and it's what a guide said. (Not a girl guide.)
You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
Here is how Yith is wearing it:
http://www.ww2airsoft.org.uk/zoom/hallamshires.html
http://www.ww2airsoft.org.uk/zoom/staffs.html
