During 1940's were the smocks of the Fallschirmjager a field drab color or a field green color ? I am doing my research and I cannot find an answer to my question.

Hi everyone !!! I would like to join in this campaign I would like to enter in with some Fallschirmjager Division, Holland 1940 . But I do have a question . During 1940's were the smocks of the Fallschirmjager a field drab color or a field green color ? I am doing my research and I cannot find an answer to my question. HAPPY MODELING

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During 1940's were the smocks of the Fallschirmjager a field drab color or a field green color ? I am doing my research and I cannot find an answer to my question.

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Will,
Basing on books and pictures I have both colors are acceptable if not 100%correct.
My most reliable resource sais that blouses were grey-green (Feldgrun I suppose) or olive-green.

Andrzej

According to www.kamouflage.net only SS Fallschirmjäger used the splinter pattern in 1940 (read it here), the one used by the Whermacht Fallschirmjäger was introduced in 1941, according to the same site ( read it here).

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According to www.kamouflage.net only SS Fallschirmjäger used the splinter pattern in 1940 (read it here), the one used by the Whermacht Fallschirmjäger was introduced in 1941, according to the same site ( read it here).

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Your 100% right concerning camo patterns but Will was asking about Holland operations in 1940, so we're talking about Luftwaffe. Field green/ olive green is in place there.

Andrzej

That's a nice set. You could place them in a nice Dutch setting.

Fallschirmjäger landed at May 10th 1940 at Rotterdam and Dordrecht to capture the important bridges across the rivers Maas and Waal for the 9th panzer division and near The Hague at the airfields Ypenburg, Valkenburg and Ockenburg to capture the govenrment center and the royal family.

At Rotterdam they had some succes, at The Hague they failed and lost almost 3000 troops and also several 100s of Junker transport aircraft.