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DisasterDog 
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Shamu
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Posted: February 27 2025 at 11:27am |
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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Posted: February 27 2025 at 12:00pm |
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Posted: February 27 2025 at 1:09pm |
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A rifle and pistol.
The holster looks like a P37 web gear used a lot in armoured vehicle use. |
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Shamu
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Posted: February 27 2025 at 2:44pm |
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That would make perfect sense. The rest of the gear seems Brit/Commonwealth.
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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DisasterDog
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Posted: February 27 2025 at 2:57pm |
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Yeah, it’s a tanker holster. Leg strap attaches to the drop strap by way of an L-strap-to-pack brass fitting. Tried it with mine yesterday & I like it a lot. The width of the straps & the angle of everything makes it pretty comfy & secure.
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Posted: February 27 2025 at 6:06pm |
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DisasterDog
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Posted: February 27 2025 at 6:07pm |
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^^^ An interesting mix of kit, basic pouch on one side, pistol holster on the other, with a US 1911 to boot.
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Posted: February 27 2025 at 6:12pm |
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those shoulder suspenders are what i have on my basic pouches and i strill have my "tanker" holster with my inglis no2 pistol ,
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DisasterDog
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Posted: February 27 2025 at 6:15pm |
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In the Inglis Diamond book there are a few pictures of field mods, including a drop-leg holster converted to fit an Inglis HP.
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Posted: February 28 2025 at 6:34am |
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That shirt/jacket/blouse isn't Commonwealth in my opinion. Battle dress blouses were shorter and had a belt along the bottom of the blouse. Jungle shirts produced for the Pacific theater of action were thinner cotton twill and had exposed buttons. There were variations in the shirts produced by the various countries of the Commonwealth but were made of thinner poplin or cotton with the exception of the Canadian wool shirt but all had exposed buttons. Khaki drill shirts were much thinner and made of aertex. This is a picture of something I've never seen before. If anyone has any ideas, I'm interested in hearing them. His "cravat" is a commonwealth sniper veil as is the pistol lanyard but the complete lack of patches and rank makes me wonder if this is some sort of Maquis, Commando, or guerilla.
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DisasterDog
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Posted: February 28 2025 at 8:17am |
The photo is of Pte. W. Slack of No.9 Commando at Anzio, January 1944. He wears his leather jerkin under the blouse.
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Shamu
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Posted: February 28 2025 at 5:00pm |
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Something still "off" though. The collar & breast pockets are all wrong. Battledress blouses buttoned to the waist of battledress trousers. That isn't going to happen with whatever that top half is.
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Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force)
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Posted: March 01 2025 at 3:19am |
Agreed. I scoured David Gordon's book, "UNIFORMS of the WWII Tommy" looking for his shirt/blouse to no avail. I imagine Commandos had some leeway in their dress while in theater and this might have been some sort of private purchase possibly.
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