ok so far items I have collected and got for my impression so far are: BD trousers (not para though) belgian smock (not exact i know) getting skint...

I thought it was the other way around. skeleton types first and then around 1943 the sleeve/envelope type start coming into service. The logic being...

Yup as poacher says, 1st pattern is probably your best bet. If the 'ape tail' bothers you the vast majority of non jump personel cut them off (that w...

very true Gadge lol cheers I shall do some researching and looking at gear right away! thanks for this operation ballbasket is where I got the idea fr...

We all bought the SOF ones and they are pretty good. Mine is ever so slightly starting to decompress (as in the layers pressed together of 'leather' ...

Cant find any detailed ones but if you look in this pic I'm pretty sure *all* the helmets in it have been done using the liner method. Mine has for s...

Well i mean as a piece of miliaria a few holes will wreck it's value. Hence its better to get a repro liner and attach the chinstrap to that. Depend...

When it comes to WWII sas less is often more. If you look at the few pics of the guys on op bullbasket they are just in BD trousers and blouses, sho...

Indeed, half zips were the issued type. Full zips were tailor made or converted from half zips by adding the diagonal zip from the OG jump oversmock....

I seem to recall a fair few just opted to join parachute units if they could as the pay was much better and it was far less dangerous than assault gli...

But with the same end result? I.e lads who *wanted* to be there and with a corresponding greater morale. Given that jump training aside (and it's de...

In WWII there was no selection and for a man to join the SAS his parent unit had t discharge him... obviously they didnt let particualry brilliant off...

It does however seem to be the *only* thing thats cheap on silvermans.... their webbing prices are either an injoke or the web guy was on drugs when ...

I'd personally avoid that. The colours are wrong and too blocky, the 'drawings' of the camo pattern don't look right and the cut looks iffy. Yep it'...

I've got both a K&C smock and a first run of the rangercamp ones. The only real difference in them is slightly nicer wool on the collar of the K&...

Excellent, i used to like steves 'total soldiers' website. Yeah he spent a lot of time looking into all that, it's an excellent source.

What sort were you using? The shoot and scoot stuff or the waxy block? Regardless of the type of blanco the key is to have an even coverage and no ...

You probably shouldnt bother with blancoed webbing either. The accounts i've read seem to show a preference for a pistol belt around the waist and al...

Comrade, A good gag used by the "Regiment" was a pair of 37 pattern braces attachments hanging under the belt with an attached Pistol Holst...