For purposes of clarification, the "carbine" referenced in the video is the .30 Carbine M1A1 "Paratrooper" folding stock model. The cartridge it fired is more powerful than the 9mm or the .45 ACP pistol rounds fired by, respectively, the STEN or the Thompson M1 submachine guns. Aside from that point, a great video. Thank you!
Nice one ....very good video. The British mannequin looks great, a replica sten is ideal in my book. I just kept thinking about the movie 'a bridge too far'.....nice touch showing the training area and its easy to see why it was suitable. Yes I've seen 'band of brothers' I sat in a C47 Dakota at the Yorkshire Air museum that was apparently used in the show. Regarding the boots, I reckon there's so much stuff in all of our collections that isn't quite right or has been tinkered with....ww2 was a long time ago. I liked your story of the old chap describing his wound at the bridge....the men and women of this era were made of strong stuff indeed.....cheers and another 10 out of 10 from me 😊😊😊😊
The American paratrooper suit in the video is an early M42 without elbow and pocket reinforcement, which does not belong to the Normandy landing period. The carbine gun with a bayonet mount was not a mainstream model during World War II. The helmet is made of movable iron rings, and M1 steel helmets with fixed rings should be used as much as possible. Carbines should not be used in conjunction with regular rifle belts.
I have based the video on original WW2 photo which I have seen in two seperate books with a paratrooper wearing a 10 pouch ammo belt and holding a M1 carbine with folding stock not everything was done to regulations and the jacket and trousers being early type make them more rare than the more common later type and am sure some would still have carried on in use and carbine with folding stock are very hard to find so if you have to show that would be great 👍
I have based the uniform on a very famous photo used in a lot of books of War time paratrooper with 10 pouch ammo belt holding a M1 carbine with folding stock and why wouldn’t a late war trooper have late War helmet if you have a correct carbine and fixed bale helmet would look forward to seeing it 👍
Nice,your us para boots are ex dutch army...m1 carbine bayonets and bayonet bar mount on the gun only comes in for korea,they were never a feature in ww2...i have an inland m1a1,ww2 made but retrofitted with bayonet mount..most postwar refurb reissued m1 wood stock carbines and the m1a1 seem to have been retrofitted for bayonet....us paras had the luxury of a reserve chute if anything went wrong,the british only had the one main chute.. The british government would not pay the extra tenner per man to equip them with a reserve.
Thanks for the info and yes our government have always been a bit on the mean side my father was in the Home Guard during the War and when it was over they had to pay for any equipment they didn’t hand back even though they had never been paid ☹️
Nice pieces of original kit for the US paratrooper, but unfortunately it's a random assortment or field gear kinda thrown together. The very late style M1A1 carbine doesn't make any sense with an M1 Garand cartridge belt. Along with the helmet being a very late WW2 M1C style helmet instead of the correct M2 or fixed bale M1 helmet. Being issued a carbine, the soldier should have a pistol belt with carbine mag pouches or rigger pouches if it is for Normandy.
How common was the Sten MkII in airborne units? Most photographs I can find show the MkV, save for one 1942-dated training photo with a MkII. It's easier to source MkII replicas than it is to find a MkV, but I haven't been able to nail down if/when the MkII saw action with the paras.
I see you have flipped the buckles to the Entrenching Tool carrier so the open part is at the bottom as they are normally used.....the carrier also rides better when worn.
Another brilliant collection! When I was involved in the surplus business, I always checked the pockets of the uniforms that I came across and OH BOY the odd things I came to find! From the mundane to the insane! As for the STEN, having fired many in my day, they were and are a most serviceable submachinegun. YAY PUPS!
@@militarymad2840 , HEAR HEAR! I recall picking up items from the Spanish American war for pennies as most Americans had no idea about that conflict! Gotta love our education system then and now.
I believe the green step-in smock WAS used in anger once by British Paratroopers on the Bruneval Raid.. I think that was the only time that the first pattern airborne helmet (with the extended fibre rim at the rear) was used operationally too.. No doubt a few of those first pattern helmets do still exist but I've only ever seen one example, in the Airborne Forces Museum when it was still at Aldershot Barracks.
For purposes of clarification, the "carbine" referenced in the video is the .30 Carbine M1A1 "Paratrooper" folding stock model.
The cartridge it fired is more powerful than the 9mm or the .45 ACP pistol rounds fired by, respectively, the STEN or the Thompson M1 submachine guns.
Aside from that point, a great video. Thank you!
