German military uniforms and individual equipment of World War II-Eastern Front

A Northern Army Group, June-November 1941

A1: General Infantry, 26th Armored Corps, Lithuania, June 1941

This general of the 18th Army wears a M1920 style 8-button (golden general button) uniform jacket with a dark blue-green M1935-style collar badge. The collar badges are all The golden general style, the pants are decorated with red wide trousers. He wears an M1934 field cap with an old-style soft hat top, with an organic woven bright metallic cap badge and golden rims representing generals. The admiral also carried a Wazel PPK 7.65 mm caliber pistol and short 10x50 binoculars, and wearing Knight’s Cross, First Class Iron Cross and 1914 Second Class Iron Cross. Ribbon of the cross.

A2: Second Lieutenant, 158th Assault Artillery Battalion, Lake Pepsi, Eastern Estonia, August 1941

An assault artillery platoon is equipped with three self-propelled assault artillery. The platoon leader wears an M1940-style special field gray uniform, and the first version of the collar badge on the dress has been with until January 1943. The M1938-style field hat he wore was equipped with a silver cap badge, and the front of the hat had silver piping and an inverted V-shaped decoration in the military color. This soldier also carries a P08 Ruger pistol with a hard shell and equipped with goggles. He wears with first-class iron cross, second-class iron cross ribbon, ordinary assault medal and Silver injury badge (representing 3-4 injuries).

A3: Administrator, 21st Infantry Division, Novgorod, Northwest Russia, October 1941

As the regiment’s cashier, this military official wears The officer's field uniform, wearing an officer's dark green piping M1935-style military cap, wearing a dark green collar with white arms. As a non-combatant, he earned a first-level and second-level combat merit cross. In the picture, he wore a second-level medal ribbon and pinned the first-level medal to his body. He also has a black wound medal (representing 1-2 injuries), and is equipped with a P38 Wazel pistol with a hard shell.

B Central Army Group, June-November 1941

B1: Second Sergeant, 39th Armored Regiment, Smolensk, Western Russia, July 1941

This company-level non-commissioned officer wears a M1935-style special black tank uniform with sleeves. Its diagonal button-like design is to prevent dust. He wears a personally purchased M1935-style soldier cap with a steel cap badge, which is an informal privilege belonging to non-commissioned officers. This soldier with a silver tank assault badge and holding a P08 Ruger pistol has obtained the better quality motorcycle goggles in the picture through his so-called efforts.

B2: Fourth Class, 464th Infantry Regiment, Great Luki, Western Russia, August 1941

The chief machine gunner of this squad wears the unanimously acclaimed M1935 Soldier field jacket with V-shaped military rank armband and M1938-style epaulettes. He carried an M1935-style helmet with an M1931-style field gray canvas strap wrapped in the helmet, and planted branches and leaves as a camouflage. The M1934-style field cap he wore was equipped with an inverted V-shaped decoration in the color of the army. Below are the M1940-style field gray pants and short-barreled marching boots (in order to save leather, it was adopted on November 9, 1939). A 7.92mm IMG34 general light machine gun, a P38 Wazel pistol for close combat, and an MG34 spare bag also appear in the picture.

B3: Gunner, 51st Rocket Launcher Regiment, Smolensk, Western Russia, August 1941

Sometimes the soldiers of the Rocket Launcher Unit want their hands Carry a 28 cm caliber heavy high-explosive rocket. The gunner wore 棉制 a one-piece field gray coat to cover his uniform, and informally added a military color (wine red) bordered field gray epaulettes on the coat. , And on the chest is a machine-stitched mouse gray eagle emblem. According to the order of March 23, 1940, he erased the national emblem on the left side of the helmet, but still retained the eagle emblem of the Wehrmacht (not shown in the picture). In addition, the field hat in the epaulettes has a V-shaped piping in the color of the army.

