where eagles dare packs

[bob_the_baker]

Hi. My name's bob and I have a backpack addiction. I am sat watching Where Eagles Dare with the boy and I can't stop fixating on the packs! The top of the external frame shape is identical to my swedish 45l espedition but the sack has an additional rear pocket. What model are they? I want one!
http://www.whereeaglesdare.com/images/screenshots/screenshot_104.jpg

 

[swotty]

Link not working, which is a shame as i'd love to see the pack!

 

[Mesquite]

Your link isn't working

 

[Angry Pirate]

Off topic but every time I watch that film I hearken after the reversible snow jacket they wear!

 

[Adze]

Try this one:

http://www.whereeaglesdare.com/images/screenshots/screenshot_104.jpg

 

[emrock]

Looks like a P42 commando pack. They come up on ebay from time to time. Not sure if anyone is doing a repop at the moment.

 

[bob_the_baker]

Don't think it's the p42, watching the film you can see the top of the external frame is very much like http://www.goarmy.co.uk/media/catalog/product/cache/1/small_image/600x/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/A/D/AD0A8B61CBB78F351A2EE29F9862463E.jpg

 

[andybysea]

Very similar emrock but dont think it is the strap look wrong, the commando packs had the webbing straps and brass fittings the pic posted i the op doesnt show them from what i can make out.In the pic posted they seem like a white coated leather with buckle fastenings, probs some post war euro ruck, cant really help though sorry.

 

[bambodoggy]

Off topic but every time I watch that film I hearken after the reversible snow jacket they wear!

I can't believe you're such a big kid wanting the goochy reversible snow jacket!!!!!! ............drop me a pm if you find anywhere selling them lol



No idea what the packs are guys, sorry.....in that pic it looks like an old para bergen from the eighties spray painted white! Lol

 

[Old Bones]

This is a german Army M31 pack - http://www.rzmilitaria.com/viewitem.php?id=10511 & this is a Alpine style one - http://www.rzmilitaria.com/viewitem.php?id=10063

In fact this is the M44 version - http://www.ww2airsoft.org.uk/german-gebirgsjager/

could just be they got a modern (1960's) one from somewhere for the film.

 

[brambles]

Off topic but every time I watch that film I hearken after the reversible snow jacket they wear!

I can't believe you're such a big kid wanting the goochy reversible snow jacket!!!!!! ............drop me a pm if you find anywhere selling them lol

There used to be a guy making repro jackets under the name www. extremeoutdoorclothing. com, but as far as I am aware the business closed, you might be able to find folk selling used examples.

 

[andybysea]

RichardAUnderwood if you put his name in google he supplies German re enactment gear(had some kit off him when i did reenacting yrs ago did British but had some gear as props anyway i digress) he may be able to point you in the right direction for reversible jackets.

 

[Chainsaw]

There used to be a repro available sadly long gone https://web.archive.org/web/20130213163548/http://www.ebolcastle.co.uk/extremecc/wed.htm

 

[Jared]

The common Swedish 45l is the M39 rucksack without pouches

And the M35 is the rucksack with.

As seen here

And they were impossible to find years ago...

 

[brambles]

I just had a quick look on eBay and found this

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WW2-GERMA...Collectables_Militaria_LE&hash=item19ef5c6f19

 

[swotty]

Nice pack, not dissimilar to the Norwegian canvas telemark type canvas packs, really like those reversible jackets too

 

[Old Bones]

There used to be a guy making repro jackets under the name www. extremeoutdoorclothing. com, but as far as I am aware the business closed, you might be able to find folk selling used examples.

The last mentions seem to be around 2006, which is when I remember coming across them. However, as this forum points out (and I remember seeing the discussion), they seemed to possibly have been made up for the film, rather than being the real thing http://iacmc.forumotion.com/t5738-repro-german-where-eagles-dare-reversible-parkas

However, if you want a repro of a similar jacket, they are pretty easy to find - have a look at the bottom to see which original one looks right http://www.germanmilitaria.com/Galleries/Uniforms.html , and then you pays your money. http://www.epicmilitaria.com/section.php/97/1/ww2-german-camouflage-uniforms & http://www.by-the-sword.com/p-1164-german-wwii-tan-water-reversible-winter-parka-ac-1115.aspx seem to have them.

 

[John Fenna]

I had one of the extrmeoutdoorclothing WED smocks for review - superb kit .. but it was only on loan

 

[Old Bones]

OK - because I am sad, I loaded up the DVD of the film. The packs look like the Swedish ones mentioned (authentic kit meets the reality of filmmaking, filmmaking wins), and the parka pattern is a grey splinter pattern. You first see them on the camo side hung up on hooks around the 1hr 50min mark. They are quite grey, with the splinter pattern fair randomly spread, and a lot less dense than the one below. This is the nearest match I can see regarding the real thing

Its here - http://www.germanmilitaria.com/Heer/photos/H036170.html , and will set you back $2000!

The nearest repro I could find was here: http://www.surcompany.com/listing12-parkas/parkas.html , or this: http://sturm-miltec.com/WWII Rero US catalog.2.html

There is this one, but its not quite 'right' : http://www.epicmilitaria.com/product.php/548/splinter-camouflage-padded-parka

Glad I've got that out of my system!

 

[andybysea]

I had it in my they had the sumpfmuster or marsh pattern reversible in where eagles dare, but its been so long since ive seen it i cant picture them.