Almost certainly, a mate of mine did a tour of bosnia in the British Army wearing a czech army assault vest (they were working with czecg SF and swapp...

My personal bugbear. Official pictures, especially from the 40s rarely show you stuff that happened frequently (very scruffy troops, captured kit, un...

Yeah essentially if you want look a like 'it looks like a tommy from 40 yards' 49 pat or converted 49 pat is cool. If your intending to use it for an...

Aye same here. I've a gig the night before.

Shes getting more used to him but shes had to have a go at him twice to stop trying to feed off her nips..! Funnily enough im just ranting about lulu...

... realised just how tiny the new puppy is... I always told Lulu she'd be a big dog one day.

oh yeah i know the ones. Nice, i think i've seen canadian troops wearing them in Korea as well.

Did the Canadians have a different cap? cool, whats it like?

Yeah 49 pattern is reasonable if done as an officers blouse that's been tailored to be open (KRs allowed this for commissioned personnel and *very* la...

Are sabre doing BD (i.e jacket & trousers) for £30 or individual items. The OP isnt too specific on that. Either way it is bloody hard to get 4...

Is it not worth having a3 copies of each sheet made (or a2) and reproing them rather than using originals on display. Mainly cos a ) you dont wreck...

Yeah its always worth getting one decent set of BD. Mine cost me £80 second hand four years ago, its been worn to over 20 games and about 10 re-enac...

Yeah but try getting 49 pat in anything other than size 13 jackets and corresponding trousers for less than £20 a piece.