C Southern Army Group, June-November 1941

C1: Second Lieutenant, 230th Infantry Regiment, Stalin Line, West Ukraine, July 1941

This deputy platoon leader wears a soldier's field uniform. In addition to the second-level iron cross ribbon on the M1940-style jacket, there are also a silver infantry assault badge, an eagle logo on the chest, and an unofficially added officer collar with an M1935-style collar badge. He wears M1940-style soldier-style pants and high-top military boots produced before the war. The M1935-style helmet is hooped with a bicycle rubber inner tube, which is used to insert plants for camouflage. The soldier carrying the MP40 submachine gun uses a more practical buckle on the back of the officer’s harness. The 6x40 telescope is hung on the chest, the M1935-style document bag is attached to the waist, and the earliest version of the M38/40 submachine gun bullet bag The hard shell pistol holster covering his P38 Wazel pistol.

C2: Private, 203rd Infantry Regiment, Tiraspol, Bessarabia region, in August 1941, this member of the infantry squad wore a M1940-style field gray background Star-shaped military rank M1940-style field jacket, M1940-style field gray pants and M1939-style short boots. He has standard field equipment, standard Karabiner 98k rifle and M1924 grenade.

C3: Volunteers, 13th Armored Division, Rostov, South Russia, November 1941

This volunteer retained the M1935 light brown of the Soviet Red Army Infantry field uniform, which includes a coat, brown-gray coat, breeches and boots, and M1940-style leather hat. He removed the collar badge from the coat and jacket and the red star cap badge on the hat, and wore the designated Armband Armband on his arm, and the hat had an informal identification mark. As a non-combat mission, he wears a belt for German soldiers, carries a M1911 rifle bullet bag, an M1931 bread bag, and an outdated Karabiner 98b rifle used by second-line troops.

D Eastern Front, December 1941-March 1942

D1: Second Sergeant, 270th Infantry Division , Leningrad, Northern Front, December 1941

The standard field winter uniform worn by the platoon leader, the old non-commissioned officer, proved to be unsuitable for the winter on the Eastern Front. The M1935-style soldier's military coat was very commonly used in 1941, and his helmet is likely to have a field gray balaclava French wool hat. The M1939 soldier armed with a Y-strap on his body carries the soldier’s platoon leader with 6x30 binoculars and the earliest version of MP38/40 bullet bag (for his MP40 submachine gun).

D2: Private, 413th Infantry Regiment, Kalinin, Central Front, December 1941

This sentry wears a M1 with a pull-down cap934-style soldier field hat, under the hat is a balaclava French wool hat. The M1941-style military coat covers his field equipment. This coat has a wide field gray collar, epaulettes and fleece lining. It was adopted in November 1941 and quickly equipped to the field guards. Wearing three-finger gloves, he was carrying a Karabiner 98k rifle. In order to prevent slipping of marching shoes, he put on the first fragile and unusable wheat straw shoe covers for soldiers performing static sentry missions.

D3: Private, 117th Infantry Regiment, Donets Basin, January 1942

This soldier preparing for trench operations wears an M1940-style field coat, Deba Lakla French wool hat, the coat and helmet are snow camouflage cloak and hat cover made of temporarily disassembled sheets. Carrying a Karabiner 98k rifle and a M1924 grenade inserted in his waist, he has a streamlined armed belt that is restricted to his own use, and he holds a self-made 6 grenade heads (M1924 style) combined with a "concentrated" grenade.

E Northern Army Group, April 1942-January 1943

E1: Rifleman, 141st Mountain Regiment, Murmansk, Northern Russia, April 1942

This mountain infantry wears an infantry field jacket and an M1936-style mountain hat with an M1939-style cap badge on the hat and an informal dark blue green background. Hat badge with Austrian alpine tindergrass pattern on top. On the lower body are M1940-style field gray ski pants, ankle leggings and spikes for climbing. M1931 style front and back two-color camouflage cloak (the dark side in the picture) is made of waterproof material, which can be used as a poncho or camouflage uniform. Multiple cloaks can be buckled together for 1 person or 4 Tents for people or 8 people. This soldier uses a Gewehr 33/40 short carbine (it was used exclusively for mountain troops since November 16, 1940).

E2: Fourth Class, 123rd Engineer Battalion, Temyansk, Northern Russia, May 1942

This engineer wears M1940-style reed green training uniform As a summer field clothing, the military uniform retains the M1935-style military rank armband, and adds an eagle emblem on the chest, and a mosquito net is added to the helmet. He carried the "Engineer Assault Armed Belt" adopted on March 27, 1941, carrying two green-brown canvas bags containing 3 kilograms of explosives bags, a small bullet bag containing rifle cartridges, and a P38 Wazel pistol. The two bags of the house contain gas masks, demolition tools and grenades. In addition, he wore an M1924 grenade in his waist, and he carried the earliest version of the M1935 anti-tank mine and MP38 submachine gun in his hand.

