Splinter what?

Sean · Post by **Sean** » Wed Aug 09, 2006 11:37 pm

I know a real newbie question but what are the obvious differences between Splinter A and Splinter B?

jimmyvonk · Post by **jimmyvonk** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 6:01 am

What pattern are the padded suits in Where Eagles Dare?

Post by **Feldjager** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:05 am

jimmyvonk wrote:What pattern are the padded suits in Where Eagles Dare?

They are allegedly an experimental pattern which was designed for use by Mountain Troops (believe that if you will). The ones used in WED are supposedly originals, and the only known examples (funny that...). There was a guy who used to make repros of this pattern, but I've not heard of him nor seen any new ones for a few years now.

Hoover · Post by **Hoover** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 7:17 am

The WED-pattern winter jacket is described in Palinckx "Camouflaged Uniforms of the German wehrmacht" pages 213-215.

jimmyvonk · Post by **jimmyvonk** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:13 am

Mrs Schneider want's to go sking and my only qualifier is that I can have a WED jacket & trousers - spose if there unavailable I'll have to save off getting anything broken for a bit longer!

Then again...

Thanks to http://www.whereeaglesdare.com/

Sean · Post by **Sean** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 8:40 am

BaggyPants wrote:
Sean wrote:I know a real newbie question but what are the obvious differences between Splinter A and Splinter B?
The pattern in splinter B is much smaller than splinter A, with subtle differences. Army used A, Luftwaffe used B.

Sorry for all the questions, but what are the differences?

As a certain militaria dealer tried fobbing me off with a luftwaffe jumpsmock in splinter a and i knew it was wrong but i do not know how to recognise the pattern.

Cheers.

Stigroadie · Post by **Stigroadie** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 9:07 am

Borsarello and Lassus [Camouflaged Uniforms of the Wehrmacht] identify the WED parka as Splinter D. They also illustrate a Splinter C which is much like tan and water but in standard splinter A colours.
Splinter B has smaller areas of green and brown splinter and they seem sharper more 'jaggy' and with fewer stretched out shapes. The density of the splinter patches is much the same, just that clusters are smaller. Hard to describe without pictures which I cant add from here.
http://www.zeltbahn.net/wh_camo.htm for Splinter A and Tan & Water.
http://www.militarytour.com/reproductio ... linter.htm for a repro splinter B

Sean · Post by **Sean** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 11:46 am

Ah brillient, cheers Sean.

Stigroadie · Post by **Stigroadie** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 12:00 pm

No problem Sean.

KDF · Post by **KDF** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:02 pm

Hi,
you can still get those WED copy parkas...i have one!

The bloke who made them is Keith from extreme clothing...there used to be a link off the WED website.

Hope this helps.

K

Stigroadie · Post by **Stigroadie** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:11 pm

There is always an advert in Gun Mart £170 and a mobile number which I'll pass on via PM if anyone wants it.

Wilder Feger · Post by **Wilder Feger** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 3:44 pm

Sean wrote:Ah brillient, cheers Sean.

Stigroadie wrote:No problem Sean.

Split personalities/voices in your heads acting out again, fellas?

Sean · Post by **Sean** » Thu Aug 10, 2006 10:40 pm

Wilder Feger wrote:
Sean wrote:Ah brillient, cheers Sean.

Stigroadie wrote:No problem Sean.
Split personalities/voices in your heads acting out again, fellas?

LMAO

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