Camo between FJs and Heer

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  • November 7, 2019 at 1:50 pm #171299
    Mike
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    For painting purposes, is the late war Heer camo zeitbahn(sp?) different from the Splinter worn by FJs on their smocks? I am looking between the two and not seeing a lot of difference

    November 8, 2019 at 8:19 am #171338
    invisible officer
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    M 31 “Buntfarbenmuster”, styled by English collectors with fantasy name Splintertarn A was introduced by Reichswehr , only for the Zeltbahn. So it was no late war stuff.

    Fallschirmjäger started war with a plain dress “graugrün”. In wartime they got a new “Knochensack” with slightly different cut and made from Camo material. That was Buntfarbenmuster 41 ~ Splintertarn B. First use was on Crete. It was also used by Luftwaffenfelddivisionen troops.

    Difference was smaller and more geometrical forms.

    1943 the Fallschirmjäger also got Sumpftarnmuster 43 stuff.

    November 8, 2019 at 2:50 pm #171425
    Mike
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    So essentially I can paint the camo portions pretty much the same? Trying a different method with my heer than I have my current FJs, but figure I will get to my several boxes of FJs eventually and my new method appears to be much faster and easier.

    November 8, 2019 at 5:29 pm #171440
    invisible officer
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    As I wrote:
    Difference was smaller and more geometrical forms in the FJ used camo.

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