E3: Veterinary student, 181st Veterinary Company, Stary Russa, Northern Russia, September 1942

This veterinary student of the 81st Infantry Division Veterinary Company wears cavalry The field uniforms of the troops wear the rank logo decorated with crimson cavalry colors and M1935-style officer caps. His M1940-style soldier field uniform wears an eagle emblem on the chest, an M1935-style officer's collar, and an M1940-style first-level sergeant insignia. The epaulettes have the aluminum "A" logo of the Veterinary College. Below he was wearing thick cavalry breeches and riding boots with spurs, tied with brown officer leather, and the hard shell pistol holster of the P38 Wazel pistol was fixed at his waist.

F Central Army Group, April 1942-January 1943

F1: Second Sergeant, 92nd Armor Signal Battalion, Orel, Western Russia, August 1942

This armored signal battalion sergeant wears M1941 reedsThe reed green tank members wear summer training uniforms, wearing M1935-style black armored epaulets and collar badges and an eagle emblem on the chest. Inside, there is an M1935-style gray shirt with black armored uniform and a black tie. The M1940-style black soldier field cap he wore was decorated with an inverted V-shaped lemon yellow military color (it should be cancelled according to the order of July 10, 1942). In addition, he also wears goggles, a P38 Wazel pistol with a hard shell, and wears a silver tank combat badge and a brass-colored wound badge.

F2: Second Corporal, 267th Engineer Battalion, Spasdemensk, Western Russia, September 1942

According to January 1940, flame The ejector operator wears a gray leather two-piece protective suit, but this is often not the case in actual combat. This non-commissioned officer was wearing an ordinary M1940-style field uniform with M1939-style short boots, carrying a standard M1941-style flamethrower (used in the spring of 1942), the gasoline tank was fixed with an M1939-style V-shaped strap and a ring-shaped chest strap, and a P08 The pistol serves as his defense.

F3: Fifth class, 235th Infantry Regiment, Lezhev, Western Russia, September 1942

This frontline soldier chose to use his own clothing and equipment . For the purpose of fighting and cooling, he put the trouser legs on the outside of the boots; for disguise, he also painted out the eagle emblem on the left side of the helmet (the subsequent order of August 29, 1943 also required this). The soldier’s belt is tied with the following equipment: a folding shovel, a bread bag, a water bottle and a water cup contained in the earliest version of the shovel cover. In addition, he also carries M1939-style green-brown tableware, a rolled-up camouflage cloak, and a rubber band. The protective gas mask tank and gas mask bag and a 1941 version of Karabiner 98k rifle.

G Southern Front, April-August 1942

G1: Second Class Non-commissioned Officer, 108th Armored Grenadier Regiment, Kalmyk steppe, Northeast Caucasus, August 1942.

This squad leader wears a standard M1941-style infantry field uniform, with a mouse gray eagle emblem and a copper tank assault badge on his chest (used for tank assault troops since June 1940), and the epaulettes have grass green borders It is decorated with a second-class iron cross ribbon on the button. Below are M1940-style field gray pants and short boots with leggings. His steel helmet was wrapped in a cloth temporarily cut from a camouflage cloak, and windproof glasses were tied up. He also carries a flashlight on his shoulders, and the MP38/40 bullet bag around his waist is for the MP40 submachine gun.

G2: Translation, 796th Georgian Infantry Battalion, Maykop, Northwest Caucasus, September 1942

The battalion-level Russian translation of the Georgian Army or a small part of Georgian The interpreter wore an M1940 soldier-style field jacket with a distinctive M1940-style officer's collar, epaulettes, and non-combatant Class II War Meritorious Medal Ribbon, but did not wear the unreceived legion armband. He wears M1940-style field gray pants and M1939-style soldier boots. He wears an M1935-style officer's big cap with blue-gray piping and Natri Air Force blue-gray style cap rope. The officer's belt is tied to the waist. The belt is fixed with a emergency bag and a P08 Ruger pistol. Hard shell pistol holster.

