Thank you for your work and dedication to making the most accurate and professional videos available on RUclips, I appreciate WW2 history,and military history in general, your channel is by far my favorite.
Just to answer your question, it has been a massive misconception since the 70s that the Afrika Korps wore brown pouches. Absolutely most of their leather kit was Black and in some rare cases some bits of leather were not brown but just plain and not dyed. Even in some black and white original pictures you can tell it’s black, also in true recolorisations you can see it’s black. But if you look, a lot of drawn modern illustrations show it to be brown, but in fact it’s not.
I'm pretty sure that Luftwaffe units - with the exception of their Fallschirmjager and infantry formations - were issued brown leather in all theatres.
Luftwaffe had brown ammo pouches in 1930s but they dyed them black after the war started but only on the outside of ammo pouches as proof of this is captured ammo pouches found in Russia in the early 1990s
@@ww2buff111 Early stages of the campagne in North Africa there are pictures with brown pouches but limited. The order was around september 1939 to blacken all leather enquipment by Heer and Luftwaffe. But seen brown leather enquipment still used till late 1943 but limited.
TY-MM on the desert kit , under reported in most reviews. Armor studies showed the DAK used another way to "paint" metal objects ; sand +petrol into a paste, then brush, or roll on as needed. Most accounts it worked.
Very cool M42 model of tropical feldbluse. But it's more for Italian front, it has bleu buttons they pop up on uniforms late 1943. To late for the North Africa campaign. Your setup would be more correct for South Italy front then North Africa campaign . Sorry to say this.
No problem good point the earlier ones are harder to find and more expensive so it’s all I have the battle of El Alamein was in November 1942 so there could have been some there but good point
@militarymad2840 I know seen some around €3500 a 4700 Myself i am a re-enactor, Mainly North Europe 1944 but got also a Dak kit. And Dak reenactment or collecting is also alot of research.
my mind is blown ha ha Always greatly enjoy your videos old mate and in awe of your collection, outstanding, but I have to think that Afrika Korp set up has to be the jewel in the crown, at least one of a few jewels anyway, brilliant, cheers
The "coconut" water bottle is very limited used in North Africa. It's more for other fronts There is proberly only 1 picture known of Tunesia 1943 with a coconut bottle.
Yes thanks for that quite a few others have commented on that I have been believing what dealers have been saying when they try and sell these to get more money will know better next time thanks again
the water bottle is a common misconception, they just used standard water bottles, these "coconut" ones were just used on the continent as normal bottles as a way to save materials
Nice diy work on the mannequin. Yanks mannequins (may have a Euro outlet with a diff name) sells decent, smaller figures for a reasonable price. As far as brown leather used by LW and DAK, I believe for Luftwaffe personnel that was emitted around 1940 for black leather. For Inter-war parade and dress uniforms of the LW you may see brown leather. By 1943 a similar result could've been used with DAK. I believe most DAK reenactors who study photographic evidence use black pouches. Wooden cased canteens used by DAK I believe is mainly a "collectorism", with not a lot of supporting evidence they were used in Africa. They were instead seen in Southern Europe and regions of the Soviet Union. The bread bag is also worn on the other side of the belt. The cap certainly looks original with that sun bleaching, but have no idea
Another great video m8, i really liked the Afrika Korps set up, very nice. I dont know anything about the uniforms the germans wore in Africa. I do know that the mk2 helmet is south african, ive got a green painted one. The holes were put in at the design stage so that the troops could attach a neck or sunflap. I have a video on my channrl about this, there is no evidence that flaps were issued....but its still an easy way to tell a South African mk2 style helmet....cheers 😊😊😊😊
American here. I've always thought the British had - from the perspective of function/utility - the best uniforms of WW2. They also managed to look pretty sharp too. American uniforms were probably the best in terms of the quality of manufacture, and color fastness. American uniforms improved significantly after 1943, but I've always thought the British got it right from the start. The only flaw in British kit was the load-bearing equipment. Those enormous pouches on the front were definitely a bad idea.
@@militarymad2840 The Germans like the British desert kit too. All those photos of Germans running around in shorts in the desert are captured British issue. From various writings at the time, the Germans loved their British shorts.
I started collecting in the 1970s so most in my collection are from that time it’s not that easy to find untouched ones these days and the price is going up all the time, just one the benefits of being old I suppose 😊
very nice german setup! but these german canteens where not used in africa and actualy really comon on the eastern front, the whole gasmask set set is ww2 but repainted tan postwar by the dutch, these canisters almost always have tan paint with gray on top, its a myth made up by dealers that those canteens and gasmasks where "afrika korps" so they would sel easyer, for the rest an awsome display
Thank you for your work and dedication to making the most accurate and professional videos available on RUclips, I appreciate WW2 history,and military history in general, your channel is by far my favorite.
Just to answer your question, it has been a massive misconception since the 70s that the Afrika Korps wore brown pouches. Absolutely most of their leather kit was Black and in some rare cases some bits of leather were not brown but just plain and not dyed. Even in some black and white original pictures you can tell it’s black, also in true recolorisations you can see it’s black. But if you look, a lot of drawn modern illustrations show it to be brown, but in fact it’s not.
Thanks for that was never sure about that
I'm pretty sure that Luftwaffe units - with the exception of their Fallschirmjager and infantry formations - were issued brown leather in all theatres.
Luftwaffe had brown ammo pouches in 1930s but they dyed them black after the war started but only on the outside of ammo pouches as proof of this is captured ammo pouches found in Russia in the early 1990s
@@ww2buff111 Early stages of the campagne in North Africa there are pictures with brown pouches but limited.
The order was around september 1939 to blacken all leather enquipment by Heer and Luftwaffe.
