I can understand that. I've never portrayed a pathfinder so neither would I have paint come near my gear, mud and general grime however is an entirely...

There's plenty of cases of webbing and gear painted and otherwise modified by pathfinders, particularly in the 82nd. Michel de Trez's books "Amer...

My pleasure! I knew I'd seen some for sale somewhere so did a bit of hunting.

What Price Glory have tan/Khaki in stock for a cost of approximately £5.50 inclusive of postage to the UK. You'll need to specify what colour you req...

Nice one Taffpara! That's the clearest example of that picture I've ever seen and there's no doubting it's an M1942. "Well done" to all thos...

The US Army did issue a Camo M42 Jump Suit on a very limited basis at Fort Bragg (I believe) but it didn't impress so was withdrawn from testing. Abit...

The fact is that one can gather any number of original examples of wartime clothing and the colour will vary enormously even on unused/unissued items....

I'd imagine what you've got there is a post war liner, perhaps of European manufacture that never had a leather chin strap for the liner, I have seen ...

Webby, I think you will find they're wearing jungle boots Actually the boots shown in that previous picture are jump boots being worn by Marine Para...

I have found the picture in one of my books in the loft and while it covers half an A4 size page along the right hand edge it does not make identifica...

I'd never heard that myself but that doesn't mean to say it's not a possibility, seems to me this is a great topic to do some digging on, I'd be reall...

I've been chatting to him on a thread on Arnie's as well as here and he's putting together a 101st uniform, I seem to recall him saying the helmet he'...

Another company making the same thing Note the bloke with the flame thrower and the B&W picture at the bottom of a bloke wearing the suit on a b...

I was tempted by one of his standard reinforced M1942s and badging it up 82nd as it appears to have 82nd style leg ties on it. If they're as good as y...

Tell you what, that kinda camo is great in English deciduous woodland. You could get it just for it's effectiveness, but not for authenticity. I hav...

Since seeing this thread appear I've done a little bit more browsing through my library and the internet and so far I have found no mention of a camo...

Bet they weren't issued with USMC camo jumpsuits though! You can bet your arse they weren't!

USMC Paratroopers did exist during WW2, the bulk of the training was carried out at Camp Gillespie, California from 1942 onwards. The program ran unti...

I saw this the other day and nearly spat my brew at the screen in shock. As far as I'm aware there was no such thing as a camouflage M1942 uniform and...