Great video, keepin Canadian history alive! Wish I had this gear.

@ravner4322

4 ай бұрын

I wonder if this is the same John Irvine I know from north of Toronto.

@johnirvine9942

4 ай бұрын

@@ravner4322 No, unfortunately not. It’s John Irvine from south Winnipeg. But that’s really cool you know another guy named John Irvine.

I remember when I first got into surplus as a kid 25 years ago those helmet Nets were like a dime a dozen. If only I would have known I would have picked up 20 of them. And they all had that special smell. They were so common I was using it on my helmet( along with others) when I was in the Canadian Forces 1999-2022. Such a unique smell. 😆

And just to add to my prior comment when I was in the Infantry during that time period 90% of the guys had a Bren gun pouch that we attached to our 82 pattern webbing. It was so useful for carrying you name it everything. I think mine was dated to 1945.

Awesome video, cant wait to see more from you!

Very fantastic video I wish this was uploaded a couple of months ago as I am currently trying to build a DDAY uniform GeForce the Canadian Scottish regiment as my great uncle was in that regiment on dday. 1 small correction the MK4 was actually used in combat in 1945

@SunnidaleProductions

6 ай бұрын

This is a late reply but the mk4 wasn’t used in combat in 1945. The mk3 had only first been used on d-day, and the mk4 wasn’t introduced until the early 50s.

How in the hell did these guys wear this stuff in the middle of summer. Jesus Christ

@SunnidaleProductions

4 ай бұрын

North western Europe’s summers are generally much more mild than here in North America, but July of 1944 in Normandy, especially around Falaise was a very hot month. There are lots of photos of Canadian soldiers during this time not wearing the battle dress blouse, even in combat, so it definitely got too hot

Where did you get the battledress and webbing from??

@SunnidaleProductions

6 ай бұрын

The battle dress I got from local shows, though it is p49 bd which I got converted to p37 by cspinnhistoric on Facebook. The webbing is a mix of many different places, most of the original comes from local shows, and the rest coming from various online stores, some of it being original and others being reproductions.

@drownplayz

6 ай бұрын

@@SunnidaleProductions Thanks, also how much did the whole uniform cost in total if you know.

@SunnidaleProductions

4 ай бұрын

@@drownplayz it’s really hard to say since I got so many different things at very different prices, but for sure over 1500$