British 1958 Pattern vs DDR UTV Part II - Kit Comparison 

Call me an old nerd( 'your an old nerd') but this content i find extremely interesting, used to have both 58 patt and the East German uniform and Webbing, but only have 58 pattern left now.

East German AK copies served with the National People's Army throughout its existence. The MPi-K and MPi-KS were derived from the original AK-47 and AKS, the MPi-KM, MPi-KMS-72 and MPi-KMS-K were derived from the AKM and AKMS, and the MPi-AK-74N, MPi-AKS-74N, and MPi-AKS-74NK, were derived from the AK-74 and AKS-74.

I have an East german grenade pouch and a waterbottle, bought them for next to nothing (DM3,roughly £1 each) got them in the early 90s at a flea market in Germany. Wish I bought as much as possible cos there were boxes of various bits of kit on sale

I believe that the grey nylon-strapped camo cover for the shovel was mainly issued to paratroopers and other specialized units while the base components of the NVA had a faux leather frame for a carrier.

Nice man, very interesting period. Are you going to be able to do West German stuff?

Interesting to note the UTV magazine pouch conforms to the format of the final (straight sided) MPiKM magazine pouch that you can see sometimes used to carry flares by the Grenztruppen, rather than the MPiKM-74 pouch with stripper clip pocket and oil bottle pocket. I forget when UTV was developed but as I understand it, were under production from 1984.

I've seen suggestions that the entrenching tool could be worn inverted, unlike previous NVA equipment and that's what the laces on the yoke are for - to support the handle. Consensus so far seems to be the strichtarn carrier with grey derderon straps was used with the Fallschirmjäger vest and I think there are photos out there showing this. That as best I know predates UTV and can be considered seperate

Не знал что немцы в 80 - х годах копировали элементы английского снаряжения...Лайк.

I have a UTV set I bought in the late 90's. It's great gear TBH.

Very cool video I have a easy German impression with the later issue equipment and I prefer the gear they actually used.

The NVA three cell Grenade pouch followed the Soviet three cell pouch, which was designed originally to be how Grenades were stored in vehicles going back to the Great Patriotic War era.( That is why there are so many mint condition ones about both Soviet and DDR manufactured ones. The post war DDR grenade pouches were also used in this manner,they may have even originally been a Reparation item .) The Red Army Rifleman in the thirties issued a two cell pouch first for the RDG 33 Grenade Complex.... and “brother it was a Complex”, this same pouch was used with F1 and RG 42 Grenades. You try finding photos of the three cell pouch being used by Red Army Riflemen...... if you do please share. Later the two cell pouch commonly seen postwar was developed, which is part of as the Russian collectors call it, Model 59 equipment I believe. The NVA seemed to have normally carried Grenades in a pocket and the fuses in another until the order “Prepare Grenades “ was given. The Manuals indicate A/T Grenades were carried in special strengthened containers, which is interesting The UTV equipment seemed to be a “ I hope you like our new direction” moment in the defence of world peace.

The previous NVA grenade pouch was apparently attached to the interior of the transports, and grenades would be carried in the uniform pockets by soldiers when needed. I don't know why they differed from the Soviets in this way or why they changed that for the UTV equipment. Certainly this explains why the original pouches are in flat colours, not strichtarn or blumentarn pattern

The water bottle cup is very disappointing for anyone from the UK......very disappointing size for a brew.