11-139 Garand Picture of the Day

[LimeyCarbineLover]

Definatley Jim...you only have to look at that iconic image of Sgt de Frietos in Pont Brocard near Canisy with his coleman cooker and tin of food on the house window sill to see how battered the cammos were becoming by mid July.......and read Bandos Book about combat in the Bocage to see how it (Cammo) was worn as an OUTER garment and how it didnt stand up to the rigours of combat and anyone that has travelled the bocage like we did on our 2nd Armoured "Big trips" in 2004 and 2006 will see that its not "good terrain" for combat and being kind to clothes.
By the time the GIs were "breaking out" of Normandy and swinging into Brittany and south of Orleans and Le Mans up to the Seine the terrain and nature of combat had changed from slow moving inch by inch hedgrow gain.....to miles and miles of rapid advance....thus rendering the need for cammos obsolete.

Great pics though guys...

regards

Lloyd