What would operators in the late 1950s wear/use

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personal kit is probably too new but have an M/45

probably some kind of magazine fed rifle,
definitely some m3 grease guns up in there.
tons of smoke and incendiary grenades. beanies radio gear. some explosive trap or ambush devices as well

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Like this.

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Lucky for you that's my specialty.

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>>31189116
The material is called Aertex. It's characterized by many air cells in the material. This was well-liked since it "breathed" well.

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>>31189126
Here's the webbing used in most Commonwealth countries at the time.

The Pattern 58 webbing everyone sees today was still brand new in the timeframe you listed so they had the late WW2 Pattern 44 kit instead.

This stuff was made of lightweight canvas compared to the WW2 era Pattern 37equipment it was derived from so it didn't last too long in the jungles. It was notable for the unusually large ammo pouches. Even after Rhodesia phased it out in their bush war, the MAG machine gunners looked for these pouches to store the ammo belts.

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>>31189154
Here's something the SAS or para regiment would have worn. The jacket is called a "Denison smock".

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>>31189171
French gear was also pretty common.

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>>31189189
For the webbing, you want to think of a slight upgrade above WW2 standards.

WW2 surplus gear particularly from the US and Britain was normal. In fact, I'd mix and match those since it was all over the place so it provides plausible deniability to your "operators".

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>>31189213
Commercial duck hunter shirts like this were also worn in the field. You could see them all the time on Advisors in the early half of Vietnam.

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>>31189166
>>31189154
>>31189171
>>31189116
>>31189078
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>>31189189
Very nice, thank you /k/omrade

>>31189176
I've seen this before, it's actually partly what inspired me.

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>>31189230
For helmets, go with a surplus M1 or foreign M1 derivatives and copies.

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>>31189239
I should also mention that if you want lizard camo, stick with French lizard exclusively. Other lizard patterns including portuguese lizard and derivatives like tiger stripe were made immediately after your era.

Don't try to make things top tier for the time. Stick with WW2 surplus for the plausible deniability.

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I've always been fascinated with the period between WW2 and Vietnam, specifically the weapons, vehicles and uniforms. It was such a transitional time. A lot of dead ends that were forgotten to time.

>>31189266
>>31189189

Was this kind of Camo used in the French-Indochina war?

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>>31189318
Last half:
Lizard

Early half:
US WW2 duck hunter
WW2 British windproof
WW2 British denison smock

>>31189337
And to a very, very small extent: Surplus WW2 German camo

>>31189348
You mean like SS pea dot stuff?

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>>31189078
Why do these guys seems content with their job?

When I was a kid, I used to ask adults if they liked their job. Not because I didn't know what it was like to work ive had a job since I was 10 and am now 20. In those 10 years its always been and squinted eye cringe smile. I would ask ex or current soldiers and its be a little more energetic (besides recruiters). The few CAB soldiers and or frontline I met were generally the same.

Even though its one of the most demanding job these guys look eh.

>>31189389
That and other German patterns too.

It wasn't as common as a lot of people would like to believe. There's people who for whatever reason think that the foreign legion ran around Indochina dressed like the Waffen SS. That simply isn't true.

In fact, avoid it if possible. The FFL = reincarnated SS myth needs to die.

>>31188627
Lol, that "painting", the background is a screenshot from Crysis put through a photoshop filter.

>>31189442
> That midget soldier in the back
> kek

>>31189078
they're carrying so little...

>>31189078
>Them Owen guns.

>>31189499
You don't want to be carrying a whole lot of extra shit in the jungle. The Brits realized extra weight would slow them down and re-organized kit accordingly for the conflict.

>>31189756
Are you sure they're Brits and not SASR (Australians)?
They operated operationally in the same region and capacity, but those two Malays have Owen Guns - I would have thought they would have Stens if they were attached to British SAS.

>>31189810
Could be wrong in my identification, there were Brits, Aussies, Kiwis, and Rhodies (from the time before they declared independence) running around Malaya at the time.

>>31189078
Yes give the best to yo soldier and WW2 relics to your local allies. Great way to (not) win the war

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>>31188627

>>31189840
I think they are Australian, due to the Owen guns and the boonies.

>>31189425
That kinda contradicts what the Legion itself says though, off the record they admit 10% of the troops were probably SS or other less palatable arms of the German contribution to dubya dubya.

>>31189873
Is that a fucking Krag?
I haven't watched that in ages...

>>31189239
Vietnam era gun.

>>31189857
But the Commonwealth won the Malayan Emergency.

>>31189950

Yup.

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>>31188627

>>31189857
The commonwealth won the malayan emergency, it's still remembered as one of the most successful modern counter-insurgencies. Also, the gear the malaysians have in that picture isn't that old, and WW2 equipment wasn't a relic in the 1950s.

>>31189030
>kit
Limey puke

>>31189412
While reading bravo two zero och Attack! By Andy McNab i got the feeling he ready did enjoy his job, alot.

>>31189857
would you be angry with a gun from 2010?

Cause that's how old those "relics" where.

In malaya the brit SAS also used alot of sawed off pump-action shotguns, just because distance at contact with the enemy was so short