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Waffen SS backpacks 1944?

Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 7:52 pm
by brayney
Hello All, I was wondering what kind of backpacks a Waffen SS grenadier would of worn in Normandy 1944 d-day? any answers will be appreciated! :)

Thanks,

Dan Brayne.

Re: Waffen SS backpacks 1944?

Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 8:29 pm
by Halle
In combat , or in general ? In combat , A - frame with accoutrements . In general , on the move , most of their personal equipment would have been stowed on vehicles or pack animals .

Re: Waffen SS backpacks 1944?

Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 8:52 pm
by brayney
I meant just moving about, for keeping there stuff in etc but i was just wondering if it would be right to wear a late war rucksack??

Re: Waffen SS backpacks 1944?

Posted: Tue Jul 16, 2013 9:50 pm
by Halle
Yes , I think it would be fine to wear a late war rucksack . I'm no expert on the SS , but I think a lot of them were pretty well motorised , certainly those in the West right at the beginning of the Normandy campaign . By Falaise it was a different matter...