I've just had a delivery from the Ukraine arrive in just over a week (very fast from there) yet I've been waiting for stuff from the UK since November...

One young lad asked me if it was a WW2 uniform.... I've had the same with my cold war Soviet kit. Gunman cold war games are good. Not as well dev...

The material also tends to be different. Post war (and many repros) are much stiffer so are more ridgid when worn and sit differently. Getting correct...

That does indeed look very nice, lets hope its not just another wall hanger. I could be very tempted by one myself; SVT for early war, M44 for late (a...

As it is a fort I was thinking more like Eben Emael or Sevastopol since its on the coast.

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A bit of a treck for me too but it looks like it could be a good site for WWII. Any indication on how big it is?

The loop also crosses over on the rear to create a slot that the bottle neck fits through to grip it. Clever for such a simple item.

It looks like a folding bayonet to me. Its shorter and looks like it has the folding point at the back. The stocks also look like carbine length and t...

Also there looks to be a bayonet... But what on earth is the pic to the bottom right trying to show? A CNC machine? Could be a tray of lots of small ...

Standard gloves were of the plain brown woolen variety. In very cold weather you'd have the 3 finger felt mittens as shown in steinlagers pics.