G3: Platoon leader, Georgian infantry battalion, Maykop, Northwest Caucasus, September 1942

This Georgian platoon leader wears a dark green collar and M1942 The M1940-style soldier's field jacket with a red military rank badge, decorated with gray epaulettes (with the border and M1942-style military rank logo representing the regiment), the German M1940-style rat-grey eagle emblem on the chest and the new regiment armband. Wearing a M1935-style helmet, M1940-style pants and M1939-style short military boots, he wears a soldier's belt and V-shaped waistType carrying strap, carrying M1931 type water bottle and cup, M1931 type bread bag, Karabiner 98k rifle and rifle bullet bag. As the platoon leader, he is also equipped with a 6x30 telescope.

H Battle of Stalingrad, August 1942-1943 February

H1: fifth class, 544th throw The bullet group, December 1942

This machine gun deputy of the squad light machine gun team has rifleman equipment, and the P38 Wazel pistol replaced the bullet bag on the left side of the waist. Carrying a 300-round machine gun ammunition box in his hand, he wore an M1942-style field hat and woolen gloves pulled down by the brim, and a wide-necked M1942-style military coat. He wrapped his marching boots with shredded wool cloth to keep him warm. In addition, this soldier also brought M1924 grenade and Karabiner 98k rifle

H2: General Friedrich Paulus, 6th Army, January 1943

Paulus wore an M1935-style general cap, but the cap was equipped with a silver cap badge that was not used in accordance with the regulations of November 16, 1942, and the dark blue-green cap was stretched with a golden strap on the background. On his M1935-style field uniform, the collar of the knight’s cross is decorated with the officer’s collar, and the outside is covered with an M1935-style officer’s field coat with bright red lapels. The general wears grey officer's lambskin gloves with a Wazel PPK pistol. Since no German field marshal had ever surrendered, Paulus was promoted to field marshal on January 31, 1943, but he soon surrendered to the Soviet army and began a life of imprisonment.

H3: Armored Grenadier, 79th Armored Grenadier Regiment, January 1943

At the end of 1942, the mechanized infantry got this white/field gray pros and cons Two-color wearable jacket. The soldier wears a red identification armband on his arm, a balaclava French wool hood and a white steel helmet on his head, thick leather felt boots, a slanted back gas mask canister, and a bread bag tied to his armed belt (behind) And the Red Army’s drum kit (holding the drum of his Soviet PPSh41 submachine gun). Wool gloves replaced the original three-finger gloves that lacked warmth. The other short shovel on the waist is used to protect the heart with the tip up. Of course, it can also be used for close combat at critical moments.

A North and Central Front, Spring 1943

A1: Second Lieutenant, 2nd Armored Grenadier Regiment, Lezhev Bulge , Central Russia, March 1943

This platoon leader wears an ordinary M1940-style field uniform with an M1935-style officer’s collar, and a white/field-gray jacket that can be worn in front and back. Winter armband (the M1942 armband was not widely worn until 1944). He wears an informal M1935-style field cap badge and a field gray cotton hat with rabbit fur (usually just plain fur). He wears trousers and M1939-style short military boots. He wears a soldier’s belt. The gloves are independent of the index finger. Out of style. This soldier is equipped with an MP40 submachine gun and its bullet bag and a leather bullet bag for flare. In the picture, he is loading a red smoke cartridge for the M1928-caliber Wazel short-barreled flash pistol.

A2: Captain, 240th Artillery Regiment, Leningrad, Northwest Russia, February 1943

This artillery battalion commander wears a field match worn by sentry and carriage riders Sheepskin coats with grey collars are also popular for officers. Generals have the right to wear thigh-length coats with sheepskin collars. The old-fashioned M1934-style soft-top military cap he wore (formally abolished on April 1, 1942, but was actually used until the end of the war) decorated with aluminum cockade and bright red artillery piping, hatBelow is the balaclava hood. In addition, he wears snow boots, woolen gloves and an officer's belt, and he does not wear an M1942-style armband. Other equipment includes the hensoldt (Hensoldt) 10x50 telescope and the P08 Ruger pistol with a hard shell (this reflects his military rank).

A3: Grenadier, 474th Grenadier Regiment, Demyansk, Central Russia, February 1943

This sentry coat M1942 style snow coat, Inside is an M1942 style soldier coat. He wears gloves and a hood is hidden under the M1935-style white steel helmet. The helmet is bound with general-purpose goggles. He wears M1942-style wooden-soled boots tied with a belt under his feet. These boots are used by guards and soldiers on static duty. Yes, instead of unrealistic shoe covers made of straw. He also carried the M1931 water bottle and tableware tied to the M1941 canvas bread bag, and his weapon was the Karabiner 98k rifle, the standard rifle equipment of the German Wehrmacht.

B: Central and Southern Front, Summer 1943

B1: Fourth Class, 15th Armored Regiment, Kurtz Krakow, Central Russia, July 1943

This tank member participated in the Kurtsk battle known as the "Death Charge of Armored Forces". He wearing a general landscape wearing a short-term M1942 A black field hat, M1942 armored army jacket without pink piping. The collar is decorated with a M1934 pink collar with a skull pattern. The chest is a mouse gray M1942 eagle emblem. The left sleeve is a military rank logo. . On the chest button is the ribbon of the Winter Eastern Front Campaign Medal of 1941-42, and underneath is a black wound badge (representing 1-2 injuries). Look down at him wearing reed green twill armored labor pants and short boots with huge thigh pockets. In addition, the soldier was holding an M1931 kettle and water cup.

B2: Private, 202nd Light Infantry Regiment, Kiev, Central Ukraine, September 1943

This is July 11, 1943 to commemorate the First World War. The regiment named after the "Fusilier" regiment. This experienced soldier of this regiment wears an M1942 style field hat, an M1942 style field uniform with an M1940 style badge, M1940 style military pants and M1941 style leggings and short boots. The M1935 style helmet hanging on the waist is pasted with the old. Eagle emblem pattern. He is equipped with an M1909-style leather bullet bag, and an M1940 tropical-style wide cloth shoulder strap is put on the strap of his Y-shaped armed belt to reduce the soldier’s sense of weight. This practice began in May 1943. In addition, the soldier is also carrying a gas mask canister diagonally, a bayonet and a trench shovel hidden on his left rear hip, a M1939 TNT blasting grenade hanging from his waist, and a hand-held Wazel 7.92 mm which is not very popular. The caliber Gewehr 41 (W) semi-automatic rifle, carrying the M1943 Panzerfaust Klein 30 recoilless anti-tank rocket launcher in one hand. This weapon was tested on the Eastern Front in July 1943 and was quickly mass-produced.

B3: Second corporal, 37th Grenadier Regiment, Kurtsk, Central Russia, July 1943

This sniper wears the earliest version of the collarless M1942 Zeltbahn31 "broken flower" camouflage uniform (the inside is white, can be worn on both front and back), the camouflage cloth of the same color covers his helmet. Wearing M1940-style field gray pants and M1939-style short-barrel marching boots, he did not wear a rank armband, thus hiding his status as a non-commissioned officer. The M1909-style leather bullet bag on the black military belt is for the Karabiner 98k rifle. This rifle is also equipped with a very effective M1939-style Zei? 4x scope for sniper training. The picture also showsA standard 6x30 binoculars wrapped in a bayonet (behind the waist) and Zeltbahn 31 camouflage cloth are now available.

C: Winter of 1943-44

C1: Fourth Class, 163rd Grenadier Regiment, Orsha, Eastern Belarus, October 1943

The M1942 coat with the M1940-style military rank armband and the inner jacket worn by this machine gunner are the main winter clothing for protecting infantry in winter. The rubber inner tube of the helmet hoop was used to tie plants for camouflage. The logo on the left side of the helmet was also scraped off according to the order of August 28, 1943. Tucked in the belt is the M1942 style field hat, underneath is the M1940 style pants and M1941 style leggings and short boots. This soldier carried the MG42 light machine gun on his shoulder and was equipped with the equipment of the chief machine gunner: M1939 Y-type armed belt, a black leather preparation bag, a P38 Wazel pistol with a hard shell, and a anti-virus strapped to the shoulder Mask pot and a folding spatula fixed on the hip.

C2: Second Lieutenant, 204th Rifle Regiment, Nikopol, South Ukraine, January 1944

This platoon wears M1942 thin version of two-piece snow Ground camouflage uniform with red field marks on both arms. Inside the camouflage uniforms are field gray uniforms and M1942 pullovers, and M1939 short boots are on the feet. The helmet he wears is covered with the earliest version of M1942 style white camouflage fabric (can be used on both sides, the reverse is Zeltbahn 31 color camouflage). This soldier was carrying an MP40 submachine gun and two sets of submachine gun bullet bags, a 6x30 binoculars and a 3 kg anti-tank explosive.

C3: Panzergrenadier, 146th Panzergrenadier Regiment, Kamenets-Podolsky, West Ukraine, March 1944

This flight The third member of the gun group carried a 300-round MG42 machine gun ammunition box. He wears an M1943-style field cap, and the earliest version of the M1942-style white/Zeltbahn31 camouflage two-color positive and negative winter suit, usually for armored infantry. In addition, he wears M1941 style leggings and short boots. This soldier obviously likes to use wool gloves with independent index finger, because the index finger of the white/camouflage reversible glove is not separate, and it is troublesome to pull the trigger (this "wet version" glove soon improved this defect). The Karabiner 98k rifle produced in the middle of the war and the matching M1909-style leather bullet bag, M1924-style grenade, and the helmet with white-washed snow camouflage traces are all equipment of this soldier.

D: Northern and Central Front, 1944

D1: Sergeant, 659th Estonian Battalion, Narva, Estonia, April 1944

This volunteer wears M1942 style reed green summer field uniform with M1940 style field gray epaulettes, M1940 style non-commissioned officer's collar and collar, eagle emblem on chest, and Estonia shield Armband. In addition, he also wore an infantry assault medal, a silver wound medal and a second grade iron cross ribbon. This sergeant wearing a field hat with a rat-grey cap badge, M1941 leggings and short boots wrapped around his trouser legs, is equipped with a Karabiner 98k rifle’s M1909 bullet bag (right) and Gewehr 43 on his Y-shaped armed belt. Rifle's canvas bullet bag (left), folding shovel, M1931 water bottle (at the waist belt behind the body), field flashlight (tied to the left shoulder). His weapons include an M1924 grenade and a 7.92 mm Gewehr 43 semi-automatic rifle.

D2: Colonel, Central Cavalry Regiment, Pinsk, Western Belarus, 19In April 44,

commanded and trained the cavalry commander to improve his M1940-style field jacket (shortened hem), the dark blue-green collar is decorated with an officer’s collar, and the cuff is folded with Decorative top styles can sometimes be seen. He wears an M1935-style helmet, M1940-style leather padded breeches and riding boots with spurs, a rare plastic 6x30 binoculars and a Wazel P38 pistol in a soft leather case.

D3: Light Infantry, Marshal Hall Light Infantry Regiment, Minsk, Central Belarus, July 1944

The M1943-style field battle worn by the former Natri commando member The uniform wears the military qualification badge of Nacui Commando. In addition, the jacket is also equipped with an M1940-style collar badge, an eagle emblem on the chest, an armband with the lettering of Feldherrnhalle (Feldherrnhalle), and an epaulette with Nordic characters and patterns . He painted his helmet in summer brown camouflage (sometimes painted green or brown), and underneath he wore M1943-style pants and M1941-style leggings and short boots. The infantryman did not carry a Y-shaped armed belt. His belt was equipped with an M1909-style bullet bag, a bayonet and a folding shovel. His chest was slung with a 98k-style rifle and a gas mask canister. In addition, his weapons include M1924 grenade, M1939 grenade and Panzerfaust 60 rocket launcher, and his unit was destroyed in Minsk.

E: Central and Southern Front, 1944

E1: Fifth Class, 103rd Armored Grenadier Regiment, Romania West, August 1944

This machine gunner wears M1943-style field uniforms, M1941-style leggings and short boots, and M1942-style helmets with camouflage nets. As the chief machine gunner, he carries a P38 Wazel pistol (left hip) in a soft case, and on the right front of the body there may be a black leather preparation bag for the 7.92 mm MG42 machine gun (or black Or made of brown cardboard). The equipment on his armed belt includes 84/98 style bayonet, M1931 style bread bag, water bottle, water cup and tableware, and M1931 style camouflage cloak, but as a member of the Sd.Kfz.251/1 armored vehicle, he did not carry anti-virus Mask and M1938-style folding shovel.

E2: Major General, 454th Reserve Division, Brody, Western Ukraine, July 1944

This rear division (the division was destroyed in Brody) Of commanders wear generals field uniforms. In fact, this type of clothing has not changed since 1939. This costume includes: M1935-style officer field jacket (with general epaulettes, golden buttons, golden eagle emblem on chest and collar badge), M1935-style military cap with gold piping and golden hat wall straps, and general piping and stripes M1935 style stone gray breeches and riding boots. He wears a soft shell pistol holster on his waist, which contains a Wazel PPK pistol, and wears a first class iron cross and a second class iron cross ribbon and a golden star-shaped German swastika badge.

E3: Armored Grenadier, 73rd Armored Grenadier Regiment, Warsaw, Poland, September 1944

This soldier wears an M1943-style irreversible wear hat For the training uniform, the second edition of the "wetland" color camouflage is used, and the inside of the camouflage uniform is M1943-style field jacket and belt pants. His M1942 helmet is covered with chicken cage nets, which are used to tie plants to camouflage. At first in mechanized operations, in order to make the soldiers who accompany the armored vehicles lightly outfitted, the armored infantry received the Y-type armed to carry heavy equipment. In the picture, the traditional load is fixed on the armed belt: bullet bag, grenades and grenades, bayonet and folding shovel.

F: Winter in 1944-45

F1: Lieutenant, 236th Grenadier Regiment, Instberg (Chernyakhovsk), East Prussia, December 1944

This infantry company Long wear M1942 style white/"wetland color" (M1943 style) camouflage winter clothes that can be worn in front and back, and on the left arm is a black and green M1942 style military armband. He wears thick leather winter felt boots and an informal but very popular field hat similar to the M1943 field hat, but with wool lining and ear protection, and an aluminum universal cockade. The three-finger gloves can also be worn the other way around, with the white snow camouflage on the reverse side. This soldier is holding a slightly white-washed helmet in one hand, a short 10x50 binoculars in one hand, and an M1943-style officer's belt with a buckle on his waist. The belt is fixed with the soft leather case of the Wazel P38 pistol and the emergency package.

F2: Driver, 1/227th carriage company, Tukums, Central Latvia, December 1944

This division has just been transferred from Germany and is provided by the division. The young driver of the regiment carriage company performed the Nacui military salute, which was required according to the regulations after July 1944. This soldier wears an old M1934-style soldier field cap with a rat gray cap badge from the old stock. He wore an M1934-style field jacket with an M1940-style badge, woolen gloves, and a field gray wool hood wrapped around his neck. Underneath were the last version of field gray padded cavalry breeches and cavalry riding boots that had been rare in 1944. The soldier is also equipped with a late-production 98k rifle, a single row of M1909 bullet bags equipped by the rear troops, and an 84/98 bayonet with a M1942 cavalry ring. Notice that he is wearing the Hitler Youth Honor Badge on his left breast pocket.

F3: First Class, 1st Mountain Infantry Regiment, Trstin, Northern Slovakia, February 1945

This squad leader wears a field uniform of the mountain troops: M1938 Field gray/white front and back can wear windproof pullovers and windproof trousers. The top has three chest pockets and is equipped with military rank armbands. This costume is a field gray uniform with leggings on the feet. And hiking boots. The military cap he wears has a rat-grey cap badge and an aluminum sleigh and oak leaf intersecting badge. The leather M1939 type Y armed belt is tied with the earliest style M1943 brown canvas single-button bullet bag for his MP43/MP44 submachine gun (this submachine gun was renamed the Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle in December 1944 ).

G: Southern Front, 1945

G1: First Sergeant, 124th Armored Engineer Battalion, Vienna, 1945 4月

This non-commissioned officer of the head grenadier is a platoon leader. He is wearing a M1940-style special field gray jacket with a rat gray eagle emblem. The collar is an M1940-style black-edged rat gray woven collar. , On the sleeve on the right is the "Germany" armband (but there is no abbreviation for this word on the epaulettes, it was ordered to be removed on January 26, 1945). The soldier with his pants tucked in gray socks and short boots wears an M1942 style helmet, which is covered with the second edition of Zeltbahn 31 fancy camouflage fabric. His military uniform was decorated with a second-class iron cross ribbon, melee buckle, general assault badge and black wound badge. The Demyansk shield on his arm indicated that he had previously served in the 2nd Corps. He is also equipped with a row of MP40 bullet bags made of brown canvas, a Wazel P38 pistol with a soft shell holster, and a Panzerfaust 60 bazooka.

