Airborne Miniatures offers two new WW2 era figures in two different scales. Check them out!

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These are fantastic, especially the one in that beautiful Zelbahn. It’s interesting to note that he wears an M38 or M40 cut smock underneath his Zeltbahn as well, giving this huge potential to show off camouflage contrasts. I have their 1:35 SS Grenadier w/k98k for my SS Panzergrenadier Regiment 25 diorama. I have to say, their figures are incredible. The figure I have comes in 1/16 as well, so perhaps these will in the future

The news story says these figures are available in 1/9 and 1/16 scales. 1/24 and 1/35 scale figures will be available soon.

Mario

I'll have to go and do some photo research on this, but I'm not sure there is anything to be gained by wearing a zeltbahn over an early smock, the reason being that the smock is itself showerproof. It is made of the same close woven cotton duck that the zeltbahn is. I can't remember if the zeltbahn is rubberised, but since it was often cut up to make custom camouflaged garments, I'd guess not. In which case both garments achieve a measure of waterproofing in the same way, the close weave of the fabric is tighter than the surface tension of water (hence "duck"), the water rolls off. Of course a woollen tunic or pea pattern camo jacket has no inherent waterproofing of it's own (particularly the latter), so it would be worth doing. I suppose it could be done for additional warmth. There are plenty of photos of SS soldiers wearing their smocks over their greatcoats, but I'd guess this would again be because the greatcoat wasn't waterproof, just heavy wool, so in heavy rain would wick up the moisture until it was saturated.
Having said all that, they are exceptionally nice figures. I wonder what the prices would be like for 1/35th?
Edit - I have had a chance to flick through some of my Waffen SS pictorial volumes - "Wenn Alle Bruder Schweigen", "The Waffen SS at War" and "Waffen SS - A Photographic History". There was not a single photograph in any of these publications of a zeltbahn being worn over a smock. This is not to say it never happened of course. What is common is the smock worn over the greatcoat as in the second figure and, strangely, the smock worn over the Camouflaged Drill Uniform (often called the Mod 43, 44 or Pea Pattern clothing). In this case only the collar of the drill uniform is visible. This gives the nice mix of camo patterns.

These are terrific! Going to have to check them out soon.

Thanks For the comments .
Below is a picture of soldier wearing zeltbahn overa smock .( I have never uploaded pictures before so i am not sure its going to work )

Its obviously cold and so who cares what layers you wear.....every infantry soldiers priority, stay dry and warm.