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Samuel Amer · by **Samuel Amer** on Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:58 pm

Hi yall,

Does anyone hear know much about the rumanian army in the GPW or know where you can get some rumanian gear( or west german woll uniforms, they can simply be converted by cutting off the bottom pockets)

Sam

Starshiiy Rob · by **Starshiiy Rob** on Tue Apr 01, 2008 12:41 am

This is a big job, I'll have to get my facts together. For a start, though, Schipperfabrik make a Romanian uniform, they haven't got around to advertising it yet. I seem to remember the cost is $400 for tunic, cap and trousers.
The helmet is either Dutch or postwar Romanian, either way it isn't massively expensive.
Watch this space for further details.

Samuel Amer · by **Samuel Amer** on Tue Apr 01, 2008 1:56 pm

it is also quite easy to convert west germans stuff that looks like a posible cheaper way

martin s · by **martin s** on Tue Apr 01, 2008 4:33 pm

It seems to me that post war German stuff is nothing like Rumanian. The colour being brown for a start?

Starshiiy Rob · by **Starshiiy Rob** on Tue Apr 01, 2008 6:38 pm

I would have said that too. However, perhaps this lot:

http://www.9thromanian.com/

will know best.

Samuel Amer · by **Samuel Amer** on Tue Apr 01, 2008 7:57 pm

When I say post war i mean the brown wollen tuincs not the thin cotton ones

Starshiiy Rob · by **Starshiiy Rob** on Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:10 pm

I can't remember the Bundeswehr ever wearing brown. Do you have a picture of an example?

Bobhr · by **Bobhr** on Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:25 pm

I certainly can`t remember ever seeing Bundeswehr soldiers of any regiment or Korps wearing bown (and we worked closely with them).

It was always green, grey or like the modern Flektarn.

The parade dress tunic is always light-grey.

Semyon · by **Semyon** on Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:44 pm

This forum has info on Romanian re-enactment: http://www.worldwar2.ro/forum/

Samuel Amer · by **Samuel Amer** on Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:49 pm

heres a pic of the uniform

Starshiiy Rob · by **Starshiiy Rob** on Thu Apr 03, 2008 4:47 pm

No it isn't.

Samuel Amer · by **Samuel Amer** on Thu Apr 03, 2008 5:33 pm

no pic ok, go onto google images and type in west german army uniforms and its the top left uniform

Comrade Coffin · by **Comrade Coffin** on Thu Apr 03, 2008 6:22 pm

Sam- when you get your Rumanian gear together could we film you and your being squashed by Neil's T34?

Samuel Amer · by **Samuel Amer** on Thu Apr 03, 2008 9:46 pm

your southern humor knows no limits

Starshiiy Rob · by **Starshiiy Rob** on Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:25 pm

Samuel Amer wrote:no pic ok, go onto google images and type in west german army uniforms and its the top left uniform

By George, it is too! And it looks suitably Romanian as well. I wonder when that dates to? (Rhetorical question. Not in need of an answer).

Samuel Amer · by **Samuel Amer** on Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:52 pm

i bet most army surplus stores have them, field gear wiil be a problem, i guess I could just use a sov belt and gerrie pouches

Adrian · by **Adrian** on Fri Apr 04, 2008 1:55 pm

Just looked at that image.

However, the colour to the pic is some what off. In real life, the colour of the wool is an odd mixture of green and brown fibres. Looks like a browner version of Feldgrau.

So it would not work for what you are after.

Cheers, Ade.

Samuel Amer · by **Samuel Amer** on Fri Apr 04, 2008 2:01 pm

Gott unt himmel, now I need a new follies to follow

Starshiiy Rob · by **Starshiiy Rob** on Fri Apr 04, 2008 3:47 pm

Not necessarily, Schipperfabrik do make Romanian kit, they just haven't got around to advertising it on their site yet. The guys from 9th ID have an alternative source for Romanian stuff anyway from a guy in Canada.

Samuel Amer · by **Samuel Amer** on Fri Apr 04, 2008 5:52 pm

do you have a link?

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