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02-18-2015 02:16 PM
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Bump!
Anybody have any knowledge of variants / time periods?
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature with no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
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Noop not my thing Mark however hopefully someone will be along soon,all I know it as is the M71 B/W Airborne Helmet also used by Belgium Paratroopers,flecktarn covers for B/W and Jigsaw pattern for Belgium,its production at a guess mid 1960's mid 1970's but could be wrong....
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Thanks for the reply Jake. That fits with what I was thinking and this is what BW troops were using when I was "interacting" with them in the late 70's / early 80's before the composite Gefectshelm was introduced. I only recall helmet nets rather than covers as at that time they were still wearing the older all green uniforms. I never saw the flecktarn gear in use until the 90's and we didn't see many BW in my area at that time (Bergen Hohne/ Fallingbostel) and I had been in Berlin before that (no BW but loads of Soviet and DDR uniforms about!) which explains the gap in my "eyes on" with BW gear.
I think I am correct in the belief that before the M71 was introduced the BW were using US M1C but I am not certain so I hope we have someone here who is!
Regards
Mark
PS. I assume the flecktarn cover for the M71 is quite different from the later / current item?
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature with no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
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.: World War Helmets - Casque Modell 1A1 LL :.
This site will answer most of your questions!....
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Thanks Gunny, I knew about this site but for some reason I keep forgetting about it must be an age (or beer) thing
Mark
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature with no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
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"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature with no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
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hi mark i am in agreement with you on the bolts i would think simply period replaced as required ,perhaps they were prone to rattling loose ,i doubt very much anybody sane collector would want to remove the liner completely then for some reason lose the bolts and nuts but hey you never know ,there are a lot of strange people out there ,the correct nets can be found here ASMC Bundeswehr Shop - Ausrüstung Sicherheit Militär Camping highly likely a cover too ,i used an offcut of ameoba tarn material from a zelt hood ,the flectarn cover you see on my picture is on my m1a1 modified or m85 ,these have a 3 point chinstrap similar to your model 59 Luftlandetruppen para helmet im sure this type was used untill the fall of the wall so using flectarn material might be feasible if you none to fussed ,i think there look pretty good just with the tarnetz ,regards james
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HI James, thanks for the reply and the link is very useful too!
Mark
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature with no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
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