But seen brown leather enquipment still used till late 1943 but limited.
TY-MM on the desert kit , under reported in most reviews. Armor studies showed the DAK used another way to "paint" metal objects ; sand +petrol into a paste, then brush, or roll on as needed. Most accounts it worked.
I like that u tell some history and the battle sounds at the end are appropriate great job again thanks
Thank you I try and keep the videos short but put some pieces of info in as well
Another brilliant collection! You almost never see DAK items here in the States. Thank you for sharing.
There are hard to find here as well and getting harder
Amazing channel and you have an incredible military collection.
Thanks 👍
Another great video. I'm very impressed of your big mods to the mannequin. Great effort and very effective 👏 👍. Thank you for showing 👍
Thanks it took some working out but does work ok
Very cool M42 model of tropical feldbluse.
But it's more for Italian front, it has bleu buttons they pop up on uniforms late 1943.
To late for the North Africa campaign.
Your setup would be more correct for South Italy front then North Africa campaign .
Sorry to say this.
No problem good point the earlier ones are harder to find and more expensive so it’s all I have the battle of El Alamein was in November 1942 so there could have been some there but good point
@militarymad2840 I know seen some around €3500 a 4700
Myself i am a re-enactor, Mainly North Europe 1944 but got also a Dak kit. And Dak reenactment or collecting is also alot of research.
my mind is blown ha ha Always greatly enjoy your videos old mate and in awe of your collection, outstanding, but I have to think that Afrika Korp set up has to be the jewel in the crown, at least one of a few jewels anyway, brilliant, cheers
You should have talked about the nice M35 helmet too !!! It would have been great to get its description and some comments about it !
True I always seem to miss something out of every video ☹️
The "coconut" water bottle is very limited used in North Africa. It's more for other fronts
There is proberly only 1 picture known of Tunesia 1943 with a coconut bottle.
Yes thanks for that quite a few others have commented on that I have been believing what dealers have been saying when they try and sell these to get more money will know better next time thanks again
the water bottle is a common misconception, they just used standard water bottles, these "coconut" ones were just used on the continent as normal bottles as a way to save materials
Yes other people have mentioned that it seems this has been started with dealers trying to charge more money for them so thanks for the comment
Thank for the Video a Good representation of the Uniforms it’s interesting to see the the Uniforms made up a good job on the Mannequin Thanks
Thanks there is quite a lot of work goes into it
Nice diy work on the mannequin. Yanks mannequins (may have a Euro outlet with a diff name) sells decent, smaller figures for a reasonable price.
As far as brown leather used by LW and DAK, I believe for Luftwaffe personnel that was emitted around 1940 for black leather. For Inter-war parade and dress uniforms of the LW you may see brown leather. By 1943 a similar result could've been used with DAK. I believe most DAK reenactors who study photographic evidence use black pouches. Wooden cased canteens used by DAK I believe is mainly a "collectorism", with not a lot of supporting evidence they were used in Africa. They were instead seen in Southern Europe and regions of the Soviet Union. The bread bag is also worn on the other side of the belt. The cap certainly looks original with that sun bleaching, but have no idea
Thanks for the info on the mannequins and who wears what does all get a bit complicated for me
@@militarymad2840 Haha, its very confusing. Takes a certain concerning level of obsessive compulsive disorder most likely
😂😂
Another great video m8, i really liked the Afrika Korps set up, very nice. I dont know anything about the uniforms the germans wore in Africa. I do know that the mk2 helmet is south african, ive got a green painted one. The holes were put in at the design stage so that the troops could attach a neck or sunflap. I have a video on my channrl about this, there is no evidence that flaps were issued....but its still an easy way to tell a South African mk2 style helmet....cheers 😊😊😊😊
Thanks for the confirmation on the helmet military uniforms have so many variations it’s hard to know them all
@@militarymad2840 very true.....you learn something new everyday I reckon 🙂🙃🙂
How did you get the paint off the gasmask cannister?
Out of curiosity, would you sell any of the afrika korps stuff because I want to do afrika korps reenacting
Not thinking of it at the moment and most is original so a bit expensive for that sort of thing
@@militarymad2840Is the tunic and pants original? Cuz that's all I want from this
@@firealjxyes they are
Try yanks mannequins here in the US specially made for military collecting
Thanks I will look that up
American here. I've always thought the British had - from the perspective of function/utility - the best uniforms of WW2. They also managed to look pretty sharp too. American uniforms were probably the best in terms of the quality of manufacture, and color fastness. American uniforms improved significantly after 1943, but I've always thought the British got it right from the start. The only flaw in British kit was the load-bearing equipment. Those enormous pouches on the front were definitely a bad idea.
The desert uniform is good but the rough woollen one for Europe was really itchy
@@militarymad2840 The Germans like the British desert kit too. All those photos of Germans running around in shorts in the desert are captured British issue. From various writings at the time, the Germans loved their British shorts.
I didn't understand your English when u said about the English man uniform that they wore short potatoes to keep the sand out
😂😂 that’s puttees just my accent
Lol
where do you get your helmets from
I started collecting in the 1970s so most in my collection are from that time it’s not that easy to find untouched ones these days and the price is going up all the time, just one the benefits of being old I suppose 😊
Leftenant not lootenant cmon were brits
Been watching too many American films 😂
very nice german setup! but these german canteens where not used in africa and actualy really comon on the eastern front, the whole gasmask set set is ww2 but repainted tan postwar by the dutch, these canisters almost always have tan paint with gray on top, its a myth made up by dealers that those canteens and gasmasks where "afrika korps" so they would sel easyer, for the rest an awsome display
Thanks for the info didn’t know that