If WW2 was a fashion war

Damo1977 · 08-14-05, 09:25 PM

FORGETTING THE POLITICS AND POLICIES OF ALL SIDES during WW2 which uniforms/medals/equipment/vehicles were your favourite or given the chance you would love to wear or use.
I have only included the major combatant powers (as I see)
If you have others mention them.

PLEASE REMEMBER THIS IS A FUN POLL

Duli · 08-15-05, 05:27 AM

Type VIIC early war version.

Ula Jolly · 08-15-05, 06:02 AM

Why, an overwhelming 95% thus far.

Dowly · 08-15-05, 06:31 AM

/me likes the full black SS uniform! They look badass!

Kaleun · 08-15-05, 06:41 AM

All german subs type I - XXIII, just look better than their contemparies from any other country in WW2.

DerKaleun · 08-15-05, 08:12 AM

It really pisses me off that the best uniforms we ever had, have been in this era with that political background... our uniforms today really suck

August · 08-15-05, 08:16 AM

US uniforms were a great combination of style and functionality.

Fishmachine · 08-15-05, 09:22 AM

I'll call for the partisan of course, as it would be my uniform if I had a chance of fighting these years. Putting a small time-fused charche into one of your torpedoes? I'd just love to see it exploding while you'd do a crash dive

I just wonder how many of u-boat losses were caused by resistance workers/sabotageurs? There were even mentions in "Das Boot".

Type941 · 08-15-05, 10:58 AM

I believe Hugo Boss was behind the design of German uniforms, and if it wasn't for their dorky helmets, the uniforms looked sharp... At the beginning of the war anyway, not in the winter of 1943 in Stalingrad...

Probably natural that people voted for them.

Zie Chuckinator · 08-15-05, 11:23 AM

if u look closely, the G.I.'s helmets today look like a slightly modified German helmet.

and a little uniform question, in all the WWII movies i see, all teh germans (that fight on foot) have these little cylinder type metal cases on their back. whats that for?

Chuck B. · 08-15-05, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zie Chuckinator

if u look closely, the G.I.'s helmets today look like a slightly modified German helmet.

and a little uniform question, in all the WWII movies i see, all the germans (that fight on foot) have these little cylinder type metal cases on their back. whats that for?

A Gasmask was stored in it (officially - I bet most of them contained actually other stuff in the field ...)

Takeda Shingen · 08-15-05, 12:30 PM

WWII Germany's political ideology was as warped and evil as it gets, but darned if they didn't look sharp.

xrvjorn · 08-15-05, 12:59 PM

Yep, the bad guys had sassy uniforms, great for parading. US uniforms didn't look as good, but they looked very businesslike in the field.

Neither side would stand a chance against the armies of the Napoleonic wars, though. Now, that was a fashion war!

Nopileo · 08-15-05, 01:02 PM

If I spotted a soldier - any soldier - then or now - I wouldn't have a clue as to what nation he belonged to, unless he had a huge flag mounted on his head or tattooed on his forehead (big!).

So I didn't vote... :P

Any possibility of screenshots of the uniforms?

lesrae · 08-15-05, 02:06 PM

I have to agree, the German uniforms always looked the sharpest. I always thought the standard WWII British blouson-type uniform looked like a potato sack.

View Poll Results: IF WW2 was a fashion war
GERMANY	89	74.79%
UNITED KINGDOM	9	7.56%
FRANCE	2	1.68%
ITALY	1	0.84%
USSR	6	5.04%
JAPAN	0	0%
USA	9	7.56%
PARTISAN	3	2.52%
Voters: 119. You may not vote on this poll

08-14-05, 09:25 PM	#1
Damo1977 Captain Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 487 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	If WW2 was a fashion war FORGETTING THE POLITICS AND POLICIES OF ALL SIDES during WW2 which uniforms/medals/equipment/vehicles were your favourite or given the chance you would love to wear or use. I have only included the major combatant powers (as I see) If you have others mention them. PLEASE REMEMBER THIS IS A FUN POLL __________________ \"If man is called to be to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well\" Martin Luther King, Jr

08-15-05, 05:27 AM	#2
Duli Planesman Join Date: May 2005 Location: Novo mesto, Slovenia Posts: 198 Downloads: 9 Uploads: 0	Type VIIC early war version. __________________

08-15-05, 06:02 AM	#3
Ula Jolly Samurai Navy Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 567 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Why, an overwhelming 95% thus far. __________________ I shall punish yee, landlubber! C'mere for spankings and popsicles!

