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Re: Strapping Guy

The large pack is designed to carry your Greatcoats here this is how, from the internet. We thank the poster of this information. "The Greatc...

10 years ago
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Re: Gaiters or Putties?

Comrades, Have both as part of your scale of Issue, Webbing Gaiters for BD and Puttees when you are in KD, Webbing Gaiters only really control the end...

11 years ago
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Re: Fixing water bottles?

Comrade, It is best to just replace the Bottle if you want to use it to drink from, as soon as a British 08 pattern Water bottle is damaged it will l...

11 years ago
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Re: Poles vs Blanco. FIIIIIIGHT

As there has been no action here for a while and the positions of the two camps and sub heresies are holding a Static Front. I look at it like thisâ...

11 years ago
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Re: Paras - Uniform, Kit and other Particulars

Comrades, British Rain protection is sadly rather poor, the Cape gets your wet legs as the rain runs off as it is short and the Groundsheet is an odd...

12 years ago
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Re: Italian Reenactors !?

There are several Camerata, the lesser fascists are a small but largely well equipped Direction of Interest within Reenactment. Over the last few year...

12 years ago
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Re: Desert Rats

Lucky the KDG Supply Officer got us 03 belts, he thought they looked better Comrades, just luck of supply and what strings you pull I guess. Still b...

12 years ago
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Re: Toggle rope

Just what you need to cross a river Comrade, nice work.

12 years ago
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Re: Housewifes

A most useful piece of kit for your Small Pack Comrade, good kill, soldiers are more than just big piles of guns.

12 years ago
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Re: Desert Rats

It looks better, two belts the same ? Yuk. It is unlikely it will dry out in our use, I have some great pictures of the Italiano also using 37 patter...

12 years ago
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Re: Desert Rats

Nice use of a 03 Belt, most use just another 37 pattern belt as a trouser belt which looks lame and shows a lack of understanding of the period.

12 years ago
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Re: What to do during the Winter Evenings

Sacking is very useful Comrade, hours of fun and clouds of fluff. On completion I soak it in very hot water and allow it ti dry on the Helmet so it l...

12 years ago
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Re: Desert Rats

I worked the same magic on some MK 2 Universal Pouches Comrades, I rather like the effect, Loaded with Two Bren Magazines in one and a Bandoleer of fi...

12 years ago
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Re: How to use L straps

That was how I learned to put the rest of it together, just examine everything closely and then experiment I just found putting the large pack togethe...

13 years ago
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Re: Early War Soviet uniforms and equipment

Comrades, Current OoB for Obr35 mid to late 41. Note A/T Capability Garments. Not a Step Back!. Urrah!.

13 years ago
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Re: Machine Washing Soldier Of Fortune Repro & Original Webb

Comrades, It is not many Organ's of State Terror that permit their Garment washing Complexes to have an hour or so of the bang, bang, bang of a set of...

13 years ago
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Re: cap badges, really dumb question...

Comrade, The correct period soldier fix is to use a brass backing slide they used on their Brass shoulder titles or as I do, a Brass Disc with two ho...

13 years ago
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Re: How to use L straps

If you played with your equipment and looked at pictures of the Large pack being used with the Steel Helmet in the Straps you trap it in you would soo...

13 years ago
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Re: Red Army field positions

It helped to soaked up the ten centimetres of liquid mud we had after trying to baling out the twenty centimetre of standing water ( with tin cans and...

13 years ago
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