These hooks were connected to two straps inside the lining, which spread the weight of equipment without having to use external equipment suspenders.
WHITE TUNIC SERIES
It also included an internal suspension system, whereby a soldier could hang an equipment belt on a series of hooks outside of the tunic. Compared to the Weimar-era uniforms the skirt of the feldbluse was shorter and the tailoring was more form-fitting due to Germany's adoption of mechanized warfare: soldiers now spent much time in the confined space of a vehicle and a shorter jacket was less likely to pick up dirt from the seats. The front was closed with five buttons rather than the previous eight, and the collar and shoulder straps were of a dark bottle-green instead of the Reichswehr grey.
WHITE TUNIC PATCH
The M36 tunic still retained the traditional Imperial and Reichswehr uniform color of grey-green " field gray" ( feldgrau) wool, but incorporated four front patch pockets with scalloped flaps and pleats (on Reichswehr tunics the lower pockets were internal and angled). Beginning in that year the new tunic was issued to the Reichsheer and then the rapidly growing Wehrmacht Heer, although minor design changes continued to be made until the appearance of the standardized Heeres Dienstanzug Modell 1936. When the Nazis came to power in early 1933 the Reichswehr, the armed forces of the Weimar Republic, were near the end of a two-year project to redesign the Army Feldbluse (field-blouse).
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German officer in M36 uniform interrogating Polish resistance fighter Note the dark-green collar and shoulder-straps (with white Waffenfarbe), the Litzen collar insignia, and the Wehrmachtsadler above the right breast pocket. Most belt buckles had the Heeresadler with the inscription " Gott mit uns" ("God with us").įield and Service Uniform ( Feldanzug, Dienstanzug) Field Tunic ( Feldbluse) Model 1936Įnlisted infantryman's M36 uniform.
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WHITE TUNIC CODE
Shoulder-straps and, in many cases, collar patches were piped or underlaid in Waffenfarbe, a color code which identified the branch of service to which the unit belonged: white for infantry, red for artillery, rose-pink for Panzer troops and so on. NCO's wore a 9mm silver or grey braid around the collar edge. Rank was worn on shoulder-straps except for junior enlisted ( Mannschaften), who wore plain shoulder-straps and their rank insignia, if any, on the left upper sleeve. Both eagle and Litzen were machine-embroidered or woven in white or grey (hand-embroidered in silk, silver or aluminium for officers). Uniforms of the Heer as the ground forces of the Wehrmacht were distinguished from other branches by two devices: the army form of the Wehrmachtsadler or Hoheitszeichen (national emblem) worn above the right breast pocket, and – with certain exceptions – collar tabs bearing a pair of Litzen ( Doppellitze "double braid"), a device inherited from the old Prussian Guard which resembled a Roman numeral II on its side. Main article: World War II German Army ranks and insignia For medals see List of military decorations of the Third Reich 1.7 HBT fatigue and summer uniforms ( Drillichanzug/Sommerfeldanzug).1.4 Panzer uniform ( Sonderbekleidung der Panzertruppen).1.3.2 Officers' ornamented uniform (M37).
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1.2.6.2 Ankle boots ( Schnürschuhe "lace-up shoes").1.2.6.1 Jackboots ( Marschstiefel "marching boots").1.2.4.4 Officers' "old style" field cap or "crusher".1.2.4.2 Visored field cap ( Einheitsfeldmütze) M43.1.2.1 Field Tunic ( Feldbluse) Model 1936.1.2 Field and Service Uniform ( Feldanzug, Dienstanzug).
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The term tunic is likewise incorrect, yet applied by modern collectors to all forms of military clothing. The corresponding German term for tunic is Feldbluse and literally translates "field blouse". Terms such as M40 and M43 were never designated by the Wehrmacht, but are names given to the different versions of the Modell 1936 field tunic by modern collectors, to discern between variations, as the M36 was steadily simplified and tweaked due to production time problems and combat experience. SS uniforms, not included here, began to break away in 1935 with minor design differences. The following is a general overview of the Wehrmacht main uniforms, though there were so many specialist uniforms and variations that not all (such as camouflage, Luftwaffe, tropical, extreme winter) can be included. Paratrooper's knochensack worn over the standard Luftwaffe jumpsuit (right) German general Alfred Jodl wearing black leather trenchcoat For the Schutzstaffel, see Uniforms and insignia of the Schutzstaffel. This article discusses the uniforms of the World War II Wehrmacht (Army, Air Force, and Navy).