Even more likely its the waist belt of an 18 set or something similar then. If you dont need it i'd possibly be intereted in buying it off you? At t...

Actually, i dont think its that at all on second thoughts. A few bits of wwii webbing have fittings similar to o8 webbing. No18 radio sets have belt...

The windproof suit (of various hues) was on general issue from the winter of 43 but in reality not everyone got it. 52nd Lowland Division tended to g...

SAS pic isnt half bad now (have to agree about the tash, just grow one , events are about once a month or every other month. I can usually grow and o...

Yep, dont 'age' stuff it tends to look a bit wrong (a bit like people wearing 70 year old originals that are faded and falling to bits in re-enactmen...

Its a south east asian water carrier/bladder. It's slighlty porous and the outside stays wet which cools the contents by evaporation

Yep, your webbing should be pretty tight when worn properly. If you dont make the waist belt about as tight as you can handle then the second you put...

I thought he meant that he was missed now he didnt work at sabre anymore?

Indeed, I was looking at Brayley and Ingram's books only yesterday (being one of Dickie I's former colleagues, he is sadly missed at work)- there is a...

From those pics I'd again say 'smock *or* jerkin' and given the smock looks post war i'd stick to the jerkin. Webbing just need adjusting (pouches to...

Indeed, i'm always off the belief that the best '1st impression' you can have for brits is unbadged BD (while it was often ignored, the 1943 invasion ...

Indeed its a bit pointless getting a pistol that requires you to have a back up pistol to safely carry it Add to it being an incredibly unlikely aqu...

Its a month away and you might need one much sooner than that but if you're at Joshs (gunmans) arnhem game I'm'll have both of mine with me that you c...

Buy a large one, it's in SOFs interest to get rid of their surplus of small ones as most para re-enacotors are big lads When rangercamp did their fi...

I can totally believe that, i've read numerous accounts of lads whose first ever jump was a combat drop in full kit.

Aye i'm familiar with welbikes You'll be wanting to keep your ape tail then...

Because post war they didnt have to churn out millions of them quickly for Britain, Canada, India, South Africa etc etc while being bombed to bits and...