How is the mask bag attached to the webbing? The wire hooks seem to indicate horizontal attachment. The pics I found just show it worn on the sling...
I suggest you gets some appropriate gauge wire (steel is fine) and use a couple of pairs of pliers to bend it to shape Do you remember what wire you ...
The stamp on the bag says 1944 but those small rings are not there. A different pattern? Can I buy the belt hooks anywhere or do I need to make my ow...
If the bag does come with no belt attachment hooks I have a spare bag I can sell you. Thanks for the offer, but I think I'll try to make this one wo...
A nice pic of a soldier's kit:
Wladek, could you measure that eagle you have? Having the maximum x and y span would help me a lot with printing the template.
Thanks I just found an entire thread about those eagles, will probably be able to photoshop a stencil out of the pics posted there:
Did you do freehand, or used a stencil?
As I understand it the Germans conducted fairly frequent gas mask drills so just ditching the masks wasn't an option. But a lot of soldiers did keep p...
This totally wouldn't work. The USP of airsoft over blank fire battles is that you can't doubt whether you've been hit or not...or at least rarely, a...
The problems tend to be re-enactors like their fun paid for by the public not out of their own pocket, this isn't 100% the case but it is part of the ...
The only real crossover would be if re-enactors came to an airsoft 'private battle', but they don't. Well, I'm a re-enactor and I do want to airsoft....
Has that Polish NCO got himself a luger there? And German binocs, yes. I'm finding more and more of those in the pics. There's a nice pic in "Un...
From what I see in the pics the Polish uniform may be very easy indeed. The denims were originally meant as dirty work clothes to be put over the wool...
Ah, now, this is why you need to come to one of Craig's rifles only games Mr Nurglitch. I'll be at Chambois so there We have had some good long r...
So called real steel ammo limits. Ie: 60 rounds for rifles (German, what did other countries supply to their troops?). Some 100 rounds for the Brit...