German Helmets in Norway 1970.

[Segedunum]

I am not certain, that this is the right place, to share this photo, that I borrowed from Samlerforumet for militariasamlere. Its from about 1970. The photo shows Norwegian Home Guard soldiers.

[Gunny Hartmann]

Thanks for sharing!......

[Walkwolf]

Likely just before these lids became surplus to the world.
Interesting uniform combo - jackets and belts are
American style.........

[37Webbing]

Likely just before these lids became surplus to the world.
Interesting uniform combo - jackets and belts are
American style.........

It has all to do with 'politics".
As opposed to Denmark, the Netherlands, and Belgium, the Norwegian army decided at an early date to use the US LBE (load Bearing Equipment) and US style uniforms. Norway remained more clearly under a US sphere of influence during the Cold War, as opposed to e.g. Denmark. Denmark preferred to remain under a British sphere of influence due to common political goals, strategic concerns, and because of the export of Danish agricultural products. In the end, the dwindling empire, financial problems and the economic ties the 'Marshall plan' made possible, 'forced" Denmark to "jump ship" and ally itself more with the US, although concerns about the '(un-)likeliness' that the US would allocate enough resources to defend Danish territory, made changing Danish governments to remain under a partial British sphere of influence. The British were much more prepared to defend Danish territorial waters, air-space and at least the Jutland peninsula in order to keep the Russians away from their own shores and air-space. All this caused Danish equipment to be more "British" in look than the Norwegian counterpart, and Danish soldiers used Battledress-like uniforms and patt.'37 webbing derivates well into the 1960s. The last UK-style webbing went out of use in the 1990s.