08-15-05, 08:12 AM	#6
DerKaleun Machinist's Mate Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: DÃ¼sseldorf Posts: 124 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	It really pisses me off that the best uniforms we ever had, have been in this era with that political background... our uniforms today really suck __________________ U-Boot Spezialcocktail :-)

08-15-05, 06:31 AM	#4
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	/me likes the full black SS uniform! They look badass!

08-15-05, 06:41 AM	#5
Kaleun Chief Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 329 Downloads: 266 Uploads: 0	All german subs type I - XXIII, just look better than their contemparies from any other country in WW2.

08-15-05, 08:16 AM	#7
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	US uniforms were a great combination of style and functionality. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

08-15-05, 09:22 AM	#8
Fishmachine Bosun Join Date: May 2005 Location: Poland Posts: 68 Downloads: 16 Uploads: 0	I'll call for the partisan of course, as it would be my uniform if I had a chance of fighting these years. Putting a small time-fused charche into one of your torpedoes? I'd just love to see it exploding while you'd do a crash dive I just wonder how many of u-boat losses were caused by resistance workers/sabotageurs? There were even mentions in "Das Boot". __________________ Kill'em all! With a coilgun of course.

08-15-05, 10:58 AM	#9
Type941 Ace of the Deep Join Date: May 2005 Location: U-52 Posts: 1,270 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I believe Hugo Boss was behind the design of German uniforms, and if it wasn't for their dorky helmets, the uniforms looked sharp... At the beginning of the war anyway, not in the winter of 1943 in Stalingrad... Probably natural that people voted for them. __________________ Sink the Bismarck SH3 Movie

08-15-05, 11:23 AM	#10
Zie Chuckinator Machinist's Mate Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: up ur butt and around the corner... Posts: 121 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	if u look closely, the G.I.'s helmets today look like a slightly modified German helmet. and a little uniform question, in all the WWII movies i see, all teh germans (that fight on foot) have these little cylinder type metal cases on their back. whats that for? __________________ Weekends don\'t count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless. -- Calvin Miss Wormwood: What state do you live in? Calvin: Denial. Miss Wormwood: I don\'t suppose I can argue with that... The only skills I have patience to learn are those that have no real application in life. -- Calvin If you do the job badly enough, sometimes you don\'t get asked to do it again. -- Calvin

08-15-05, 12:30 PM	#12
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	WWII Germany's political ideology was as warped and evil as it gets, but darned if they didn't look sharp.

08-15-05, 12:59 PM	#13
xrvjorn Mate Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Sweden Posts: 51 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yep, the bad guys had sassy uniforms, great for parading. US uniforms didn't look as good, but they looked very businesslike in the field. Neither side would stand a chance against the armies of the Napoleonic wars, though. Now, that was a fashion war!

08-15-05, 01:02 PM	#14
Nopileo Watch Officer Join Date: May 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 333 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	If I spotted a soldier - any soldier - then or now - I wouldn't have a clue as to what nation he belonged to, unless he had a huge flag mounted on his head or tattooed on his forehead (big!). So I didn't vote... :P Any possibility of screenshots of the uniforms?

08-15-05, 02:06 PM	#15
lesrae Grey Wolf Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Somerset, UK. Posts: 932 Downloads: 31 Uploads: 0	I have to agree, the German uniforms always looked the sharpest. I always thought the standard WWII British blouson-type uniform looked like a potato sack. __________________ DOLPHIN 38