1stlooey
Platoon Leader
Hey guys!
I've gotten it in to my noggin to make a Fallschirmjäger medic to take care of my troops. Specifically I am asking about the medic's equipment a FJ would have carried. Do you have anything to add to my info below?
Here's what I have so far:
* Some forum somewhere said that FJ medics used a specially designed cloth bag to carry their supplies, not the usual Army leather belt bags.
* I have seen a brief shot of a FJ medic in a German newsreel, and he is wearing the red cross "smock" over his Fallschirmjäger smock.
* I have seen 1:1 reproduction FJ medic helmet for sale. They show a red cross in a white circle on the front of the helmet only.
* In the back of my head, I remember reading that German medics might carry a sidearm. How about a PPK?
* I found a picture of a Luftwaffe, but not FJ, medic on a collector's site. It showed a mannequin with a Luftwaffe uniform, red cross arm band, one leather medic's pouch, and on the other side a standard issue German bread bag on the front of his belt with a red cross painted on it.
I've gotten it in to my noggin to make a Fallschirmjäger medic to take care of my troops. Specifically I am asking about the medic's equipment a FJ would have carried. Do you have anything to add to my info below?
Here's what I have so far:
* Some forum somewhere said that FJ medics used a specially designed cloth bag to carry their supplies, not the usual Army leather belt bags.
* I have seen a brief shot of a FJ medic in a German newsreel, and he is wearing the red cross "smock" over his Fallschirmjäger smock.
* I have seen 1:1 reproduction FJ medic helmet for sale. They show a red cross in a white circle on the front of the helmet only.
* In the back of my head, I remember reading that German medics might carry a sidearm. How about a PPK?
* I found a picture of a Luftwaffe, but not FJ, medic on a collector's site. It showed a mannequin with a Luftwaffe uniform, red cross arm band, one leather medic's pouch, and on the other side a standard issue German bread bag on the front of his belt with a red cross painted on it.