The following describes the required and optional uniforms and equipment for the 29th Division WWII reenactor. As a general policy and in order to maintain our reputation as a top-notch reenacting company, all members’ uniforms, equipment, and weapons will be appropriate to the 29th Division during its service in World War II. Any modifications of the standard uniform and equipment will be made accordingly for each specific event and time frame being portrayed. The impression we are trying to put forward is that of the line grunt, we are not an elite specialty unit.  However, we are rigorous in ensuring that no ‘farby’ (re: inappropriate) items will be carried by our unit membership.  If the 29th didn’t have it or use it, we don’t either.

The listed uniforms and equipment are the essentials required for the basic impression.  This may seem like a lot of equipment and uniforms, and it is.  But it is the basic kit of what the soldier would have had issued to him.  If you are new to this hobby, do you need to go out and buy everything for your first event? No, however, you need to have the basic field items, which would be the OD wool uniform, boots, leggings, jacket, web gear, rifle, and helmet.  (Items marked with an *.)  You can acquire the other things as you find them. When buying WWII items, it is best to buy items dated towards the early part of the war. By doing this, you don’t need to do double buying.  That is, you don’t need to buy early war items and late war items.  You can use early war items no matter which war-year you are depicting.  However, you can not use late war (e.g., M-1945 pattern gear and/or color) for an early war impression.  In addition, guidelines on what and what not to wear follow.  We are still working on this page, which will soon include pictures of most items, and detailed discussions of some items, as interesting to our membership. For now, however, we have the basic list: