I came across a document T314 R944 Fr787, 50. Infanterie-Division 11 July 1941 that says
It says roughly, "front line troops are only to wear field-grey uniforms and not the khaki-brown summer coats because they are hard to distinguished from Soviet uniforms". It also says something about officer shirts but officers had already been instructed that they were to wear enlistmen's uniform while in the front line by this time.
"Von verschiedenen Angehörigen der Division werden khakibraune Sommerröcke auch während des Gefechts getragen. Auf weitere Entfernung, bei dem hohen Bestand an Korn- und Sonnenblumenfeldern, ist es nur schwer möglich, diese Uniformen von russischen Uniformen zu unterscheiden. Es wird daher befohlen, dass im Gefecht und in der vorderen Linie nur die feldgraue Feldbluse zu tragen ist. Dieser Befehl gilt auch für häufig hellen Sommerröcke der Offiziere."
I was unaware German troops in Russia had khaki-brown uniforms. Does anyone have any information on this? The 50. Infanterie-Division had served in the Balkan campaign. Would this be were the uniforms came from?
German Khaki-Brown Uniforms, Russia 1941
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Re: German Khaki-Brown Uniforms, Russia 1941
Maybe it was their allied armies.
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Re: German Khaki-Brown Uniforms, Russia 1941
That was my first though. The Romanian did have khaki-brown uniforms that were similar to Soviet uniforms. Romanian troops were to wear a yellow armband as a recognition signal. The Romanians didn't have a field-grey uniform AFAIK.
Re: German Khaki-Brown Uniforms, Russia 1941
some of the lighter weight uniforms summer were more green/brown than feldgrau, i would assume it refers to this
Re: German Khaki-Brown Uniforms, Russia 1941
Ironically later in the war, the greenish fieldgrey changed in a nearly brown colour anyway.