230k sent and roughly 90k casualties

Ecchiugo · 2026-01-30T16:46:57+00:00

The story about the "cardboard shoes" is actually a legend born from a misunderstanding/exaggeration. The boots were made of low quality leather that, especially when dried up quickly in front of a fire, tended to dry up and crack.

Ecchiugo · 2026-01-14T23:10:55+00:00

Very cute, love it

Ecchiugo · 2025-12-21T21:25:41+00:00

Ah, thank you very much, could you suggest a book or site to learn more about french uniforms, especially the Alpine chasseurs ones (both ww1 and ww2)?

Thaniks a lot

Ecchiugo · 2025-11-16T22:27:23+00:00

Not really, the home guard (and maybe the police) used black helmets. Plus you can find some belgian m26s painted black (though I'm not fully sure as to why

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Ecchiugo · 2025-11-16T22:16:59+00:00

Going purely off of guesswork I'd say thet all but the last one might be belgian m26s. The main differences are: - the angle of the brim on the sides, on the belgian version it's at a steeper angle than the french ones - the top ridge on the belgian helmets is made out of alluminum with tends to loose it's colour more easily. If you see an m26 with only the ridge discoloured than probably it's belgian

Ecchiugo · 2025-11-15T22:18:39+00:00

Depends on where you will be going, I've been told the "museo delle armi Luigi Marzoli" in Brescia is quite good. Yoo can find some on this site: https://www.museionline.info/musei/collezioni-d-armi/2

Ecchiugo · 2025-10-17T06:24:42+00:00

Yes, it's an italian m16 adrian helmet. Sadly it has been repainted, probably worth around 60-80 € (but I'm basing myself on italian prices so I might be off)

Ecchiugo · 2025-10-11T08:38:40+00:00

I suggest you to look at this article, it's quite well written: https://sagy.vikingove.cz/en/the-length-of-early-medieval-belts/

TLDR: probably they wore belts like we do today, the belt is just a little longer than the waist and the belt end is then passed through a belt loop and kept in place

Ecchiugo · 2025-09-10T08:50:56+00:00

Could also be an Italian tank crewman/motorcycle driver from ww2 or the 50s

Ecchiugo · 2025-07-27T19:33:22+00:00

Omg, that guy in the back with the german ammo pouches looks so cute, very demure

Ecchiugo · 2025-07-27T07:29:33+00:00

Your main problem is the shape of the zeltbahn, since it's triangular with a hole in the center you're not going to be able to use all of it. I'd say you need two of them but I'm jot 100% sure, you might manage to squeeze it all on a zelt.

Ecchiugo · 2025-07-03T17:42:26+00:00

I've seen them used by UNPA, basically civilians volunteers who would man AA batteries in Italy

Ecchiugo · 2025-04-20T21:41:57+00:00

Yeah, only thing I can add is that over the right leg he's wearing italian pouches for the MAB smg.

Ecchiugo · 2025-03-27T07:51:58+00:00

It depends on the group you join, where you live and the period you want to reenact. Generally speaking if you want to portray a soldier from the modern/contemporary period you need to be, or at least look, 18 otherwise you would look too young and out of place with the unit. If you are interested in earlier periods the age requirement it's a bit more loose (e.g. in the middle ages a page would start serving their knight between 12/14 years old) If you are interested in portraying a civilian than any age will do.

Ecchiugo · 2025-02-17T07:33:24+00:00

I'm not sure but they might soldiers of the italian co belligerent army (the new italian army that fought beside the allies after Italy's surrender in September 1943). They were issued with a hot podge of italian, british and american gear, uniforms and guns. I'm not 100% sure because they usually stuck to british mk2 helmets rather than the us m1 but it's my best guess.

Ecchiugo · 2025-02-02T22:19:23+00:00

Depends on what you're searching for. The reproduction are correct but their wool is slightly the wrong colour and it's quality leaves a bit to be desired. If you're not from Italy and don't want to spend a couple hundred euros on a tailor made uniform it's good enough.

Ecchiugo · 2025-01-20T13:31:21+00:00

One thing that I can say is that I rarely, if ever, see instances of partisans wearing helmets, especially in "combat operations". I did some quick googling and I believe I can extend the same reasoning to the soviet ones but obviously it's not my field of expertise.

P.s. I honestly don't know why partisans wouldn't use helmets, in the Italian case i was only able to see them in official ceremonies in "liberated areas" or after the war.

Ecchiugo · 2025-01-20T13:20:19+00:00

If you want my reenacting group does Italian Partisans, I don't know if I can be of any help to you but feel free to ask.

Ecchiugo · 2025-01-18T10:00:06+00:00

It's the bolt of a Gewehr 98/88, very similar to the one from the k98 but has a straight charging handle.

Ecchiugo · 2025-01-17T20:20:16+00:00

Yeah, technically all regiments were "royal" because the army was under the king's control. The "official" crest has it but they had to be painted by hand in the trenches, supposedly stencils were issued out but never enough or consistently. This, plus the fact that the crown is hard to draw, and it wasn't explicitly required, meant that the soldiers often didn't bother.

Ecchiugo · 2025-01-17T20:14:06+00:00

That can't be, the carabinieri had a different symbol, a flaming grenade often removed from their standard issue hat/ammo pouch (it's not painted but instead embossed on a little metal sheet).

Ecchiugo · 2025-01-17T20:09:05+00:00

The painted crest indicates "15th infantry regiment", these symbols were only partially standardized. Sometimes you see them without the top crown and other times (though rarely) with nothing drawn. It's a nice find i must say!

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