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Hej! Cane someone provide proper infos or a manual about the 58 Pattern Sleeping System? i know the Sleeping Bag - Down Filled with attached Hood and waterproof bottom available in 3 ? different sizes Sleeping Bag - Arctic, pretty the same but w/o waterproof bottom and more downs in it Cover Arctic - Oliv/Green Nylon, Waterproof not breatheable Liner - Green synthetic stuff clips into the sleeping bags Poncho - Nylon Oliv/Green, with Hood and the extra Pushbutton line, to clip it on the footend of the sleeping bags Fieldbed - This lightwheight canvas thing with the 4 spreaders. but this may not really belong to the sleeping system What have u slept on? Was there an Iso Matress or have u slept direct on the ground? What extra parts exist? stuff bags, air beds???? Tell me please! bastian

Right, now I know better! but seemed to be more complicated as i thought! thank you! bastian

Here is the label which was on the open plastic bag! bastian

Another Question..... This time - Badges! First Badge was Placed on a Dark Green Beret On The Globe in the Middle the continents Africa Europe Asia Aust And the second is still on a Blue Beret, Must be UN but if you look at The UN Flag Its not well done, or is it something different? any ideas? bastian

Fine! Works as hell here! But do they just sit on the ground? bastian

Hi Ashley! you dont know the direction u drove away from Osnabrück? We had some americans stationed here but on the netherlands terretory, means the NL guys had a Nike rocket base and IN IT an tiny american Base with nuclear warheads, as it was forbidden to place nukes in germany! :-) and in case of emergency they just had to screw the warheads onto the dutch Rockets and fire them onto russian Bomber formations - of course over german terretory, as the rockets just go for max 100KM! Funny stuff! There was a few of these camps around osnabrück! Vörden, there is also A British Shooting Range, a training field, .... Bad Essen Rheine and a few more i have to look for! bastian

Cleening up my garage.... And what the hell is this? got 4 or 5 of it, in a plastic bag with the label Mod Kit NSN 2510 99 817 7541 but it´s not sure the bag is the original one!!!!! Diameter of the tubes is 3.3CM so the aluminium tent tubes may fit.... any idea? bastian

Yes, i´m stupid - most of u will probably know..... Written on nearly all NSN Stock stickers for new materials bastian

Hi everyone! What type of vehicle or manpack Transmitter are these "bags" for? The antenna case is bit over 1 Meter Long, and 8CM broad The mast case is ca. 10cm in diameter and The lenght is flexible up to +- 1M cheers bastian

Someone got a picture of an complete GS Tent? This is only the "Passage Section" which will not fit proper onto an 12x12 frame! bastian

A HELLO to all you guys infected with CODE GREEN! I´m Bastian from Osnabrück in the north of Germany! 32yrs old. I do my best to write proper englisch, so you can understand what i mean!:sweat: I infected myself more than 20 years ago, as we had - i say sadly HAD - been one of the largest BAOR Bases in germany! As a teen i was running constantly around on our local trainig fields, collecting all the stuff the soliders lost, and at home tryed to translate what was written on, what helped me much to improve my english.... Only my english teacher was sometimes wondering about my vocabularies as she did not know from where i knew something like "mulligatawny soup" or "blot-bang-and rub" or "hexamine fuel".... however My dad done a music shop with instruments and as squaddies like to drink, sing and make noise we had a lot of contact to them, so i started dealing with them... this is how i got my first british army stuff swopped against a weekend hire for a karaoke system! :-D I am less a military collector, i looked always for stuff i could use for my camping/trekking and survival adventures! But now -sadly- in 2009 all the brits left Osnabrück! :cry: I also done a few trips to england - dorset-dorchester-bude-exeter-durdle door when i was younger, what i liked much! In Bude i started with my second hobbie - i bought my first Tilley Lamp and my first pressurized kero stove! And still i collect everything what makes hot, light and where is a pump on it! By m/ i got a quite usefull colection of military "camping" goods, what the most of my friends call "WAY TO MUCH!!!" I always tell em - i just dont smoke and invest my money otherwise! My third hobbie / project is a self containing survival aluminium shelter for 2 persons for 21 days including food, power, cover, communications, and whatever u need to be totally independend. My girlfriend is not seeing exactly "the need" for that, but one day.... Still workin on it, but mostly done! The next thing i look for is a 4-wheel driven "THING" to be converted into a camping mobile, such as a Ambulance Landrover, a Iveco 40-10WM or an 101FC we will see! If someone got need for german TDV / ZDV Bundeswehr Manuals - i got plenty, just feel free to ask! Thats it for the moment! Thank You For Beeing Here! bastian

Thank you Clive! That was more than precise! and fast also! :-)

Good Mornin! Thanks to all this rapid answers! Thats what i call a proper forum!!! Can anybody tell me what these "FV + DIGITS" code stand for? FV1609 you are surely right as we had some pioneers here in osnabrück http://www.remuseum.org.uk/corpshistory/rem_corps_part18.htm FV591679 comes up as "Shelter, Canvas" FV591689 comes up as "Blackout, Curtain, Shelter" May these belong to a Vehicle mounted workshop? i think i seen a pic somewhere in another thread! hope it´s ok that i niked the pic´s

Hi to all! Got some questions concerning some canvas Shelter / Tent parts i got hold of,where i got no clue what they are exact made for..... hopefully u can help me out! no1: pic 1+2 I guess this must be for the landrover wolf, but what for? radio screening for an nuclear attack? no2: pic 3+4+5 Is this part of a Vehicle attached shelter? of from a regular tent? no3: This is a cover with reinforced slots on the corners and is smaller as a sankey cover.... you might know! I also look for a copy of a 12x12 tent manual and a manual for the 10 man ridge type and bell type arctic tents And if someone is interested... i got a hole bunch of german TDV ´s and Zdv ´s (thats the technical and personal manuals) from the german army and i will get some more for the german vehicles.... Hopefully i added the pictures right.... looking forward for yours reply! bastian