pcelt Posted July 20, 2000 Share Posted July 20, 2000 Can anyone tell me how widespread was the use of winter snow camouflage for vehicles and men in the winter of 1944/45 in Western Europe. Was it employed by all the major armies or only by some? Many thanks for any reliable info on this topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IntelWeenie Posted July 20, 2000 Share Posted July 20, 2000 IIRC, I don't think it was ever official policy for any of the major armies, but rather employed on an ad-hoc basis or left up to the unit commanders. Official winter uniforms were used on both sides, but there were never enough to go around. (Remember, the U.S. Army had troubles enought getting proper winter boots to the troops to combat frostbite!) ------------------ "Belly to belly and everything's better" - Russian proverb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paullus Posted July 20, 2000 Share Posted July 20, 2000 Surprisingly enough, American winter camoflage was reduced to white-washing their vehicles or draping bedsheets over them. Germany was the only country during the war to really adopt painted-on camo patterns. The Waffen SS started using camo first, followed by the other branches of the Weremacht as the war went on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PzKpfw 1 Posted July 20, 2000 Share Posted July 20, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by pcelt: Can anyone tell me how widespread was the use of winter snow camouflage for vehicles and men in the winter of 1944/45 in Western Europe. Was it employed by all the major armies or only by some? Many thanks for any reliable info on this topic.<HR></BLOCKQUOTE> The US regulations called for a Winter camo scheme of white & black,& or white and olive drab for winter camo. Some vehichles actualy were painted in the patterns but it wasnt realy a common practice from photographic records. It was more common for US crews to use whitewash, linen, mud & unintentional use snow on US vehichles, crews tended to let it pile up except on the vehichle entry exit areas. The British used whitewash, and white sheeting as well, they even issued a detailed FM on winter camo techniques to their troops in 1945, but again its use seems to have been as varied as the US. Regards, John Waters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PzKpfw 1 Posted July 20, 2000 Share Posted July 20, 2000 <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by PzKpfw 1: The US regulations called for a Winter camo scheme of white & black,& or white and olive drab for winter camo. Some vehichles actualy were painted in the patterns but it wasnt realy a common practice from photographic records. It was more common for US crews to use whitewash, linen, mud & unintentional use snow on US vehichles, crews tended to let it pile up except on the vehichle entry exit areas. The British used whitewash, and white sheeting as well, they even issued a detailed FM on winter camo techniques to their troops in 1945, but again its use seems to have been as varied as the US. Regards, John Waters <HR></BLOCKQUOTE> [This message has been edited by PzKpfw 1 (edited 07-20-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Von Brizee Posted July 22, 2000 Share Posted July 22, 2000 I have downloaded the USA winter camo pak. I have seen screenshots of Germans in winter camo but do not know where to get this? I got the Vehicle Winter camo and in the screenshot of it, it showed German soldiers in white riding the halftracks. Can anyone tell me where I can find the German camoflauge? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tailz Posted July 22, 2000 Share Posted July 22, 2000 Where is the Yank winter camo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Madmatt Posted July 22, 2000 Share Posted July 22, 2000 The Germans soldiers in winter camo are included in MDMP-2 which is NOT available yet. Madmatt ------------------ If it's in Combat Mission, it's on Combat Mission HQ! CMHQ-Annex, The Alternative side of Combat Mission Combat Mission HQ CMHQ-Annex Proud members of the Combat Mission WebRing [This message has been edited by Madmatt (edited 07-22-2000).] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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