WW2 British Commando

[santa]

after read a few threads on here, and watching "Jeremy Clarkson's Greatest Raid of All Time" i'm getting more and more the feeling to do a WW2 british commando St. Nazaire raid look.

i know they had a bog standard britsh gear at the time and they used lee enfields, m1928s, m1a1 thompsons, brens and stens, but i haven't got a clue where to get any of theses things from

[barson66]

Re: WW2 British Commando

the im your man lol

ok now be perpaird for a little shock as aset of blancoed green 37 patter british webbing can cost about £50

http://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/reenactors/index.asp

and baring in mind soldier of fortune are stupidly priced

heres a list of equipment youl need

37 patten webbing (blancoed green if you can )
british short putties or 1937 gaiter
standard 40 commando bd (battle dress) uniform ....with map pocket
a royal green berret
DSM boots

and thats about it as for weapons

m1929 thompson
mk2 bren gun
mk2 sten gun
mk1 sterling gun (if late war)
lee-enfild 303 and carbine
mk1 lanchester smg
welrod (silanced pistol)

hope this helps

[roshyroovajihi]

Re: WW2 British Commando

Check out: sabre sales over google, amazing re enactor equipment for cheap prices!

[Yivo]

Re: WW2 British Commando

And then as if from nowhere I fly in and save everyones money!

http://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/sh...on-466176.html
http://www.surplusandoutdoors.com/sh...ed-547590.html

[watsit20]

Re: WW2 British Commando

If you go on

http://www.ww2airsoft.org.uk/

and look under the kit guides tab, theres loads of different British, American, German kits that you can look at to sort of give you an idea as to what they wore.

[barson66]

Re: WW2 British Commando

the denison is totaly wrong if you wana avoid the stich counters but for airsofting its a superb bit of gear cant go wrong for the look like but if its the raid look your going for the they never used denisons at all it would of been just bog standard 37 patter battle dress with some brown blankoed 37 pattern webbing tin helmet or even green berret and if you wana realy go all out get a treanch coat

[No1_sonuk]

Re: WW2 British Commando

and thats about it as for weapons

m1929 thompson
mk2 bren gun
mk2 sten gun
mk1 sterling gun (if late war)
lee-enfild 303 and carbine
mk1 lanchester smg
welrod (silanced pistol)

hope this helps

Not quite:
"M1929 Thompson"
M1928, Yes. However, an M1A1 will be easier to get hold of. In fact, this will probably be the easiest gun to get at the moment.
Don't be tempted by what a few manufacturers are calling "M1928" or "Chicago" Thompsons - THEY'RE NOT! They're M1A1s with a few add-ons, and you will be ridiculed if you try to pretend it's anything else to anyone who knows about Thompsons. Trust me when I say that the ONLY physical accuracies on that gun are the length of the compensator (only the length) and shape of the foregrip!

"mk1 sterling gun"
Was called the "Patchett" during WW2, and was very late war as a prototype/test basis. IIRC, it didn't becone the Sterling until the 1950s.
Good luck finding an airsoft version - there are a few about. They are very rare and most are custom builds. I think the only commercially produced one used an external compressed air source.

"mk1 lanchester smg"
IIRC, these were almost exclusively used by the navy. Commandos would use the Sten or Thompson instead.

"lee-enfild 303 and carbine"
Operation Chariot was in 1942, so it's possible they had the Lee-Enfield No4. Otherwise, it would be the No1 MkIII (also known as the SMLE - basically the same as the WW1 rifle). A SMLE would do you for the full war period, the No4 would be 1941 on.
The No5 Carbine was only used in the Pacific theatre - IIRC, it was a modification done by the ANZACs to produce a shorter rifle for use in the jungles.

[Hawke]

Re: WW2 British Commando

Roll neck jumper, Denim trousers, puttees/37 pattern gaiters, 37 webbing with large pack. Tommy helmet, or green beret, or even a Glengarry or a T o S. Some of the commandos went ashore in the kilt if you're feeling brave! Dunno if you can get a rubber FS knife for a knife kill.

[stubbornbugger]

Re: WW2 British Commando

Not quite:
The No5 Carbine was only used in the Pacific theatre - IIRC, it was a modification done by the ANZACs to produce a shorter rifle for use in the jungles.

The No5 was actually the product of an equipment review for the SE Asia theatre where it was decided that a shorter rifle was needed. I can see the Anzacs getting a load of them though because they were pretty awful.

Also I doubt they would be carrying a Welrod in that raid since it went fairly loud after the destroyer crashed into the drywall and was never inteded to be a covert op. By then the role of the commandos had gone from covert troops to a specialised shock troop. The welrods were more commonly dropped to resistance fighters.

[Hawke]

Re: WW2 British Commando

Blimey, I was half-joking about the rubber F-S, but lo and behold, they are available from Fieldwerks.com