U-Boot , SS Panzer Leather Pants?

[AntiPartisan]

hi folks,
im thinking of buying these off the E-stand however I am unsure of there specific use does anyone have any idea or pictures maybe?

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=516791

thanks
AP

[wewelsburg]

They were worn in tanks and in boats,like the description says.Oh and by Heavy Metal guys.

[billmunny]

Leathers

These black leather KM pants (and jackets) were used by the KM of course.

A quantity were intended for the Italian Navy but were subsequently commandeered by tankers of the 1st SS and 12th SS Panzer Divisions when they were on training in Beverloo, Belgium in 1944.

Many photos exist of guys like Wittmann and others wearing any combination of these jackets and pants, esp. in the fighting in Normandy and the Bulge. I've also seen a photo of a motorcycle dispatch rider wearing a set. Peiper even kept and wore his jacket long after the war (and wore it at his final home in Traves, France!).