I’m also working on a kit. My great grandfather recently passed and we found his service stuff, including his jacket and medals. Of course the jacket is absurdly large on me so I went to a nearby army surplus and got a jacket and pants my size (they made literally every size you can think of back then)
That's really nice to make a kit like that. If a kit has some personal touch it makes it more special. Honoring your great grandfather like that is nice. Now the bigger shirts should be OK for a kit because when they were in the field, clothing was dropped and you just had to be lucky if it was in your size. That's also the reason why you see pictures with people without tags on the jacket.
I was in the 1st Cav in Vietnam '68-'69. The Cav did not issue the boonie hat (Hat, Jungle). We were not allowed wear them even if acquired by other means.
That's indeed the info we got from different people. The boonie hat was something special. When we went to events we had a special letter that was send to a unit (not 1st Cav) that they were not following the grooming standard. We displayed that letter in front of our base. This gave us a bit of freedom to use different things. I like comments like this, because it's not easy to know and find what was allowed in every unit. You can find pictures, but you're never sure if it's about that specific unit or timeframe. Thank you
Great kit. I have Vietnam issue gear I’ve collected over the years when it was more available. I love to wear my jungle utilities, I got my web gear put together and hanging up where I can view it every day. I wear my bush (boonie) hat almost every day during the warm months. Field jacket in cool weather. People don’t realize it but field jackets were worn in the Vietnam highlands, cooler wetter weather during their winter monsoon season. Great video.
Awesome kit ! Perfect mix between airsoft and reenactment, same as is do and man you can have a lot more fun with those than the gucci crye gear. Yes it's debatable but of course Vietnam war era gear has something special to it (the smell of the napalm maybe ? 😅)
Haha yes! If i put on this gear you get into a certain zone. Also the music of that time is awesome and I usually cary my radio to play some tunes during games. The smell is just the smell of old clothes :D
I am doing a Corpsman loadout~ I have done "Modern" kit for about 10 years now and am finally getting into older kit. I am excited! I have done a lot of picture searching trying to find what Corpsman wore and how they modified gear. In country made stuff is a lot of fun and helps add personality to the kit. Great kit!!!!
Realistically you don’t really need the m56 buttpack, as most guys would have been using a rucksack with a pack frame, and a buttpack would just get in the way. You can actually run around in a belt with the pouches laid out as is in this video, just without the buttpack. Also in terms of name tapes and uniform insignia, due to the nature of the flimsiness of the uniforms the men would often go through uniforms weekly, so it was not as common to actually have any rank patches or unit insignia sewn onto replacements. As for the m1956 lbe, you don’t really need the whole kit with all the pouches. A lot of guys later would just have a belt with like 5 canteens on it and they would wear their bandoliers to carry ammo instead, and they would not wear suspenders with it either, mostly for comfort. REMEMBER to stuff your pockets! Canned food, cleaning kit, cigs, socks, you name it. Use your pockets as a dump pouch, use them for bbs, just don’t leave the, empty. As for helmets or headgear, while some troops would not wear a helmet, most did, like 90% did. Pretty much all the pictures of men on patrol wore helmets. This was more for morale and a sense of safety than anything, same reason for why pretty much every picture of vets had two or more bandoliers.
Damn, thanks for this reply. This is interesting to talk about. The reason I carry the buttpack, it's personal prefference. I like how it looks and mostly I don't carry a backpack. So that buttpack gives me some storage space for the short day events. But you're totally right, in most cases the buttpack was not used. The personal setup, or at least the option to do that, is awesome on this kit. It's up to you what you want to use on what occasion. The mag pouches are handy to story all kind of little things, up to my smartphone (yes I know :D). Bandoleers are a bitch :D Stuffing the pockets, that's a really good point, I did not mention that in the video. But yes, use the pockets. Well, one of my pockets is ripped, I keep it like that because of the look. But the other one are used to put a lot of small items. My deadrag is also in a cargo pocket. The nametags, you're right again. It's not needed to have them their and there was also a friend that had clothes that were to big and he cut them to length. That was a story he read about clothing being dropped in certain sizes, but there was not always the right size for everyone. Funny details. While a helmet is cool and correct to wear, mine is a cheap one and hurts my head because of the bad clips inside of it. I'll find a way to make that better and wear it the next event. :P Again, thanks for the awesome reply!
@@gavinnewkirk7861 Also true. I try to keep my canteens filled to counter that front weight. Especially when I'm running with grenades on the ammo pouches.
The Osprey book on US & Allied equipment which was written by a vet, states that essentially the helmets were a bitch, hot, heavy, restricted vision & hearing, and that boonie hats were far more popular, for the above reasons.
For urban ops or instances where artillery is expected, a helmet is the way to go, but in a jungle/woodland patrol environment, the boonie hat is your best friend for both camouflage and sun protection. They can also enhance your hearing is angled right. 99.9% of the time, the helmet isn't going to stop rifle rounds under 400 meters/yards, since their primary role is to stop shrapnel.
