However due to the current fuel situation in the sceptered isle, it is only
a matter of days before most of Her Majestie's subjects will be delighted to
swap virtually anything for a couple of gallons of unleaded petrol.
NIGE
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Notton" <Richard@fv623.demon.co.uk>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <>
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 8:51 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] Uniforms
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Demonware Restorations" <INDYN@xtra.co.nz>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2000 6:02 AM
> Subject: [MV] Uniforms
>
>
> >
> > Our problem is that we are very short of German WWI uniforms or even
> pattens
> > for these uniforms.
> >
> Isn't everybody ?
>
> Look, everybody seems to forget the simple facts. The German Army was
> actually quite small, for instance its _total_ tank production '39 - '45
was
> 1/4 of that made by the UK (far better tanks though) without counting
> American, Canadian and Russian production. The war ended when they had
> fought themselves to a standstill in a tiny pocket facing huge numbers of
> allied forces, suddenly the British and American forces had unnecessarily
> huge armies with even bigger stockpiles of "kit", it all had to go and is
> still abundant.
>
> Of course there are "no" German uniforms, like there are "no" German
tanks,
> it was all (what little was left) effectively rounded up and rendered down
> for scrap, exactly as you'd expect at the end of the war. Hence why you
> can't buy even a mundane Kubel as easily as a jeep, Kubels are considered
> cheap at 33,000 NZD, when you can find one that is or we'd all have one
> surely.
>
> Further, the continent of Europe is banned from wearing any WWII German
> uniform, the Americans seem to be wholly disinterested, the French seem to
> have more US 1st Airborne now than was the case then, and only in the UK
> will you find it legal and just about acceptable to wear anything WWII
> German and then at our major shows this is only allowed within a display
> area or just about tolerated around the show-ground.
>
> It is a small market therefore with almost no sources of genuine supply,
you
> will be shocked at the prices this stuff fetches, a reasonable tunic is
> likely 5,082 NZD and up, (I have just looked at today's exchange rate)
with
> entirely similar prices for the rest of the kit.
>
> The demand here has generated some replica manufacture, the best ones are
> truly correct to the exact detail with great care in sourcing, sometimes
as
> special manufacture, the exact material including linings. This isn't
cheap
> either obviously and fetches a little over half price of the originals but
> is absolutely new.
>
> To dress a Wehrmacht grenadier, let alone an officer, perhaps you should
be
> thinking along the lines of 10,000 NZD each without any de-act weapons.
>
> > If anyone knows of uniforms for sale, please contact me urgently.
> >
> Nigel Hay has forwarded one contact and I can find you several more of the
> most respected suppliers.
>
> > We are looking to outfit 12 "soldiers" with everything from Tunics and
> pants
> > to webbing and packs.
> >
> 12 ?
>
> I would respectfully suggest you do a seriously accurate pocket depth
check
> and check out the attitude of your Customs Authorities too before it all
> ends in tears.
>
> On reflection it would be quicker and cheaper to send one of the dedicated
> battle re-enactment groups here a dozen return air tickets, they could
> easily field 12 very correct Wehrmacht troops with all the associated
> paraphernalia, except vehicles of course.
>
> I wish you well,
>
> Richard
> Southampton - England
>
>
>
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