Nice one ....very good video. The British mannequin looks great, a replica sten is ideal in my book. I just kept thinking about the movie 'a bridge too far'.....nice touch showing the training area and its easy to see why it was suitable. Yes I've seen 'band of brothers' I sat in a C47 Dakota at the Yorkshire Air museum that was apparently used in the show. Regarding the boots, I reckon there's so much stuff in all of our collections that isn't quite right or has been tinkered with....ww2 was a long time ago. I liked your story of the old chap describing his wound at the bridge....the men and women of this era were made of strong stuff indeed.....cheers and another 10 out of 10 from me 😊😊😊😊
It would be nice to have everything perfect but would be very difficult
The American paratrooper suit in the video is an early M42 without elbow and pocket reinforcement, which does not belong to the Normandy landing period. The carbine gun with a bayonet mount was not a mainstream model during World War II. The helmet is made of movable iron rings, and M1 steel helmets with fixed rings should be used as much as possible. Carbines should not be used in conjunction with regular rifle belts.
I have based the video on original WW2 photo which I have seen in two seperate books with a paratrooper wearing a 10 pouch ammo belt and holding a M1 carbine with folding stock not everything was done to regulations and the jacket and trousers being early type make them more rare than the more common later type and am sure some would still have carried on in use and carbine with folding stock are very hard to find so if you have to show that would be great 👍
I have based the uniform on a very famous photo used in a lot of books of War time paratrooper with 10 pouch ammo belt holding a M1 carbine with folding stock and why wouldn’t a late war trooper have late War helmet if you have a correct carbine and fixed bale helmet would look forward to seeing it 👍
Nice,your us para boots are ex dutch army...m1 carbine bayonets and bayonet bar mount on the gun only comes in for korea,they were never a feature in ww2...i have an inland m1a1,ww2 made but retrofitted with bayonet mount..most postwar refurb reissued m1 wood stock carbines and the m1a1 seem to have been retrofitted for bayonet....us paras had the luxury of a reserve chute if anything went wrong,the british only had the one main chute..
The british government would not pay the extra tenner per man to equip them with a reserve.
Thanks for the info and yes our government have always been a bit on the mean side my father was in the Home Guard during the War and when it was over they had to pay for any equipment they didn’t hand back even though they had never been paid ☹️
Nice pieces of original kit for the US paratrooper, but unfortunately it's a random assortment or field gear kinda thrown together. The very late style M1A1 carbine doesn't make any sense with an M1 Garand cartridge belt. Along with the helmet being a very late WW2 M1C style helmet instead of the correct M2 or fixed bale M1 helmet. Being issued a carbine, the soldier should have a pistol belt with carbine mag pouches or rigger pouches if it is for Normandy.
How common was the Sten MkII in airborne units? Most photographs I can find show the MkV, save for one 1942-dated training photo with a MkII. It's easier to source MkII replicas than it is to find a MkV, but I haven't been able to nail down if/when the MkII saw action with the paras.
I see you have flipped the buckles to the Entrenching Tool carrier so the open part is at the bottom as they are normally used.....the carrier also rides better when worn.
Absolutely excellent. Well done.
Thank you 👍
Love to see it, mate!
Thanks a lot much appreciated
Another brilliant collection! When I was involved in the surplus business, I always checked the pockets of the uniforms that I came across and OH BOY the odd things I came to find! From the mundane to the insane! As for the STEN, having fired many in my day, they were and are a most serviceable submachinegun. YAY PUPS!
That must have been a great time in the surplus business
@@militarymad2840 , oh it was! 1970s and 80s in NYC. CHEAP by any standard and many items from both World Wars AND previous were easily had!
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Same here in UK in the 1970s I spent all my time in our surplus stores a lot of the webbing was unissued WW 2 great days 👍
@@militarymad2840 , HEAR HEAR! I recall picking up items from the Spanish American war for pennies as most Americans had no idea about that conflict! Gotta love our education system then and now.
Nice job! That Sten gun bayonet looks just like a flatblade screwdriver!
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I absolutely love your videos!!! keep up the great work 😊
Thank you that’s very kind
I believe the green step-in smock WAS used in anger once by British Paratroopers on the Bruneval Raid.. I think that was the only time that the first pattern airborne helmet (with the extended fibre rim at the rear) was used operationally too.. No doubt a few of those first pattern helmets do still exist but I've only ever seen one example, in the Airborne Forces Museum when it was still at Aldershot Barracks.
Good bit of info about the Bruneval Raid 👍
Did the british army used the un-blancood webbing for real?!
It would no doubt start off blanco’ed
@@militarymad2840 And after it........Training.
It depends on the standing orders and the tactical requirements.