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    Captured or discarded field gear photos

    Friends,

    The guys over in the firearms section have a thread that surfaces from time to time which contains photo's of mounds or piles of captured German weapons. I thought that we could do the same with field gear.

    I'll start things off with what is probably a well know photo showing discarded helmets and gasmask cannisters.

    Cheers

    Ian
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    Hello Ian,
    I want to show an example of the way German abandoned helmets were used by farmers here in Italy. This specimen was a LW M40 single decal camo helmet which has been used to warm up the bed in winter by filling it with hot coal. Other typical use was as food can for chikens or, soldered to a pole, as a shovel for handling cows' excrements.

    Best regards
    Gustavo
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      Hi Gustavo

      Fantastic - Thanks for the info and the picture. I've never see that done to a helmet before!

      Come on guys, any more photos like this or others showing discarded field gear\equipment?

      Cheers

      Ian

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        #4
        Originally posted by IanC View Post
        Hi Gustavo

        Fantastic - Thanks for the info and the picture. I've never see that done to a helmet before!

        Come on guys, any more photos like this or others showing discarded field gear\equipment?

        Cheers

        Ian
        Well,
        this is absolutely normal in Italy: still now sometimes it is possible to find such things in fleamarkets.

        Ciao
        Gustavo

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          SS PZ GREN Ausb Btl 18 at Thiers august 1944.
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            captured ss visor cap !!!
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              #7
              Very nice pictures Martin, thanks for posting!

              Regards

              Ian

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