12-276 Garand Picture of the Day - 2nd inf Div

[Bill Hollinger]

Sure looks like cammo and I think the double hook is just caught on the helmet netting.

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[ABPOS]

Yeah, makes sense on the hook. But my comment about the camo was that it is not something you see regularly in the Army in Europe. I'm thinking.

[WarPig1976]

Captured, repurposed German smock maybe.


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[WarPig1976]

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[Paul S.]

I think the Camo suit in the picture is the same as what we saw previously (last 2 years) issued to and worn by USA combat engineers. There are pictures of them on this forum somewhere.

Personally, I wouldn't want to wander around in a free fire zone wearing items of captured uniform. I would suspect that there would be too great a risk of taking 'friendly fire' by a very nervous, trigger-happy replacements.

[emmagee1917]

Yes , very limited issue to the 30th inf. division and an armored division. Looked very much like the USMC camo , but is not reversible . Was pulled due to 1 ) friendly fire and 2) didn't work so good if you were moving and we tended to be always moving ( attacking ) .
Chris