I don’t know if someone in the comments have already made this suggestion. A company called Rothco makes a G.I style jungle boot, both all black and the classic Vietnam era green and black color. The boots are replicas but appearance wise look solid. They do come with various sizes and are relatively inexpensive. I used to own a pair that were a size 12 myself, cost me about $40 USD with some change. If you’re looking to use the green and black ones for your kit, so you don’t have to use your authentic 1966 pair, I’d recommend them. Just a fair warning they are a bit of a pain to break in. They’ll require a bit of usage but it’s mainly the leather like material they use. All in all your gear looks great, a fine job.
@@huntclanhunt9697 i own a pair and they are not to bad its already been a year and so far so good and I do put some wear on them since I do a bit construction and hiking here and there.
Rothco has been in business as a government supplier since 1953, they were the ones who supplied the Pilot Survival Knives, for example, and likely a ton of uniforms.
Rothco is an official GI contractor for some things. I've bought a lot of stuff from them that holds up. However, befroe ordering from them, check the reviews since some of their stuff has been sub-par. Overall, I think they're a good company.
Im actually putting together a MAC V SOG set up, I'm finished putting together the regular canvas web gear set up, I also have a buttpack on the canvas set up, however I'm using 3 canteens on the MAC V SOG set up, great video, I have Family that served in Nam and I served in the Middle East during the war on terror.
I love my vietnam setup, working on an Iraq setup now. For people trying to put a vietnam kit together ebay is a pretty good tool but I've found that flea markets and yard sales are great spots to look for kit for cheap.
There's a great surplus store near me that sells jungle boots, Alice gear. I got a CYMA M14 & tigerstripe BDUs from them. Also, Rothco still makes/ sells jungle boots if you're looking for them.
As a ww2 collector from Slovakia its really hard to get anything from the Vietnam war here. Since im in Europe there is no way to find this gear anywhere a even if you do its really expensive. The only item in my collection that i managed to find is an US AIRFORCE P64 Utility Shirt with the 6th Army Patch. I bought it real cheap for 10€. Its the closest i could get to anything from Vietnam war but im really happy with it.
I'm from Belgium and I can feel the struggle. But we have it a bit better, you can find Vietnam gear on militaria fairs. But it's getting more and more difficult to find gear for a decent price.
@@VerageAirsoft Wishing you that it stays intact forever. :D I was thinking of buying an utility shirt tho instead of the blouse, but i dunno if that would be fitting if i wanna aim for MACV-SOG gear and clothing modifications if you know what i mean.
@@chadlittewillie7397 That's cool. That should work. It also depends on what you want to do with the outfit. I play airsoft in it, so it should look the part, but that's fine because it gets destroyed anyway :P
Nice Kit and event video, thanks! our games in sweden are exactly as you describe what you organized. Moore like reenactment - but with airsoft. Asymetric reespawn rules etc.I have been organizing Vietnam Games annually since 1998. The big ones are multi-day "Nam69". Next is now in summer, 2022 5-10 July. Near the main airport, Arlanda, Stockholm. You are very welcome.
Thanks! I think Lisa (SkinnyBitch) has been talking to somebody that is going to that event. But the date didnt fit for us, I think. But I saw videos about that event and It looked so amazing.
Nice set up. The thing I am missing most is the light-weight ponchos. Used to be able to get them from the local market. I had three, but lost them over the years. Damned hard to replace now. I keep on looking (I picked up one a few months back finally). Still, with quite a few webbing sets to finish off, I still need to find a few more. Pride of place in my collection has to be 2 complete sets of M1967 webbing (including the butt packs). Took years and years to complete those!
The search for the right kit isn't easy :D I had one lightweigh ponch but that one was almost competely destroyed on the neck part, where the 2 parts come together. I didn't found another one yet, because I don't use it. I do have a german heavyweight which looks very simular to the US one.
True Spec makes fine repro rip stop jungle fatigues. I like my Asian Tiger Stripe jungle fatigues. None were ever issued to US forces, but a soldier could have a set made by a local tailor. When I was in, ( draftee '72-74) they were transitioning to nylon web gear. We were issued fanny packs, but never rucksacks. My first issue of jungle fatigues had all patches installed. Any other sets were plain. We were not allowed to display rank, unit, or name. Most of the time, our fatigues were so far gone after a few patrols that we were issued new ones instead of washing our old ones.
I love information like that. Thank you very much for taking the time to do so. I will take a look at the true spec one, it's a question that comes back often, where to find good fatigues.
M14 mags and m16 mags both fit in standard m56 pouches. Short m56 pouches are for m16 short mags only. Also you can dye ww2 shotgun pouches green and use them for Vietnam same with the thompson . for an m60 you can get pouches for the chains.
