Slighly off topic, but have a look at this side:
http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/ww2incolor


examples:


http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/al...ermans/aca.jpg
http://www.ww2incolor.com/gallery/al...lbum02/act.jpg[/img]

If no one's convinced yet of how the Germans beat the Allieds in terms of fashion, I have only one name:

Spike Milligan.

How could we possibly win?

Oh come on! The German uniforms of WW2 are typical Nazi - flashy but no class - like a 1970s lounge lizard suit. I'm sure if it had been around at the time they would have gone in for polyester in a big way. I mean those tank uniforms are ridiculous, and the jack boots, give me a break!

But extremely functional!

I think Germans had the best looking unforms of the ww2 era. They were also very innovative with camouflage smocks and helmet covers.

I don't think today's Bundeswehr uniforms are bad. They have similar resemblance as earlier german uniforms (imperial germany, third reich). Even BW's camouflage uniform has pretty similar pattern to waffen-ss uniforms.

I think even today german army follows at least a bit their "classic" line. It's a lot better than our's in Finland, I think.

Hmm, pretty sad... my first post is in this quite useless OT topic, although I have been quite an active reader here in the real SH3 game topics... :P

Hmm, pretty sad... my first post is in this quite useless OT topic, although I have been quite an active reader here in the real SH3 game topics... :P[/quote]


hehe

Well the Scots invented the Ghillie suit, which was the most innovative camouflage outfit ever made. And the Germans lagged behind the British in terms of innovation: just look at dazzle camouflage - a brilliant British innovation from WW1 that the Germans (and other nations) borrowed heavily from to get their 'splinter' camouflage of WW2. I think the Germans get a lot of misplaced credit for merely following trends that were already well established by other nations.

The German army learned from the British and the deck gun reloading time is a shot every 5 hrs. Could be very interesting a WW2 book wrote by you. :lol: (should be "written" but I cannot compare to a genius).

Well that uniform style does predate the nazis, who just took German imperial uniforms and spruced them up a bit.

Hmm, it seems trolls abound!

Where do you get five hours from? If we're comparing our journalistic abilities, then I guess a WW2 book 'wrote' by you would be both illegible and grossly inaccurate.

:rotfl:

I were a Yankee Bomber Pilot in Full leather Jackets and stuff :sunny: :sunny: :sunny: :sunny: :D

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I never said that germans invented the camouflage suit. They were innovative because they pretty much were the first to deploy them in wide spread use. You can see it from the photos taken early in the war (and surprisingly later also): almost nil camo gear for the allied troops, but german troops, specially waffen-ss, wear them almost from the beginning. Besides, ghillie isn't very practical for a normal grunt. I know, I've used one myself. Good foor a sniper, though.

Otherwise, it's useless to argue about the looks of the uniforms: it's a matter of taste and everybody are entitled to their own opinion.

Hmm... actually it IS good to argue about a matter of taste: you can be sure that you are always right! :rotfl:

By the way, if Beery is still reading this, I think I can thank him (and at the same time several other fellows) here for their really great mods. SH3 wouldn't be anything without Beery and other great modders of the commynity. Keep up the good work! :up:

Interesting that no one has yet cast a single vote for Japan ... with all the VJ-Day-related stuff on TV in the past week or two, I've noticed that the Japanese outfits could be quite elegant, especially the naval uniforms. Watching 'Midway', for example, it's hard not to be impressed by the sharp, simple lines of the Japanese officers' uniforms with their high collars and compact caps when compared with the shapeless shirts and big floppy hats of the USN!

The germans had the best Army uniforms, the U.S, Navy had the best enlisted uniforms.....:up::up::up:

http://www.spitcrazy.com/Spitfire2Labusch.jpg

:yep: :yep: :yep: its like the ferrarri of the skies

or even better
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/julie.b...r/LancMain.jpg