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    Regina Rifle Regiment battle dress question

    Didier
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    Post by Didier Sat Feb 04, 2023 2:59 am

    You may be right as far as the bandolier is concerned, but I was under the assumption that the men within one Bren Group would have carried as much ammo as they could.

    There is one instance at least of a corporal armed with a Sten gun carrying what seems to be Bren magazines in one of his pouches (or are they Sten mags side by side?): that was on D-Day, inland from Gold Beach (50th British Infantry Division).

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    I do have a few Sten gun magazines, but they are not in the best of conditions.

    Once again a picture taken during the early days of the D-Day landings:

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    My Sten gun is a mere Spanish replica (Denix). I have added a genuine WW2 skeleton stock and a Sten magazine to it to make it look a little less cheap. Demilled Sten guns are far too expensive in France to my point of view and, thanks to EU legislation, they now have to be welded into one solid block of metal  banghead

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    Nico62fr
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    Post by Nico62fr Sat Feb 04, 2023 4:26 am

    I had a St Etienne neutralized Sten 25 years ago, but I sold it when I stopped collecting. Now I'll have to get a Denix one.

    Here comes a cap badge received today :

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    Didier
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    Post by Didier Sat Feb 04, 2023 4:40 am

    Very nice indeed! I think you will need a scarlet backing to use it on a beret.

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    (I do not own the beret)

    I have moved the bandolier further down, by the way.
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    Post by Nico62fr Sat Feb 04, 2023 12:35 pm

    Yes, I know this beret, but size is too small for us.
    So for reenactment purposes I opted for a postwar Belgian beret, which is not too bad.

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