Show us your NVA items!

[Mark K]

No I had not Rene many thanks for the link I will need to pass on it though for now I just made a major purchase yesterday I found my holy grail of helmets
So now it is my turn to live in fear of the wife so I will be needing that flak vest my self sorry to say your on your own mate

Regards Mark K

[James C]

im real sorry rené , what have i done be carefull not to mix the later utv items with the 70's/80's militaria ,i learned the hard way ,with a severe wrist slapping i just need some jackboots to finish my display ,but will keep the trousers unbloused as worn in the field ,ill look forward to seeing the updated fritz cheers james

[reneblacky]

Cheers James C for the heads up I'll try not to mix the set but I think a grenade bag I bought is UTV I'll leave it to being the transition period. I have the jack boots I found in a op shop years & years ago as a WW2 gap filler. I had to scrape the white paint off them!!! Plus I couldn't find the other one of the pair! I think it's deep in my boots tub! I believe 63 dated?

[reneblacky]

No I had not Rene many thanks for the link I will need to pass on it though for now I just made a major purchase yesterday I found my holy grail of helmets
So now it is my turn to live in fear of the wife so I will be needing that flak vest my self sorry to say your on your own mate

Regards Mark K

Wifey found out and I really was sleeping in the museum room for the night!!!

[James C]

well done on the jack boots rené im guessing painted white for a fan based snowtrooper starwars display ,how laborous was the removal ,now why didnt i think of using the transitional period for my mix and match ,drat i see some real nice RC tanks in the background too ,im looking forward to seeing the completed fritz display cheers james

[Reibert]

"Fecht-MPi"

Want to show you this "Trainings-Kalaschnikow", ("Sturmbahn-AK").

Such items were used for bayonet-training.

Overall lenght, (with attached "bayonet"): 118,5 cm
lenght without "bayonet": 87 cm

"NVA Nahkampf-Ausbildungshilfe Modell 4 853" ?

[Reibert]

As far as I know five different variant´s were manufactured.

Not all of them are stamped.

[lithgow]

Interesting fencing muskets-I would think they were meant to simulate SKS rifles though-the shape of the stock is closer to that type than the AK (no pistol grip).

[reneblacky]

well done on the jack boots rené im guessing painted white for a fan based snowtrooper starwars display ,how laborous was the removal ,now why didnt i think of using the transitional period for my mix and match ,drat i see some real nice RC tanks in the background too ,im looking forward to seeing the completed fritz display cheers james

It was a real bugger to strip them! and I reckon you are right on the snow storm trooper though!
Lots of junk inbound from Germany but it's slow moving from there! and it will be a dig to find the other boot

Cheers Mate

[Reibert]

Interesting fencing muskets-I would think they were meant to simulate SKS rifles though-the shape of the stock is closer to that type than the AK (no pistol grip).

Some interesting sites:

Fechtgewehr

Ausrüstung der Spezialaufklärer der NVA - Datenblatt

NVA Impressionen

Geschichte Militärischer Nahkampf