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apophenia:
--- Quote from: ysi_maniac on October 15, 2021, 01:39:11 PM ---... the first spanish paratroopers were dressed this guise, with german derived uniform and bumper...
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Looking very much like early British Paras in training gear - with a jump smock copied from the German 'Knochensack' and that swollen-looking Sorbo rubber training helmet.
ysi_maniac:
^^^^^
In fact, in Spain, the bumper was never considered as combat equipment, just for training.
ysi_maniac:
--- Quote from: ysi_maniac on October 15, 2021, 01:39:11 PM ---
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I posted this paint because when I was a child I used to play this way:
ysi_maniac:
See this back of a Trumpeter box.
AFAIK the bottom soldiers wear overalls clothing made with italian camouflaged fabric. But I do not know the origin of this overalls garments. Is it german? is it italian? ...?
Thanks.
Old Wombat:
Those are figures of German SS troops, not Fallschirmjäger.
German paratroops wore either variations on standard Wehrmacht uniforms or smocks.
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=ww2+fallschirmj%C3%A4ger+camouflage+uniform&tbm=isch&hl=en-GB&chips=q:ww2+fallschirmj%C3%A4ger+camouflage+uniform,online_chips:german+paratroopers:YUakODxiiWo%3D&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjio_r4md7zAhWKCCsKHS3YCy8Q4lYoDHoECAEQKA&biw=1519&bih=712
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