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Thanks James, your set-up is looking good. May I suggest that the bayonet should be on the other side so that it is not behind the buckle which means that it has to be threaded along the whole length...

Hi Steve,

Yep, I agree though I wonder if MfS security troops who used Blumentarn for longer might have seen it paired with the RPK? Of course it was preceeded by the RPD. I think a lot of the...

Hahaha! That's because re-enactors never get "webbing burns" I still have the scarsnotcool

I must admit I never considered the RP46 but did the NVA use it in the LMG role rather than AFV mounted?...

Thanks Andreas, in that case I would bet on it being posed, the bloke in the foreground does have something of the "catwalk" about him;):D:rolleyes:

Regards

Mark
PS Ah yes, Martin Brayley. He...

The first thing that struck me was the lad with the AK47 does not seem to be actually looking at anything. Not in the "1000yd stare" unfocused way that is often seen in troops in action but in a more...

I believe there was a seperate helmet cover but most I have seen are integral to the jacket. The rifle at the foreground is an AK47 rather than AK47M which I would have expected by the time...

Yep that is an interesting picture and a good illustration. Where is it from? I might be over thinking it but having been among soldiers of several nations for a good few years one gets a "feel" for...

No, there is no tunic underneath but only because it wouldn't be visible beyond the collar even without the neck warmer. Though I admit that I am unsure if the neckwarmer was in service during the...

Yep, I was just musing about the reason behind deletion of the left side ammo pouch.

I agree about the skimuetze (it actually looks better on a real head!) but it kind of had to be there....

Thanks matecool militaria

The cap is the NVA Skimuetze (same as the earlier KVP item but feldgrau rather than dunkelblau in colour) that I posted here;
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Good morning gents,

here are a couple of pics for reference of my on-going NVA Blumentarn project;

This impression with early leather field gear will be follwed by the later grey webbing...