I did get the helmet from an auction here in the UK quite recently but most of it did come from Japan I will be doing a Japanese winter air crew in a couple of weeks
I don't read Japanese but the '19' part of the stamp inside your Japanese tanker's helmet stands for the Japanese year 'Showa 19' which equates to 1944 in the western calendar. The gaiters you believe to be USMC (on the left) are in fact of the US Army standard pattern and are stamped for a US Army Contract, yours are a size 3R (size 3 Regular, 'Regular' being the height) - USMC (and US Navy) gaiters are the same as the other pair you show on the right. The only way to tell USMC gaiters from the USN version is the contract number inside which begins 'NX' on the USN version. Your Cartridge Belt is correct and of course USMC contract cartridge belts do not have the 'US' ink stamp on the outside of the R/H set of pouches. The USMC did use the black, enamelled steel canteens initially but they proved unsuitable for tropical conditions due to rusting and the spalling off of the enamel, so they reverted to aluminium canteens (many WW1 dated) and later used stainless canteens, also, US Marines carried TWO canteens per man, as opposed to the Army's one per man. USMC canteen covers were all unlined (unlike the Army pattern) the first pattern was externally almost identical to the Army pattern with short 'ears', but used poppers (press-studs) to close the flaps, the second pattern was the same but used 'lift the dot' fasteners, the long 'rabbit ear' covers came in later, first with no large circular drain hole in the base and finally with the drain hole..
Thankfully I checked the existing comments or I would jave written a similar post. He's correct on all accounts, but I'd add the "drainage hole" in the bottom of the crossflap canteen cover is sized to fit the mouth of the canteen snugly, to be used as a funnel for filling your canteen from either the water trailers, or the 5 gallon (jerry) cans.
WW2 USMC weapons are a complex study in their own right - They used the M1928A1, M1, M1A1 and M3 ('grease-gun') sub-machine guns during WW2, but initially they used a 'USMC-only' design, the Reising sub-machine gun and also the semi-automatic 'USMC-only' M1941 Johnson Rifle. In the early Pacific operations operations of WW2 (Guadalcanal, Tarawa etc..) the basic rifle used by the USMC was the bolt action .30-06 calibre M1903 (as used during WW1) - Initially the USMC rejected the semi-auto M1 rifle but later adopted it as the Corps' standard rifle. The squad level support weapon being the standard US Browning Automatic Rifle or BAR.. Pistols were not on general issue for the USMC but were used by Tankers and specialist troops, initially these were .45 calibre Smith & Wesson revolvers, but later the .45 calibre M1911 semi-auto pistol was adopted.
I dont know too much about Japanese kit so good stuff doing a video on the tank crew 😊. The marine display is great, didnt they use a blue face cream for camo or sun protection?. The fighting on the islands was bloody brutal, ive read a little bit about the war in the far east....how does a person readjust after that?. Regarding the flag...the truth is often more boring, but still the marines raising the flag is a symbol that is recognised instantly, cheers and great video 😊😊😊😊
A few tips for the Japanese soldier-
-The nambu holster should go on the belt.
-canteen strap should go under the belt.
Good Lord, the things you come up with! Japanese uniforms from the war are exceedingly rare here in the States. Thank you for sharing!
I did get the helmet from an auction here in the UK quite recently but most of it did come from Japan I will be doing a Japanese winter air crew in a couple of weeks
Love your Video’s keep up the great work 😁
That’s very kind thank you
Nice kit as usual… interesting video.
Thank you very much 👍
great work as usual
Thank you very much
I don't read Japanese but the '19' part of the stamp inside your Japanese tanker's helmet stands for the Japanese year 'Showa 19' which equates to 1944 in the western calendar. The gaiters you believe to be USMC (on the left) are in fact of the US Army standard pattern and are stamped for a US Army Contract, yours are a size 3R (size 3 Regular, 'Regular' being the height) - USMC (and US Navy) gaiters are the same as the other pair you show on the right. The only way to tell USMC gaiters from the USN version is the contract number inside which begins 'NX' on the USN version. Your Cartridge Belt is correct and of course USMC contract cartridge belts do not have the 'US' ink stamp on the outside of the R/H set of pouches. The USMC did use the black, enamelled steel canteens initially but they proved unsuitable for tropical conditions due to rusting and the spalling off of the enamel, so they reverted to aluminium canteens (many WW1 dated) and later used stainless canteens, also, US Marines carried TWO canteens per man, as opposed to the Army's one per man. USMC canteen covers were all unlined (unlike the Army pattern) the first pattern was externally almost identical to the Army pattern with short 'ears', but used poppers (press-studs) to close the flaps, the second pattern was the same but used 'lift the dot' fasteners, the long 'rabbit ear' covers came in later, first with no large circular drain hole in the base and finally with the drain hole..
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Thankfully I checked the existing comments or I would jave written a similar post. He's correct on all accounts, but I'd add the "drainage hole" in the bottom of the crossflap canteen cover is sized to fit the mouth of the canteen snugly, to be used as a funnel for filling your canteen from either the water trailers, or the 5 gallon (jerry) cans.
WW2 USMC weapons are a complex study in their own right - They used the M1928A1, M1, M1A1 and M3 ('grease-gun') sub-machine guns during WW2, but initially they used a 'USMC-only' design, the Reising sub-machine gun and also the semi-automatic 'USMC-only' M1941 Johnson Rifle. In the early Pacific operations operations of WW2 (Guadalcanal, Tarawa etc..) the basic rifle used by the USMC was the bolt action .30-06 calibre M1903 (as used during WW1) - Initially the USMC rejected the semi-auto M1 rifle but later adopted it as the Corps' standard rifle. The squad level support weapon being the standard US Browning Automatic Rifle or BAR.. Pistols were not on general issue for the USMC but were used by Tankers and specialist troops, initially these were .45 calibre Smith & Wesson revolvers, but later the .45 calibre M1911 semi-auto pistol was adopted.
Thanks it does sound complicated this is all I had 👍
I believe that the Army leggings had eight or nine hooks and the Marines had fewer. I stand corrected if anyone can help.
Some other people have commented on the gaiters as well so will leave it to you to decide 😊👍
No the gaiters are also army ones.
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I dont know too much about Japanese kit so good stuff doing a video on the tank crew 😊. The marine display is great, didnt they use a blue face cream for camo or sun protection?. The fighting on the islands was bloody brutal, ive read a little bit about the war in the far east....how does a person readjust after that?. Regarding the flag...the truth is often more boring, but still the marines raising the flag is a symbol that is recognised instantly, cheers and great video 😊😊😊😊
There was some of the most insane fighting between the Japanese and the US Marines so yes how they ever got over that is a miracle
Two things. Is that all orginal. Last do you reanact.
It is all original and no I don’t do reanacting not my thing and wouldn’t fit in most of them anyway 😂