Camo between FJs and Heer

[Mike]

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

[invisible officer]

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.

• This reply was modified 5 years ago by invisible officer.
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[Mike]

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.

[invisible officer]

As I wrote:
Difference was smaller and more geometrical forms in the FJ used camo.

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