Charlie Rock Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 IIRC the German fallschirmjager today wear a green beret. They didn't in WWII. I think the beret has a badge on it which is similar to the metal fallschirmjager qualification badge of WWII, but minus the swastika. I think that there are acouple of other German formations that wear the green beret today---not positive. So technically they do now but didnt then 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 Originally posted by John D Salt: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Michael Dorosh: The round didn't hit him where a helmet was likely to be, so your ballistic information is useless - it wouldn't have mattered. Unless the British were wearing helmets in 1982 that covered the "back of the head"? [snips] Well this is true. I thought I remembered that bits of beret had had to be picked out of the wound, but evidently not. </font> 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 Originally posted by Charlie Rock: IIRC the German fallschirmjager today wear a green beret. They didn't in WWII. I think the beret has a badge on it which is similar to the metal fallschirmjager qualification badge of WWII, but minus the swastika. I think that there are acouple of other German formations that wear the green beret today---not positive. So technically they do now but didnt then The Bundeswehr paras wear a red beret, in German called Bordeauxrot and very similar to brand new maroon berets. First issued in the early 70s. The eagle is very similar to the original one. Most army insignias are. They changed the Panzer insignia tho, never did wear no Jolly Roger Its the infantrymen who wear green berets. We wore black. Engineers and artillery wear bright red. Supply guys wear blue. Those are the ones I recall. Ah yes, the GSG wear green berets too. Cheerio Dandelion 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Dorosh Posted August 13, 2004 Share Posted August 13, 2004 Seems vaguely similar to the waffenfarbe of WW II - you mean armoured troops never wore a rosa beret? Why on earth not? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Rock Posted August 15, 2004 Share Posted August 15, 2004 Aha. I stand corrected. Thx. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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