G2: Lieutenant, 1st Armored Regiment, Stuhlwissenborg, Central Hungary, March 1945

This tank company commander wears an officer aluminum The cap badge with the eagle emblem and the piping field cap. On the side of the cap, there is also an informal symbol of the 1st Armored Division-Oak TreeLeaf badge. He wears a special black armored uniform (deep placket, tight-collared jacket style, with a stained M1934 aluminum eagle emblem on the chest) decorated with a M1934-style pink collar with a skull pattern and a gold-plated star and group number M1940 style light gray woven epaulettes, underneath are M1934 style pants and short boots. Note that the hard shell pistol holster at the waist is for the Wazel P38 pistol. Gray wool gloves, motorcycle goggles, first class Iron Cross, second class Iron Cross ribbon, and silver tank battle badge also appear in the picture.

G3: Captain, the 178th Health Company, Pilsen, Western Czechoslovakia, May 1945

This is the company commander of the Division Health Company. The division is trying to Surrendered to the US 3rd Army. The officer wears an M1943-style field cap and an M1943-style field uniform. The uniform is equipped with an M1935-style officer’s collar, an eagle emblem on the chest, and an M1940-style light gray woven epaulette. The buttonhole is tied with a war merit cross ribbon. Below he is wearing field gray breeches and riding boots. On the right hand side is a white/Zeltbahn31 camouflage winter outfit in front and back. The medical staff wears a red cross armband. However, note that a P08 Ruger pistol with a hard shell is also fixed to his M1934 officer's brown belt. This is an allowed weapon to provide him with personal protection.

H: Central Front, 1945

H1: Second Lieutenant, 1099th Grenadier Regiment, Steding, Eastern Germany, April 1945

The company commander of the 549th People’s Grenadier wore M1944-style field uniforms and M1942-style turtleneck sweaters, and was lucky to get M1939-style short boots. His M1942 style helmet is wrapped in thick wires, and his uniform displays his M1935 style officer collar, M1940 style light gray epaulettes with infantry white lining, and M1940 style soldier eagle emblem stitched on the gray triangle base. As well as the tank destroying chapter and the infantry assault chapter. The officer’s equipment includes: a blackened M1934-style brown officer’s belt, 6x30 binoculars, two rows of standard M1944-style brown canvas bullet bags for his Sturmgewehr 44 submachine gun (priority equipment for the People’s Grenadier Unit) and A Panzerwurfmine 1 (L) anti-tank hand grenade.

H2: Grenadier, 1075th Grenadier Regiment, Berlin, April 1945

This 50-year-old infantryman who is desperate to defend Berlin is the 541st people A member of a grenadier combat team. He wears an M1940-style overcoat with a pullover, M1941-style leggings and short boots, an M1943-style field cap with a woven rat gray cockade, a traditional style belt and a Y-shaped armed belt, and carries the last version of the Karabiner 98k rifle (without bayonet and bayonet). Hanging rod), M1943 grenade and M1939 grenade, and Panzerfaust 100 anti-tank gun.

H3: 2nd Sergeant, 1st Munich Armored Grenadier Regiment, Selo Heights, Eastern Germany, April 1945

This defender defends the Oder Line The M1943-style winter clothes worn by the squad leader adopts the third edition of the M1944-style "large wetland" pattern camouflage design, and the armband is an M1942-style military rank badge. Inside the jacket are M1942 style sweaters and M1943 style field tops, and underneath are M1942 padded positive and negative (white/battlefield gray) pants worn inside, M1943 style drawstring pants and M1941 style leggings and short boots. . The M1935-style helmet he wore was smeared for camouflage, and his body was an M1940-style tropical warfare Y-type canvas armed belt and a beige Soviet canvas corresponding to his trophy, the 7.62mm PPS.43 submachine gun. A bullet bag, and an M1938-style folding shovel pinned to the waist is prepared for hand-to-hand combat.