From our 24h game this weekend, my Pionier Unterscharführer impression:
- M35 helmet with rubber foliage band
- M43 HBT tunic, badged up for the Unterscharführer rank and in Pionier waffenfarbe
- left assault pouch, containing about 3-4kg:
* 2x 1kg smoke charges (for marking enemy positions for air strikes)
* toolkit for rifle repairs
* bottle of sunscreen lotion
* box of matches as backup for smoke charges whose detonators failed
- 30cm compass saw, tucked into belt loops of left assault pouch; made short work of several tree branches over the weekend
- right assault pouch, containing:
* set of binoculars
* bakelite fuse container, with more matches
- gas mask container strap, running from right shoulder to left hip
- bread bag strap, running from left shoulder to right hip; contained our section's medical supplies
- Bar10 rifle
- (Sturm) Dot44 trousers
- Bundswehr gaiters
- SADF ankle boots
(kit hidden behind back: A-frame with mess kit and sleeping blanket; breadbag; canteen; frog with bayonet)
...and then some Brit officer who wanted to negotiate a surrender. I politely suggested that he use my saw for some aggressive colonic irrigation.
Dog Company at the Tunnels
Show me a man who will jump out of an airplane, and I'll show you a man who will fight!
General James M. Gavin
CRY HAVOC AND LET LOOSE THE DOGS OF WAR
Looks good!
Nice team pic 
Actually looks a bit 'ardennes' was it snowing or is that just 'noise' from ageing the pics?
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
It's a layer of the photo acing process. It was feckin cold but not snowing at the time.
Show me a man who will jump out of an airplane, and I'll show you a man who will fight!
General James M. Gavin
CRY HAVOC AND LET LOOSE THE DOGS OF WAR
It's only taken me 3 blummin' years, but getting there now.
Outstanding Wladeck!
Cheers
Martin
"Mistakes in the initial deployment cannot be rectified" Helmuth von Moltke
Toys: AGM MP40, Cyma M1A1, TM M14/G43/SVT40, TM VSR/K98, SnS No. 4, ASG Sten, Ppsh.
Arnhem3,Gumrak,Campoleone
kd kit ready for crete game in may . lets hope its warm
plus one for if it gets very hot !
The Devonshire regiment.
brighton based
KD looks great mate 
started to put mine together, lets hope for some sun!
Haven't posted a kit pic Ian while so here goes
More 'Mercans coming up !
My d-day kit, I know it's the wrong unit, but a man can dream cant he ;D
Some generic pictures of my team !
My home made thompson 1928a1
Fantastic pictures. Amazing scenery.
Show me a man who will jump out of an airplane, and I'll show you a man who will fight!
General James M. Gavin
CRY HAVOC AND LET LOOSE THE DOGS OF WAR
Thanks
As always great pics Mitrano! 
Redbarn 24/02
Redbarn 24/02
Stopped by a surplus store in Galveston, TX today - the place was a goldmine. I found Pattern 37 webbing and foreign camouflage (a rarity in Texas, where "surplus" stores seem to only sell Chinese-made garbage, MOLLE gear and used U.S. Army ACU shirts and trousers...).
Most interestingly, a size 40R (my size) British BD jacket for US$35!
Here's a photo:
Also, the only marking I can find (on the inside front left of the jacket, near the bottom)
They were selling Dutch and Greek BDs (in retrospect I should have bought the rest) - and this jacket was the only one specifically marked as "British". I'm no expert, but for $35 it was difficult to pass up considering the WPG repro BDs are $200 for a set! Can anyone identify this jacket? I trust these guys as they generally seemed to know their stuff (a lot of surplus vendors here misidentify stuff on purpose...)
Edit: Realizing now that the bottom pic clearly has Greek letter "sigma"! What a moron I am to think this was a British coat. Oh well - from what I have heard, they were nearly identical.
Also, picked up two British denim BD jackets (1953 dates), two US M43 jackets, and some Pattern 37 and 44 webbing. All in all a good day's work.
Stopped by a surplus store in Galveston, TX today - the place was a goldmine. I found Pattern 37 webbing and foreign camouflage (a rarity in Texas, where "surplus" stores seem to only sell Chinese-made garbage, MOLLE gear and used U.S. Army ACU shirts and trousers...).
Most interestingly, a size 40R (my size) British BD jacket for US$35!
Here's a photo:
Also, the only marking I can find (on the inside front left of the jacket, near the bottom)
They were selling Dutch and Greek BDs (in retrospect I should have bought the rest) - and this jacket was the only one specifically marked as "British". I'm no expert, but for $35 it was difficult to pass up considering the WPG repro BDs are $200 for a set! Can anyone identify this jacket? I trust these guys as they generally seemed to know their stuff (a lot of surplus vendors here misidentify stuff on purpose...)
Edit: Realizing now that the bottom pic clearly has Greek letter "sigma"! What a moron I am to think this was a British coat. Oh well - from what I have heard, they were nearly identical.
Also, picked up two British denim BD jackets (1953 dates), two US M43 jackets, and some Pattern 37 and 44 webbing. All in all a good day's work.
the greek ones are the same pattern only the shade is different, slightly darker greener colour.you still did ok on the deal and unless you stand next to the correct colour then you'r fine.
armoury
m1a1 Thompson,sten mk2,mp40,stg44,sterling,mk2 bren gun,lee Enfield no4 mk1,Mauser Kar98, Walther ppk,smith and Weston m10 and Mauser m712
Give me a big enough hammer and a place to stand and I could fix the world.
i'll kill a man in a fair fight or if i think he's going to start a fair fight or over a woman or.......
a problem shared is a problem halved ,but an advantage shared is no advantage at all
if a job's not worth doing then its certainly not worth doing well
Must be my lucky weekend. Visited a hipster resale store in downtown Houston with my sister, and found a pristine BD jacket (size No.2) with a date of 1955.
For US$8.95!
As far as I can make out, the label reads:
Blouse, Battledress, Serge
1955
Size No.2
HEIGHT 5'3" to 5'4"
BREAST 34-35
I wear a 40 otherwise I'd keep it, but I know there are some younger guys on this forum so would be more than willing to pass it on to someone who could use it.
