They were issued 1 per section to british troops in NWE.

Yeah, but why? Personally I find period tents better than modern ones.

Yeah it's going to be shelter halves, roll mats, sleeping bag, dry clothes (for sleeping in), in addition to actual fighting kit. Plus a small quantit...

Just out of interest how far is it from the parking to the Russian camp site? I'm not planning on taking much, but it'd be nice to know what the arra...

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Green though would be very rarely seen outside of Canadians I'd have thought though. Not really, Canadian BD was sought after by UK squaddies as it w...

Oh, god not this argument again. Living Historians say the high port position is the method trained into the WWII soldier. Ex-squaddies tend to argue...

Sorry I don't know much off-hand about para insignia... We tried to avoid it as some paras/ex-paras can be tetchy about the wearing of wings... note n...

Basic webbing is: anklets, belt, utility pouches, cross straps. Most add water bottle to this and maybe a small pack for general junk if there's need...

Get rid of some of the modern shite... that's what I did... but then I actually fill a bedroom and two-thirds of a garage with my stuff... heh only m...

First off take a look here... Para is the same as airlanding for almost everything. The denison is shit, get an SoF one. I no longer own the one in...

Graphite was suggested to me as a less "sticky" lube a long time ago... perhaps that would be better?

Get rid of some of the modern shite... that's what I did... but then I actually fill a bedroom and two-thirds of a garage with my stuff... heh

That's cool them... you keep those foreign civvies in their place, Komrade Kapitan... (is that the right rank?)

Just as long as they remember that this time we're supposed to be the real army and they're just the skilled amateurs...