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Pat


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Didn't see this mentioned here so far so I thought I'd post a link to the upcoming Early War Miniatures range of metal 20mm figures: British troops in 1908 pattern webbing and puttees. Early War Miniatures cater for the early WW2 crowd but this could be useful to WW1 modellers, too.

How common was this gear in WW2?



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There was a Pattern 1937 I think but quite similar/interchangeable in terms of bits and pieces (belt fastening was different but looks like the new buckling could be switched to the old webbing). The P37 braces were quite different and the large P37 equipment pouch (which could hold over a pound of Cadbury's in quarter-pound blocks, IIRC) was new too. The old ammo pouches were used for compass, field dressings etc. in later use. The 1908 manual (Aus):

http://www.lawranceordnance.com/information/manuals/equipment/we08.pdf

Pattern 1937 page:

http://www.karkeeweb.com/1937main.html

Cadets in Australia were still using bits of the P1908 webbing in the 1960s but probably a decade behind the PMF (cadets then still using SMLE No 1 Mk III* rifles with WW1 date stamps, come to that).

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Can't think of any bits of 08 webbing that is interchangeable with 37 - the straps are different widths and so wouldn't work. How common? I think it's seen occasionally in pre-Dunkirk BEF photos, and I have a photo of colonial troops in Egypt with my Grandad wearing it, but aside from that not many.

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Long time ago, but I actually wore the stuff Rob. If you don't accept what I said about interchangeability, read the manuals I referenced (1937 ones are in the karkeeweb.com site). Whether or not UK troops used it much in WW2 is another matter - with superior manufacturing capability they may not have had to.

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That sums it up nicely about the webbing. How about the puttees - I still haven't seen a picture of British troops in puttees in Belgium/France or Norway 1940, and while I seem to remember having seen some British with puttees in Greece 1941, I couldn't find any pictures now.

So Early War Miniatures seem have provided 1916-1918 infantry, which is not a bad thing at all.



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Puttees mentioned several times in these forums - not sure anyone has ever found a definitive answer on use by British/Imperial troops during WW2 but I'm sure you're right, they did use them in at least some theatres. Haven't really looked but noting http://cas.awm.gov.au/item/P02424.019 talking about Australian use in North Africa (thence Greece) and PNG. Also showing Pattern 1908 water-bottle and pack.



-- Edited by Rectalgia on Saturday 18th of August 2012 09:02:51 AM

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