Login or Sign Up
Logging in...
Remember me
Login
Forgot password or user name?
or
Sign Up
Log in with
Forums
Classifieds
Groups
Zero One Airsoft
Ground Zero Airsoft
Airsoft Festival
Today's Posts
|
Member List
|
Calendar
|
Forum Rules
|
Forum
Airsoft Related
Gear & Loadouts
German Loadouts
Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
Zero One Ads
Collapse
East German (DDR) Cold War Loadouts
Collapse
X
Collapse
Posts
Latest Activity
Photos
Search
Page
of
6
Filter
Time
All Time
Today
Last Week
Last Month
Show
All
Discussions only
Photos only
Videos only
Links only
Polls only
Events only
Filtered by:
Clear All
new posts
Previous
1
2
3
4
5
6
template
Next
Captain Poopdecker
Corporal
Join Date:
Feb 2012
Posts:
143
Share
Tweet
#1
East German (DDR) Cold War Loadouts
15 June, 2012, 11:58
I am just finalising my East German Loadout which has taken me some time due to find large sizes.
Does anyone else have any pics of themselves in an East German Loadout?
Mine consists of
Strichtarn Jacket
Strichtarn Trousers
DDR Ushanka
DDR Helmet with Strichtarn helmet cover
DDR Belt with AK Ammo Pouches.
Gadge Europa
Captain
Join Date:
Jul 2012
Posts:
706
Share
Tweet
#2
2 July, 2012, 17:20
Re: East German (DDR) Cold War Loadouts
Aye, this is all 1975 era Strictarn FDA (field service uniform), AEG is a bit off but the DDR did use Russians 47 s in the early days before the domestic variants were pretty much universal.
Trousers hang a little low as they really need braces and my NVA braces were on my winter FDA at the time as they actually fall down without braces and id been wearing them in the snow
And I wore it all for a cover shoot a bit ago too.
Comment
Post
Cancel
Jamalen
Sergeant
Join Date:
Aug 2010
Posts:
216
Share
Tweet
#3
4 July, 2012, 22:32
Re: East German (DDR) Cold War Loadouts
Nice kit
Mine is a bit more ratty, collected from random sources.. and circa 1983 rather then 1970's.. I'm wearing it here :-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBNBa...ure=plpp_video
But Its still in the cupboard... along with my 2003 German Tropentarn kit and 2005 issue Flecktarn woodland kit
Comment
Post
Cancel
Gadge Europa
Captain
Join Date:
Jul 2012
Posts:
706
Share
Tweet
#4
4 July, 2012, 23:31
Re: East German (DDR) Cold War Loadouts
Has your jacket got elasticated cuffs? Thats interesting. Para ones have knitted cuffs and the usual sort button up. Any idea what branch of service its from?
Nice loadout btw.
Comment
Post
Cancel
meddy
Captain
Join Date:
Aug 2010
Posts:
640
Share
Tweet
#5
5 July, 2012, 01:16
Re: East German (DDR) Cold War Loadouts
always wanted this load out, and have been losing weight to try and get to a size of kit available (1stone few to go still >_< )
currently got few bits and bobs of webbing and such nothing really major yet.
seen a bloke at one of the midlands site was a player marshal i think he was all in ddr looked brilliant why did they all have to be stick thin >_<
hoarder of ksc glocks currently 11+ parts and counting
Comment
Post
Cancel
Gadge Europa
Captain
Join Date:
Jul 2012
Posts:
706
Share
Tweet
#6
5 July, 2012, 09:47
Re: East German (DDR) Cold War Loadouts
18 year old conscripts from a country that didnt have a fast food industry and an institutionalised youth sports programme i guess
There used to be loads of it in large sizes but it was bought up in part by collectors but a lot of it was shipped to the Balkans to equip merc and militia units when the embargo was on disguised as 'clothing aid'.
You'll see no end of NVA kit, especially the padded winter suit being worn in kosovo and bosnia
Comment
Post
Cancel
AlexLM
Lieutenant
Join Date:
Nov 2010
Posts:
261
Share
Tweet
#7
5 July, 2012, 19:24
Re: East German (DDR) Cold War Loadouts
NVA equpiment mainly went to Croatia (traditional German allies) and you see a lot of 91-93 in particular Croat militias in Strichtarn jackets and with helmet covers etc. There are even pictures of muj/taliban in Afghanistan sporting it.
Nice loadout, don't forget:
-Sturmpack
-Zeltbahn shelter
-Gas mask bag
-NBC suit
-Oh and the entrenching tool!
