Czechoslovak combat equipment 1960s. Part 1

[Jack59]

Thank you for this series of posts.
Jellichi pants are the basic item I passed up on Ebay and I wish I had bought. M60 boots have been avaliable in NZ/Australia recently from the Army and Outdoors website.

Hi Kateri, I'm looking for Jellichi as well as Salamander pants, either the price is crazy or the size way to small or to large. With a bit of luck & patience I'll find some. Here is a Link of a serious Czech army surplus store (you may already know it) where I found a few older items.
Army surplus shop | Army surplus MILITARY RANGE

Regards
Jack

[Steiner77]

Hi

Our army used a lot of equipment components from the Wehrmacht. Then she tried to imitate them.

Best regards Jirka

[Jack59]

Hi Jirka, thanks for your comments. We must remember that even before Czechoslovakia fell under German occupation their innovative armement industry was the 7th largest manufacturer of arms, the Bren machine gun (manufactured under licence) is a good exemple.
ZB vz. 26 - Wikipedia
List of Czechoslovakia interwar period weapons - Wikipedia
Overall the Czech industry is one of quality products. Even during the communist era they never adopted the AK but produced their vz. 58 assault rifle.
vz. 58 - Wikipedia

Regards
Jack

[Steiner77]

I would also like to mention the vz.60 celt

[Jack59]

Czech very good quality 5 magazine pouch made of strong canvas & leather.

[Stout]

Nice collection and very nice presented !
Do you know how long the binocular vz.48 was used in the army ? I think around the mid-1950s the 6x30 bino was renamed D-6. But I think the old vz.48s were still in use for long time. Any info appreciated !
kind regards

[TabsTabs1964]

Wow Jack!!

I hadn't seen this thread until now. What a great explanation and how much work has gone into putting together all the uniform pieces and equipment items.
It's impressive.

Thank you for so much effort on your part.

Regards
Santi