WW2 british para smock help

[GazeTasty]

hi everyone I am trying to get some gear together for a ww2 British para and im not wanting to spend loads of money so I found this on eBay (the picture) and its cheap for ww2 stuff but I am not sure if it would be historically accurate. Apparently this is 1950s Belgian army smock but looks like a ww2 I really cant tell the difference between the patterns so if anyone can give me any advice on this It would be really appreciated.  

 

 

cheers

[12kbosworth]

looks fairly accurate the patterns really depend on the location they would be dropping into, for example the soldiers were being dropped into Norway they would me using arctic camos, also it depends on the nation that manufactured them due to the fact different countries had different resources and ways of manufaction . Also not trying to be patronising but you are aware that ww2 took place from 1939-1945 so this would have been made after the war also even if it wasn't  Belgium wasn't reclaimed until like 1945 off the axis forces so I can't imagine them doing loads off paradropping  or incursions into axis territory unless it was manufactured before and used in combat later. Nether the less a good piece and fairly accurate a good buy in my opinion.

[GazeTasty]

Hi thanks for info not very good with British kit so I could not tell when it was from cheers 

33 minutes ago, 12kbosworth said:

looks fairly accurate the patterns really depend on the location they would be dropping into, for example the soldiers were being dropped into Norway they would me using arctic camos, also it depends on the nation that manufactured them due to the fact different countries had different resources and ways of manufaction . Also not trying to be patronising but you are aware that ww2 took place from 1939-1945 so this would have been made after the war also even if it wasn't  Belgium wasn't reclaimed until like 1945 off the axis forces so I can't imagine them doing loads off paradropping  or incursions into axis territory unless it was manufactured before and used in combat later. Nether the less a good piece and fairly accurate a good buy in my opinion.

 

[Tommikka]

You’re after a Denison smock for WWII para style, which if genuine would set you back a lot of money.  Reproduction ones aren’t necessarily cheap either 

 

The denison smock wasn’t purely a parachute regiment smock, but a smock for parachuting, and therefore used by the SOE, and other ‘specialists’ including our SAS and free French, free Belgians etc

The Smock changed in pattern over the years, but the Belgians kept styles similar to WW2 Patterns for longer than us, hence Belgian stocks get suggested for more viable British WW2 outfits 

 

For authenticity, decide whether you have just dropped into action or have had some spare time - wear the smock loose for the ‘just dropped in’look, put webbing over it for the ‘settled into action’ look

 

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denison_smock

 

 

 

[Druid799]

As others have said that’s a Denison cut smock but the patterns not 100% (the brush strokes are wrong , our Denison’s didn’t have them) right as it’s a 50’s Belgian para smock , so it’s close but not correct but like most kit in Airsoft is it close enough for you ? 

[GazeTasty]

as long as you can not tell the difference right away I'm not really bothered I know I couldn't besides it will get covered in mud and stuff anyway so it will be harder to tell.

 

cheers 

[TheFull9]

Far as I can gather from looking in to this a little bit, most smocks in WW2 didn't have a full length zip from the factory, the standard of the day was just a v-neck with maybe a 1/4 zip or draw-strings; seems to have applied to both the British denisons/windproofs as well as the camo smocks the Germans issued.  Most common denison replicas in the UK seem to be from here:

 

http://www.sofmilitary.co.uk/SearchResults.aspx?s=denison&cat=0

 

If you just put 'ww2 camo smock' in to ebay you'll also see what I mean.

 

Plenty of re-enactment and ww2 militaria forums around to ask on, but if you only want something loosely correct be prepared they might get quite OCD.