I'd be interested to see if the g&g mags would fit the Tanaka. Hah! At 50 quid a pop, I reckon you're not the only one, Pete!

Greetings. Feel free to ask advice, etc, so you don't waste money on the wrong stuff.

I hope you were fully decked out as a nasty German!

Gordon, infantry howitzer is a bit smaller.

As you see from those photos, officers had embroidered gulls, the rest had metal ones. I think that is correct.

though if some one can convert and can manage a day in a "era" gasmask, go for it haha! I'm pretty sure someone did this at one of our tunn...

Hello mate. They come up much higher on the waist - just on or below the belly button. In case you haven't read it yet, feel free to read my article...

Now that's what I call living history.

Judging from Patton this is definitely the more likely scenaria assuming I haven't already accidentally blown you up with a grenade. To the American ...

As a mere size 12, I feel inadequate! Welcome, and I hope to see you at an event soon.

I can only assume that they would have been the same as any other unit in Italy - a bunch of scruffs wearing mix and match of KD and BD!