Battle of the Third Reich

After the end of the European War, Germany will no longer be plagued by lack of raw materials, as it has in history. The dividends obtained during the war were enough for the German government to squander for several years, and government buyers are now waving orders full of checks all over the world.

The cotton, wool and various leather raw materials produced in the Americas are continuously flowing through the Atlantic to the European market. Europe’s agriculture and animal husbandry suffered severe losses during the war, resulting in a huge gap in the raw material supply of the old continent, coupled with the need to rebuild the country and expand military preparations, Europe has turned into a huge black hole, greedily swallowed Cheap resources and materials from all over the world.

The British textile industry is the fastest recovering among all industries. One of the main reasons is that they have received massive orders from Germany. Nowadays, many of the winter clothes newly received by German soldiers are made of woolen fabrics produced in Manchester or even London. of.

Although the local textile industry in Germany is fully active, it still cannot complete the massive orders generated by the military expansion, because they still have to meet the needs of the domestic civilian market. The Germans now have a few spare money on hand, and the demand for various domestic commodities starts to rise rapidly. Even the luxury sector, which the Nazis have resisted, is now showing signs of recovery.

The topic is far away, let's take a look at the winter clothing that the German Army is now equipped with. A linen and wool blended woolen uniform, lined with wool and cotton, the inner fabric is still artificial silk, which can prevent fleas and other parasites from entering. Of course, there are also those that use natural silk, which is limited to personalized military uniforms. After all, silk is more expensive, and military expenses are sufficient and cannot be wasted.

In addition to the outer pants and jacket, each soldier can get two sets of thick cotton underwear, which is breathable and sweat-absorbent, very comfortable and close to the body, which can effectively keep the soldier's body temperature.

A high-necked cashmere sweater replaced the original sweater, but it still retains the German traditional long sleeves. This design is for soldiers of different sizes to wear. If you think the sleeves are long, you can roll them up. Obstruct the usual combat and work.

The Germans also equipped soldiers with sweaters for the first time in history, and the pants will grow a little bit longer. For the same reasons as sweaters, they can meet the needs of soldiers of all sizes.

In addition to these standard clothing, soldiers can purchase additional warm clothing according to their personal circumstances, but only allowed to wear in uniforms, the basic military capacity must be guaranteed.

Each soldier also got a ski mask, which is a kind of woolen product that covers the entire head and only exposes the eyes and nose and mouth. It can be used on both sides. The reverse side is dyed white, and the front side is dyed wilderness green. Soldiers can According to the environment at the time, when the mask was rolled up, it became a fleece cap, which can be used as the second liner of the M40 helmet and protect the ears in the cold wind.

The Army also prepared a new winter warm hat for soldiers, which is very similar to the "Shapka" earmuffs just replaced by the Soviet Red Army, but it is more beautiful and sophisticated made in Germany. The Soviet Red Army only started to replace this earmuffs military cap in July 1940, which is the famous "Lei Feng Cap" in later generations. This military cap was not actually invented by the Soviets. It was copied from the Finn winter military cap. The Soviet Union introduced this military cap style in 31 years, but it was limited to a few special military areas. Now the Soviet Red Army has made some improvements to this winter cap, thickened the lining and extended the ear protection, replacement A Bujonian winter hat with the same inferior thermal effect as the appearance.

The German head of state has worn such earmuffs and military caps. Of course, he knows how powerful this cap is for keeping warm, even in the severe cold of tens of degrees below zero, it can effectively retain the heat of the head. Don't look at this ordinary hat, in a special environment, there is almost a gap between life and death. 70% of the body temperature lost in cold areas is emitted by the head, an excellent one In some senses, winter hats are even more important than weapons.

Germany's "Shapka" is set as a type 40 cold-proof military hat. The outer fabric is made of durable woolen woolen cloth. The earmuffs and guards use blended woolen wool. Sergeants and military officers can choose high-grade woolen or animal fur products, such as Lambskin and rabbitskin, if you have money, you can also choose mink and sea otter, but no matter what material you choose, the color of the military cap must be uniform with the military uniform, which is the most basic requirement, but also on the amount of care The German standard badge is nailed, and the headquarters recommends the use of knitted products, but no one minds if you have to install a metal.

Let’s talk about the German coat. The head of the army chose a short windbreaker style. The collar is covered with a windproof hood. The collar is covered with a layer of wool. The outer layer of the winter jacket is made of waterproof woolen fabric. The interior is a warm inner liner of wool mixed cotton, and the officer can be replaced with a fur lining. At present, the most common in Europe is the sheepskin produced in Australia and the United States. In addition to a little more expensive, the thermal performance is quite good.

In fact, the best warming effect is down materials such as duck down and goose down, but the current European poultry production simply cannot meet such huge demand from the military.

The winter clothes with goose down liner can only be used by the crew of the armored forces. Many people think that the tank will be warmer than the outside. In fact, the tank often needs to open the window to observe and ventilate the smoke. The internal temperature is actually not much different from the outside. Moreover, the tank driver was unable to move for a long time in the tank, and the temperature loss was worse than expected.

As for when ordinary soldiers are equipped with down trench coats, it seems that they can only wait for the output of the European poultry industry to recover. The American agriculture has just recovered from the Great Depression. They are now short of duck down, so don’t think about them. Imported there.

The short trench coat style was chosen because the soldiers can move freely in the snow environment, and they will no longer be dragged down by the heavy coat, but the military coat has not been crossed from the equipment bar by the head of state. After all, this dress is really handsome. Used as a regular dress and dress for soldiers to go out.

The German short windbreaker style retains the spirit and handsomeness of the German uniform, and adopts a double-breasted placket overlapping design, which is more convenient to resist the frontal wind and snow.

As for the marching boots, Xu Jun felt that there was not much room for transformation. Although the leather materials are now abundant, Xu Jun is not planning to re-add the boots. However, the new marching boots no longer use leather steel nail soles, but use rubber as the material, plus the anti-slip texture designed by the head of state, not only the anti-skid effect has not decreased, but also much lighter than the original version, and it can be effective Isolate the surface temperature to prevent the rapid loss of foot temperature.

As for felt boots and wooden-bottom sentinel boots, there is no urgent need for the Germans at present, but some are produced in advance in small quantities, and they are used in the polar test to serve as a technical reserve for logistics.

The German military socks have not changed, except that the soldiers have two pairs of stockings to cover the original socks. When wearing military boots in winter, you may feel some pinches, but it is better than freezing your toes. .

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