Johnny Canuck
Battalion Commander
Hello Ron
The Holy Grail of British/Commonwealth tankers has appeared again in DML's new offering of the Camo tankers oversuit.
I tried researching the Pixie suit but there seems to be a dirth of information on the regular version let alone the camo version.
The tan tankers oversuit was first issued in 1943.
One site I was on that catered to the reenactor claimed that the camo version was issued during the last 3-4 months of the war in the ETO. It was in response to reports from the combat units in mid 1944.
Canadian Soldier site reports that there is no documentation that Cdn armoured units were ever issued the camo version. Bummer! Although if it was out there that doesn't mean that some Canucks didn't get their hands on some.
David Gordons "Uniforms of the WWII Tommys" has a detailed description of the oversuit and numerous pictures (a majority being the camo) but doesn't give any dates for issue.
If you don't mind walking through a minefield what are your thoughts?
Geoff
The Holy Grail of British/Commonwealth tankers has appeared again in DML's new offering of the Camo tankers oversuit.
I tried researching the Pixie suit but there seems to be a dirth of information on the regular version let alone the camo version.
The tan tankers oversuit was first issued in 1943.
One site I was on that catered to the reenactor claimed that the camo version was issued during the last 3-4 months of the war in the ETO. It was in response to reports from the combat units in mid 1944.
Canadian Soldier site reports that there is no documentation that Cdn armoured units were ever issued the camo version. Bummer! Although if it was out there that doesn't mean that some Canucks didn't get their hands on some.
David Gordons "Uniforms of the WWII Tommys" has a detailed description of the oversuit and numerous pictures (a majority being the camo) but doesn't give any dates for issue.
If you don't mind walking through a minefield what are your thoughts?
Geoff