Yith
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Joined: Jun 17, 2011
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Re: WPG Airtex khaki battledress

You know what. I'm not sure when the KD battledress blouse was used, if at all. I know that the JG one was used in Burma. It must have been used somew...

17 years ago
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Re: Ebay links

A Repro PPSh-41 stock, useful for someone building a airsoft version. I considered it myself briefly, but I don't have the skills, time, money or nee...

17 years ago
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Re: WPG Airtex khaki battledress

Which exactly are you looking at getting and what exactly are you wanting to portray? The uniforms varied quite a bit during the war and it would be ...

17 years ago
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Re: Belligerents - Deutsche Afrika Korps vs United States Army

Heh, yeah, corcorans with leggings over (my last original pair cost just £5) would look rather like service boots. So fine.

17 years ago
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Re: Polish forces

I don't think a helmet net is wanted for this one. As Craig said, blancoed webbing is fine, but not perfect. Whatever the case don't mix the blancoed...

17 years ago
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Re: A couple of questions on Puttees...

That will depend on the size of your ankles and you'll just have to find it by trial and error!

17 years ago
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Re: Cap Badge Backing

The tie goes at the back of your head. Pull the side down over your right ear and that'll give you the position directly above your left eye.

17 years ago
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Re: Cap Badge Backing

I have backings... send me your address and I'll chuck one in the post. As for fitting the cap badge. The badge should go above the left eye as usual...

17 years ago
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Re: A couple of questions on Puttees...

I didn't know that... Were they exactly the same as the ones we have now? I've never seen them in a book (etc).

17 years ago
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Re: A couple of questions on Puttees...

Another tip is to re-roll the puttees before you put them on so the tapes are on the INSIDE of the roll. This means you just unroll them around your ...

17 years ago
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Re: A couple of questions on Puttees...

It really did vary quite a bit who wore them. It's fair to say that most troops in NWE didn't wear them. However elsewhere it varied quite a bit. I...

17 years ago
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Re: Operation Freshman - UCAP Airsoft - 28th February 2010

If you're under about 5ft 9ins then you shouldn't have that much trouble with the ceilings...

17 years ago
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