German equipment in post-war use
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German equipment in post-war use
If I recall correctly, we already had a thread for Third Reich weapons in postwar use, and now I would be interested in photos of fieldgear, uniforms etc. Bundeswehr, BGS and the East Germans probably used a lot of field gear in their early years, as did the Czechs as far as I know. But who else? Any pics would be much appreciated, especially on the more flashy stuff like camo and uniforms
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I'm pretty sure the Yugoslav army used some helmets and small arms, as well as the Norwegian army.
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Swedish army used helmets.
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Re: German equipment in post-war use
Many countries used the german helmet or a licenced version of the helmet after the war. There is another topic for weapons use after the war, so no need to list those.
Many vehicles where also used, but doubtly you dont mean them by equipment.
French soldiers used german camos after the war, Indochina I think:
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Many vehicles where also used, but doubtly you dont mean them by equipment.
French soldiers used german camos after the war, Indochina I think:
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Re: German equipment in post-war use
Erm, did they? I am pretty certain that they did not. Have you got any evidence of this?barnaclebill wrote:Swedish army used helmets.
The Swedes had mostly equipped their army with the new M/37 helmets by 1945, and these were used until the late 60s, were then fitted with a new liner and were then used until the 1980s. M/26 helmets were used by coastal artillery and civil defence, and the M/21 helmets were used by the air force until they also adopted the M/37.
Not sure that Sweden needed to buy surplus german helmets, but I would be interested to hear otherwise.
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Norway did, and in Denmark they were used by the Civilian Defense Service.
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Optical gear heavily used , French , Norwegian , Fins to name but a few.Sweden had bough a lot of German optical gear during the war and continued with its use well in to the post war years until comparatively recent times.
Until recent years lost of stuff still in French stores - look at all the military green battery boxes which turn up , I am quite surprised that some sellers on ebay have not described them as being "repainted Afrika Korp issue". (Or some such).
(In the 80's some old Barr and Strouds sets were used in the Falklands war).
Until recent years lost of stuff still in French stores - look at all the military green battery boxes which turn up , I am quite surprised that some sellers on ebay have not described them as being "repainted Afrika Korp issue". (Or some such).
(In the 80's some old Barr and Strouds sets were used in the Falklands war).
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Cam you kept my photo of the panther / cane !!!
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Didn't the Swiss use Hetzers until the 80's?
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LOL sure did, never know when it can used in a "cut n paste" thread....Tychsen wrote:Cam you kept my photo of the panther / crane !!!
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Re: German equipment in post-war use
They were manufactured after the war as G13s, so not original Jagdpanzer 38s.Didn't the Swiss use Hetzers until the 80's?
Incidentally the name Hetzer was never used by the Germans for the Jagdpanzer 38, it came about as the result of a mixup with the Czech factory who thought the name (intended for another prototype that was never built before war's end) applied to their product.
Same as Brummbär is a postwar invention for the Sturmpanzer IV - if German troops called it anything they called it 'Stupa'
Loving the pics people are finding!
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So what happens to these tanks that are being dug up, does anyone know?
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Sold to the highest bidder usually, which means heavyweight collections like Littlefields in the US, or Wheatcroft in UK.
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This tank was buried as bunkers at the North Norwegian air base of Bardufoss (Norway) before being recovered on 9 August 2007. These two tanks still had their chassis numbers and were thus traceable. This particular one was originally built as an Ausf. M. The Fahrgestell number is 76219. It belonged to the Infanterie-Division Großdeutschland and was involved in Zitadelle, the battle of Kursk. Then, they were both sent back to Germany for conversion to Ausf. N and sent to Norway, where they served most certainly in the Pz.Abt.211 (Simon Orchard)