Action Man [ Colditz ] German Stormtrooper . [ The [ Colditz ] Story ] is a book written by Patrick Robert Reid a British army officer who was imprisoned in Oflag IV-C Colditz Castle in Germany during the Second World War . Although focusing mainly upon life inside Colditz Castle & the development of an [ escape academy ] the final chapters of the book are devoted to Reids own escape . Reid was one of the lucky few to escape successfully although he did not return to England until after the war . [ Colditz ] is a British television series aired in the early 1970s which dealt with Allied prisoners of war interned at the supposedly impregnable Colditz Castle during WW2 & their many attempts to escape captivity as well as the relationships formed between the various nationalities & their German captors . Action Man released this [ Colditz ] German Stormtrooper following the airing of the BBC series . The cut of the tunic remained the same as the First Issue version but the material is thinner & the color is more of a bottle green . This set came with M1935 German Stahlhelm helmet tunic & trousers cartridge belt stick grenades Luger pistol holster MP-38 submachine gun Iron Cross & Jackboots/marching boots . Besides the thinner material used for the uniform the red Waffenfarbe are of red textured fabric rather than the sewn piping of the earlier sets . A cheaper plastic is used for the buttons which are now transparent . The epaulettes are also unhemmed . The symbol of a eagle grasping the swastika on the helmet a symbol of National Socialist Germany . Later releases would omit the swastika symbol leaving just the eagle in the black shield [ because of cry baby Jews/Commies/Democrats/Zionists /Eastern Socialists ] . You can see the poorer quality of the material & finishing of the epaulettes as compared with the earlier version [ which I will show in a later post ] . The MP-38 or Maschinen-Pistole-38 [ incorrectly referred to as [ Schmeisser ] ] submachine gun & Luger pistol included with this set . The Stormtrooper has a MP-38 SMG but cartridge belt with ammo pouches for carrying six five-round clips of 7.92mm Mauser cartridges for the Mauser Karabiner [ Kar ] 98k rifle . Thats just WRONG ! Added is a camouflage smock of the [ splinter ] pattern first adopted for the Zeltbahn shelter half/tent section as early as 1931 . Close-up showing details of the [ splinter ] pattern [ Splittermuster ] camouflage . The Germans adopted quite a few types of camouflage patterns during WW2 - there were also the Patanenmuster [ plane tree ] pattern Rauchtarnmuster – [ blurred edge ] pattern Palmenmuster – [ palm pattern ] Eichenlaubmuster – [ oak leaf A ] Beringtes Eichenlaubmuster – [ oak leaf B ] & Erbsenmuster – [ 44 dot ] . Also added is the M1931 breadbag mess tin water bottle gas mask canister to his load . Stefan Davis .
Posted on: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 23:33:23 +0000
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