I was trying to find a video like this forever. You deserve more credit for what you’re doing. Thank you for the awesome video. Keep up the good work definitely gonna follow you.
the loose straps from the Y straps can be used as extra suspension. Just unbutton it and then loop it behind your ammo pouches on each side to get 5 points instead of 3 points of suspension. Also you can double loop your gas mask canister, it brings it tighter to the body.
Really interesting videos, I'm aware of many of the details presented but it's nevertheless great to see details of the German soldier's equipment so succinctly discussed.
Seems like a typical platoon of Wehrmacht would clink and clank worse than a Union Civil War Regiment? Like most Americans I’ve always been fascinated with German kit but all those loose components, straps, buckles & metal must make a tremendous amount of noise. How on earth did the 106 and 99 not hear them coming on Dec 16, 1944?
I am modeling a Wehrmacht Squad for war games, and this info was very useful for the set up of all the accessories that came with the miniatures. Thanks!!!!!
shout out to the noisy neighbour! Interesting, never considered having a waffenrock as an enlisted, like many I consider the service dress order or 'walk out dress' already very handsome. As a former idiot, I appreciate all the different perspectives of people who chose certain branches or services to impress. So glad the reenacting hobby has grown more wealthy with information on RU-vid since I joined. Still sad older names in the hobby have gone off YT, ReenactorGuy, even though some of his advice was more pragmatic than technical like how a gatorade fits perfectly in a gas mask carrier was beneficial to me and probably others.
Damn! I forgot about ReenactorGuy, but he was the first ww2 german reenactor on YT. He and some others of the first ones are the reason I started in the first place. Enlisted men had waffenrocks but when the war actually started I imagine they more or less stopped that practice. There are pictures of entire parades in paris where everybody is wearing a waffenrock so that is saying something.
@@dergrenadier a lot of reenactors especially germans get shit on because of the "nazi bad" ideology used by the woke even though most Wehrmacht soldiers didn't care about politics they just wanted to survive
Thank you for this tutorial with the M44 tunic its much harder for support on the back rather than earlier model tunics because theres only two hooks on the side.
My great uncle told me the y-straps called for the buddy system.....your buddy would help you and you him in turn to put it on and it helped check that both of you had the correct squad equipment.
From George. I have a full uniform and the equipment kit but have an extra for the backpack gear called an 'A' frame that some of the kit connects to. My uniform is the same tunic as I see in this video and pants are of the same colour or field grey. I have four marks of helmet and the field cap. No weapons not even bayonet. I do have the boots also. I'm in Australia and unfortunately I don't belong to any reanacment group. So I can not wear this anywhere. I once thought of joining somewhere but it didn't happen. I like the video I'm very jealous. Thanks for the showing how it all goes together.Have fun.👍🇭🇲🦘🐨✌️
@@Somememeguy-ek8nw It's a bummer when you'd like to belong with a group but you either can't or don't have the correct gear or other reasons cost. I've watched many videos and wish I could've done that. So I bought the whole uniform once and now I'm stuck with it. It cost me about a grand and a half for tunic, pants and equipment. No KR98 or bayonet or pistol Luger.🙁☹️😣👍🇭🇲🦘✌️
@@George-pp2hr I don’t have the boots either and they are soooo expensive, I don’t have the correct tunic like you do but I have a Swiss ww2 tunic. I live in southeastern Australia and we can’t have replica guns without permission, but luckily I have my junior gun license maybe one day when I have my full license I can buy a gun. The situation you’re in must suck.😁😭😕🇦🇺🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪
@@Somememeguy-ek8nw Hi there friend. The situation for me more than sucks. I'm too old for it even though I have seen older guys in videos I've watched. But even so I still couldn't join any groups cause I've no idea. I do have the boots. I bought from USA but cost me a fortune with the other bits and pieces. I could'vebought a KR98 rifle but too costly AU $500+ replica I do have a licence for replica weapons including historical percussion weapons and pistols. I even have an incomplete Fallshirmjagger tunic, helmet, lace up boots. The tunic has the yellow shoulder boards and rank collar insignia. No jumpsuit no webbing or equipment. My other interests was the German Afrika Korps but that was an inspiration from Raiders Of The Lost Ark. I've got several imitation field caps but not quite correct and a very thin canvas like material. Instead on concentrating on one I wasted money on several bits to incomplete uniforms. I could have bought a Stormtrooper costume that I want now. But again I'm stuck because the cost. I have a helmet and even that is ok but not sure of the size. It seems slightly small or medium.☹️☹️☹️🇭🇲🦘🐨✌️
One thing I’ve learned to do is set your tornister or rucksack higher than you (ground above a foxhole or entrenched position, table, tree stump, stone wall, fence, etc. ) and put your back to it and reach around to hook the d rings to the tornister. 😁
can you do a video on how to set up the equipment for a Sanitäter.? I want to start reenacting but I don't know where to get specialized medical pouches and so on
Depends on what type of boots you want. Riding boots, regular early/late boots, or something else? Officer impressions are hard because there are many ways to do it right but way more ways to do it wrong. If you want good boots and you take this very serious I would see if Jan Berger could be of assistance.
This video was very entertaining and educational you explained everything very good and easy to understand, and i would like to know where you have your wehrmacht gear from. And is it reanactment gear or from the 2nd world war?
Thank you! This is ww2 German, ww1 is quite different. The gear is from many many vendors and manufacturers, impossible to name in one reply. I refer to my other videos for more information on the vendors.
@@sigve7008 As a infantryman you have 1/ 4th of a complete tent. You keep your pole piece and the pegs in your tornister. The complete set is not for one person but for four
I want to Ask something...... I seen people tuck their Stahlhelm in their belts only with the helm's liner straps ............ i try dat only to find out that it'll damage and tear the helm's straps........... Can you shows us various "historical" ways to tuck and carry the Stahlhelm ? safely dat is....
Not often. They were only issued for trips into the field longer than 24 hours long and shorter than 48 hours long, or something in that ballpark. And even then almost nobody got them. You don't see them often at all. My advise is to not use them at all.
They hook to the bottom of your A frame or tornister / rucksack. Notice that in the end, when I have my tornister on, they are not dangling there anymore. Glad I could be of assistance!
Germans are awesome man. i bet you get all the chicks with that accent Hahaa. damn it i wish i could talk like that lol. You know a lot more about this than i do. but i think you did a pretty damn good job explaining everything.
I want to buy this sweatshirt. I'm thinking about 182 or 176. I'm 182 tall. Can you provide the dimensions of the sweatshirt? Total length, sleeve inside and outside?
A frames were only issued for certain actions, and very rarely. If a soldier had an a frame and a tornister he needed the later model tornister which has hooks and a strap for the a frame. Don't use an a frame unless you know you are, on that specific occasion, portaying a unit that had them on that very moment.
Now the question: where to buy all this (in EU) and how expensive would it be? I know you have seperate item videos but the whole package would be nice to know :)
Folding the zeltbahn over your meskit and wear it with the breadbag strap as shoulder straps. This was done in WW1 and early in ww2 but later in the war this dissapeared a bit.
