File:WW2 Norway Waffen SS uniform snow camouflage winter smock fieldgear belt Y-straps Trageriemen personal equipment mess tin Essgeschirr canteen Feldflasche breadbag Brotbeutel K98 bayonet ski bindings etc Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum Museum.jpg

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English: Photo taken at the Lofoten War Memorial Museum (Norwegian: Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum) in Svolvær, Norway's largest exhibition of uniforms and smaller items related to the Second World War and the German occupation of Norway 1940 – 1945:
  • Mannequin dressed in a Waffen-SS uniform winter suit (Winteranzug, Winterausrüstung) and equipped as a German WWII soldier serving on the North front (Nordfront):
    • White snow camouflage cold weather smock (hooded, padded coat, jacket, parka) and trousers in a two-piece coverall oversuit
    • Stahlhelm, German military steel helmet, with SS runes helmet decal, chin strap, etc.
    • German belt and Y-straps (Trageriemen, suspension straps) for carrying field gear (personal military equipment) and combat equipment (Kampfausrüstung):
      • Short folding shovel (entrenching tool, Schanzzeug) on left hip
      • Mess tin (Essgeschirr)
      • Canteen (water bottle) with metal cup (Feldflasche)
      • Canvas breadbag (Brotbeutel)
      • K98 bayonet for the Karabiner 98k rifle, in scabbard/sheath
    • Set of ammunition magazine pouches (Magazintaschen), two double 3-cell pouch for 6 MP 40 magazines
    • Camouflage painted binoculars (Fernglas)
  • Wehrmacht skis with attached fur skins on the underside, allowing the ski to glide forward across the snow and then grip in the other direction when climbing the slopes uphill (Bergauf). Skipoles, ski bindings.
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