Signature Removed
Comment
Post
Cancel
Gadge Europa
Captain
Join Date:
Jul 2012
Posts:
706
Share
Tweet
#8
6 July, 2012, 13:42
Re: East German (DDR) Cold War Loadouts
I've got all those but the ABC suit is a real PITA to wear on your yoke
You can see the strap of the respirator bag in the last pic, not entirely happy with my entrenching tool as its an engineers model and i really want a standard infantry one.
Comment
Post
Cancel
Captain Poopdecker
Corporal
Join Date:
Feb 2012
Posts:
143
Share
Tweet
#9
21 July, 2012, 20:20
Re: East German (DDR) Cold War Loadouts
I am going to try mine out at F&O Upper Heyford to be a bit different.
Comment
Post
Cancel
Captain Poopdecker
Corporal
Join Date:
Feb 2012
Posts:
143
Share
Tweet
#10
23 July, 2012, 21:00
Re: East German (DDR) Cold War Loadouts
strichtarn 010.jpg
strichtarn 011.jpg
I have adapted my Strichtarn helmet cover to fit an M88 Viper helmet
Comment
Post
Cancel
Gadge Europa
Captain
Join Date:
Jul 2012
Posts:
706
Share
Tweet
#11
24 July, 2012, 08:40
Re: East German (DDR) Cold War Loadouts
For any particular impression or just because you had the two knocking about?
Personally I love the shape of the DDR M56 helmet. They were actually the best designed steel helmet in history with regards to ballistic protection... just superseded by more modern materials but if you *had* to have a steel helmet in a warzone its apparently the one to have.
Originally a 1944 design to replace the classic WWII 'coalscuttle' helmet but rejected by Hitler as 'un-germanic'. When the Soviet Union establised the NVA in response to NATO arming West Germany they took the design out of storage. But if WWII had gone on a few more years you might have seen an odd combination of those helmets and 'liebermuster' camo (that looks a lot like swiss alpenflage) on German infantry.
Comment
Post
Cancel
meddy
Captain
Join Date:
Aug 2010
Posts:
640
Share
Tweet
#12
30 August, 2012, 02:26
Re: East German (DDR) Cold War Loadouts
went to the
http://www.tankstrucksandfirepower.co.uk/
show on Saturday hunted around the stalls and found some ddr cammos tried it on and to my amazement they fitted, nice to see the diet worked. =) so i snapped them up for just top for £7.50 and bottoms for £10 much cheaper that i could find ebay
got home dug out some bits and a random helmet from the shead. need some more webbing from the lockup and a ddr helmet and ill be set
hoarder of ksc glocks currently 11+ parts and counting
Comment
Post
Cancel
Gadge Europa
Captain
Join Date:
Jul 2012
Posts:
706
Share
Tweet
#13
1 September, 2012, 16:40
Re: East German (DDR) Cold War Loadouts
Looking good, i'd undo the top button though, they were almost never worn buttoned all the way up, the idea was so you could see the collar liner that was always worn
Comment
Post
Cancel
Hurrah, Hurrah, Hurrah.
Cadet
Join Date:
Sep 2012
Posts:
32
Share
Tweet
#14
2 September, 2012, 15:12
Re: East German (DDR) Cold War Loadouts
Hallo, fellow wearers of the "ein/nein strict" I can see Gadge Europa is getting the gag and meddy is in need of some assistance, but we all start somewhere and you have tried, that is enough to begin with.
For openers try and look like this,
This Soldat would be armed with a MPi KM the curved magazine pouch being of an older pattern to the straight ones he is carrying a Modell 59 Bayonet suitable for the MPi KM.
If you are a cartoon.
How a Motor Rifles Soldat would load his personal equipment.
What the Gruppeführer carries.
A Grenztruppen Postenführer carries.
What the second man of his Post carries.
How you move a Weapon system when about during Rifle Drill.
If you like, I can be of assistance.
If you do I can sort out the different styles of Equipment, what is carried and wher also variations in uniform and pointers on the style had culture of the NVA.
It is a complex difficult subject, but if you get the Uniform on right with the style it lends itself to you will look the DB's.
Regards.
Last edited by
Hurrah, Hurrah, Hurrah.
;
2 September, 2012, 15:19
.
Comment
Post
Cancel
Gadge Europa
Captain
Join Date:
Jul 2012
Posts:
706
Share
Tweet
#15
2 September, 2012, 20:42
Re: East German (DDR) Cold War Loadouts
Excellent reference, cheers for that!
I still need to pick up a curved ammo pouch, i've since got an AKM type bayonet.
Comment
Post
Cancel
Previous
1
2
3
4
5
6
template
Next
About the Author
Collapse
Find out more about
Captain Poopdecker
Working...
Yes
No
OK
OK
Cancel
X