Sumpmuster helmet cover...

Found these:-

WWII M35 Helmet Cover - Repro Water & Tan
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WW2-German-Heer-Luftwaffe-Tan-Water-Camo-Helmet-Cover_W0QQitemZ150078858055QQihZ005QQcategoryZ36046QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

Couldn't find a Tan & Water Fallschirmjager Helmet Cover

WWII FallschirmJager Helmet Cover - Repro Italian Camo
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WW2-German-Fallschirmjager-Italian-Camo-M38-HelmetCover_W0QQitemZ150099207582QQihZ005QQcategoryZ36046QQtcZphotoQQcmdZViewItem

JD7

I've got the tan and water M35 one from Spearhead - super job.

Excellent i have a pastic PASGT helemt which should look ok under a tan and water cover... well good enough for our purposes, i know the chin strap will eb wrong etcl

There is no evidence for their manufacture or issue during the war for Heer or for Falshy, same as with pea dot covers, they are the rarest of beasts.
The only one I've heard of was found in a pocket and was judged to have been a field made item.
For your info, not an attack.

But....but.... what about Rollo in "Stalingrad"??!

Perhaps that's one of the field made items?
The splinter helmet cover was one of the most widely issued camo items for the heer soldat. That said I've seen reports that suggest as few as 20% of the soldiers actually got one.
For info.
The main camo item was and should be a zeltbahn, keeps the rain off too.
It's hard to resist the camo gear, I've got smocks, covers, parkas, all sorts, the smocks are great in warmer weather for battles.
One reason SS is so popular is the widespread issue of camo. Almost all got smock and helmet cover. It is not easy to find a mix of peas pattern and smock. If you are wearing a smock opt for field grey wool trousers rather than the peas version.

Poacher, it was you i was hoping could advise me to be honest.

I'm looking for either a panzer lehr loadout or normal heer with a bit of camo, pob just a splinter tarnjacke.

I wanted to do GD but they are eastern front only right?

My current thugh is sumpmuster trousers, field grey tunic, m43 cap in field grey and a steel helmet with dunkel gelb overspray.

Saw a picture of a combat engineer dressed similalry;

GD are not an unit I have much knowledge on. I'm sure I have seen mention of them in the defence of the Reich fighting in the west but I'll have to check up on that.
Combat engineer? Nice, black piping, can be very slick if done with flair. Big pouches too for lots of mags and grenades. Combat engineers in Panzer divs are often seen in the black wrap but these were piped with a black and white twist.
Is this just for airsoft or do you intend to cross back into re-enacting with it? It's just there isnt a really good sumpf '43 or '44, not at modest prices and the good prints I've not seen in trousers. So many have a very yellow or orange base that looks wrong.
If it's just for airsoft go with Spearhead rather than Keith for your camo.
There seems to be a desire to nail down impressions to the exact unit, but then to ignore the uniform specifics, seems odd to me. Keep it general, avoid cuff titles and helmet decals, do a generic impression and you can claim to be any unit relevant to the battle. The lack of distinctions on most german uniforms help with this. Only the soldbuch pin you down to unit, the dogtags could be from your training unit. Not glamorous but practical.
There are few battles that did not include das heer but a number that had no SS involvement [Heurtgen?].
To switch from heer to SS you change hat, tunic, buckle and zeltbahn. The rest of your kit can stay the same.

German kit is purley for airsoft.

As an ex stafford its my god given mission to educate the mases that airborne does not mean para

Only regiment in wwii to get 2 vcs in one battle! (Arnhem)
First regiment inot occupied Europe! (op Husky)
Finest regiment in the British Army (my opinion)

So re-enacting i'll stick to 1 staffords (chindit) or 2 staffords (airborne) as i feel the need to carry the torch:)

Its why im so passionate about this game.

There seems to be a desire to nail down impressions to the exact unit, but then to ignore the uniform specifics, seems odd to me. Keep it general, avoid cuff titles and helmet decals, do a generic impression and you can claim to be any unit relevant to the battle. The lack of distinctions on most german uniforms help with this.

Tend to agree with this POV, other than pink waffen farbe my Heer uniform could portray virtually any armoured unit at most points in the war as Heer uniforms were all much of a muchness. Only the SS seemed to want to identify themselve so acutely .

GD were virtually permanently Eastern Front , and very few other elite units had much in the way of distinguishing features . Pz Lehr Pz Grens did favour grey panzer wraps as posted elsewhere. I've a good book remind me to pass it over next time I see you .

27th Penal Panzers mate , no one can fault your impression with them, top hat excepted !

My current feeling is Brandenburg Commando

German kit is purley for airsoft.

As an ex stafford its my god given mission to educate the mases that airborne does not mean para

Only regiment in wwii to get 2 vcs in one battle! (Arnhem)
First regiment inot occupied Europe! (op Husky)
Finest regiment in the British Army (my opinion)

So re-enacting i'll stick to 1 staffords (chindit) or 2 staffords (airborne) as i feel the need to carry the torch:)

Its why im so passionate about this game.

Dont forget N Staffs(B.E.F)

My current feeling is Brandenburg Commando

Ha! I've just read the book "Kommando", which is all about German special forces in the war. Most interesting. Often, they were in civvies, tho!

I like the idea of skorzeny's lot. He looks like a right cut throat bastard, and Nicking Mussolini from the top of a mountain and flying him to easten prussia. Mint

I think i read that to slow down the gliders and the storch landing they wraped barbed wire around the skids.

The same as the falschirmjeager did at eden emel.

To update on gadges question on GD, it seems there were recon elements caught in the Falaise pocket and fusileers were involved with the battle of the Bulge. So It's not all eastern front and there may be other examples I've not found yet.
The division was known as the Fire Brigade, rushed to patch holes and fix problems, it wasn't deployed as a whole in one place, not that I've found.
Again though as a load out it limits, cuff title, shoulderboards marked GD. It does look the dogs though suiting the M36 style tunic esp.
I still of the opinion that the generic infantry is the best to go for, cheaper and you cant be wrong in any battle. Bit dull I guess, no gucci camo but simple and cheap.

Sod it its only airsoft i might got for GD.

Especially if there are accounts of western fornt battle.

GD combat engineer it is!

I want an m36 uniform as well as i reckon it looks better.

Infantry Regt GD would have worn M36 in France and the early part of the russian campaign.
The army did not distinguish between the variations in the tunic cut. They were all as far as it was concerned, tunics. Old hands would keep an early green collared tunic for walking out, or have a green collar taylored on to a later cut, as they were thought to be smarter. People of small or large build were being issued M36 style quite late in the war if we are to believe their stories.
It would be unusual to see a green collared tunic in '44 but not impossible, my original comment was a remark on style [deny the dark green collar and shoulder boards, piped white and embroidered with the GD cypher dont look great] and not authenticity for mid-late war uniforms.