"Fallschirmjager Uniforms/ Normandy" Topic

Hello all! Question for anyone who may have an answer for this… I am painting FJ miniatures from Artisan Designs (fantastic minis imo) and trying to capture their "look" during the battle for Normandy. I am pretty sure they could be found commonly wearing a mixture of Splittermuster 41, Sumpfmuster 43, and Sumpfmuster 44 smocks during this time. My question is… would some FJ still be wearing Grey/Green smocks as seen in Crete this late in the war? If so, I would like to add them. I am trying to mix the different camo styles in order to create an accurate representation of these late-war paratroopers (if you could even call them that by 1944).

Anything is possible as the Crete Uniform was prior to Normandy. The problem is sometimes that sort of accuracy just doesn't look right. I'd stick to what was more common in the Normandy uniform. It's a stereotype you are after for the most convincing effect.

The sky's the limit. My 20mm FMJ are all over the board in uniform. Everything from the gray/green smocks to Crete style cammie.

I have seen pictures from NW Europe in gray/green as well as a full mix.

Bottom line, do what you want with your figures.

Gray/green was common right until the end of the war.

Ive done mine in a range of patterns, but each subunit has the same (otherwise they look like a bunch of pirates, not elite FJ). It also makes it easier to tell the units apart.

do some in coalscuttle helmets as well

and ankle boots and gaiters

have a squiz here
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I'm with Col Durnford, although lately been doing them in camo smocks mostly.

Notice that some the jaegers in Cardinal Hawkwood's link also have the early war gas mask bag, rather than the usual metal case.

I visited Normandy a couple of years ago. One of the places I visited was the excellent D-Day museum in Bayeux. I have a picture of one of the scenes they recreated with mannequins in different uniforms – one being a German paratrooper.

Brown short boots. Light grey anklets. Grey pants. Splinter smock over Luft tunic with yellow tabs. Para helmet.

If I can figure out how to download the picture I will post it.

I think the "not really"airborne forces were greatly expanded in number and many of the olive jump smocks would have come out of came out of store. I thin nk FOW had some hazy, sort of lame, assertion that ar the smocks veterans who chose to wear their older ( more glorious?)smocks but frankly I really don't see that one flying.
Many of the replacements would have cpm from under used Luftwaffe units and would have come with their own equipment. maybe even field blue trousers.

Were they wearing splinter pattern very much , if at all in Crete?