Hey! My great uncle was in the 1st air cav! I have his top (he was scrawny) but I choose not to wear his gear in airsoft except his old rig he gave me because I cherish it :)
I wouldn't wear it for Airsoft too. That gear is more than just some fabric for you. You're making the right call to cherish it. There is good repro out there now. Back in the days you did not had that option. Thanks for your comment. Those personal stories are amazing to hear.
@@VerageAirsoft hey, me on a different account here on mobile, I found out that he was in the 11th armored and not 1st air cav For airsoft I use strictly Rothco
@Big Bird That's interesting because I know more about Aircav than Armored. That triggers me to do some digging about the armored units. I checked Rothco but they only have cloting right? Not the gear.
All my webbing is original M56. I also have two original mag pouches, bandage pouch, and canteen pouch (plastic canteen). I have a replica buttpack and (rubber) M7 bayonet and reproduction sheath. My fatigues are Rothco (no clue where I bought them). I have a boonie as well as a replica M1 (and replica Mitchell cover and band and card and matches and shit). I also have two leather holsters for my 1911A1, one ALICE that goes on the belt, and one shoulder holster. I have replica green jungle boots, and my M16A1 is an EMG Helios (OEM: Cyma) that was absolute shit out of the box, but I tweaked it and made it go. I have two division patches, the 42nd on my right (because "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"), and the 98ths on the left (that was the original division on the show "Tour of Duty", which I watched with my Dad every week when it was on TV). I have Corporal rank insignia because I was an E-4 in the US Navy. I've put a lot of time and money into my Nam kit, and like Verage, I am super proud of it.
That's awesome. Thanks for the list :D A lot of the team nametags are also people that were KIA in Vietnam. There is one Verhaeghe KIA in vietnam. One of the team has a simular name on his shirt as his, but it was the closest to his name. Doing the research about that person makes it even more personel. It's a small little touch. I like that people make kits that have some meaning personal or history connected.
@@VerageAirsoft People in the US get weird about "stolen valor". Some think EVERYTHING is stolen valor, so I went meme on the tapes so no one would give me shit about it.
@@jonmacq6622 Yeah, that's one of the reasons why I did not go into detail about the ranks. If you want to show a correct unit, there should be some ranks on some people. I liked that, but I know there are a lot of people that taking it way to far and then you get trouble.
I know they had satchel charges in WWII (with TNT I believe). I served in the Marine Corps (more recently) and still have a couple of satchel charge bags that used to contain a number of 1 1/4 [lb] sticks of C4 plastic explosives and tagents (blasting caps pre crimped on sections of det cord for linking satchels together for detonation). Anyway I’m very confident that the type of satchel charge canvas bag is exactly what was being used in Vietnam. Same colors, fabrics, stitching, dimensions, etc since it’s a standard that hasn’t changed. Anyway look into this bag. Very very simple but bombproof design. Utilizes ties for closure. Handles designed to allow you to throw the bag into a bunker stitched along sides. It’s a great unique bag that infantryman (or any MOS) would have adapted for a GP bag. Similar to a repurposed claymore bag. Which I also used in Iraq once emptied and is exactly the same as those issued in the 60’s 70’s (I believe). Careful going to an airport however because the explosive “residue” is still very much in the fabric of a satchel charge bag. Lol cheers
Ha, amazing information.I'll look that up for sure. The repurposed bag is something I love because that's when the people being creative and trying to find better solutions for the things stuff they already had. From that creativity comes new gear and new ideas.
US navy flare belts fit airsoft shotgun shells pretty well, they were mostly used in WW2 but there are some later ones/green ones out there, I use one as an RTO cause radioman + shotgun looks great
Well goddamnit I just ran into this little video. Cool stuff mate. You will always have a special place in my heart as well. Small little comment though... it's not just "someone" in that pic wairing that heavy duty poncho HA!
@@VerageAirsoft That wasn't really a "vietnam" event. It was the organisers initial idea but it went tits up really fast when restrictions on gear were...uhm.. how can I say it so not to offend people....not looked after? In the aftermath we realised we were lured there because of our reputation. It still was fun though and we met the guys from DART there for the very first time. The Aircav and the DART tent(s) were the only ones there that...well let's say didn't go to sleep at the same time all the others contenders did 😉 You were there at later events so you will not need much imagination what went on there 😂
wish i could do namsoft, probably will take a trip to the US, UK or any other country that does namsoft, but i'll end up going full Australia. got all my M1956 components ready to go, all it is for me is jungle greens and a giggle hat. sick kit, just it's a little funny calling it ALICE when the webbing was designated as M56, but i digress. with the thompson pouches, that is a chicom chest rig. It's for the AK, mainly used by SF units/ VC
Lol, did I say Alice gear? Well I never noticed that I said it. I had to check what I said wrong. Again, learned some new stuff. The m67 is called the predecessor of the Alice gear. Alice or the m1973 gear was indeed not the thing I showed in the video. The Thompson pouch is a chestrig? Ha, didn't know that. I have an AK Chicom for 3 AK magazines.
I got lucky and got everything for free since my grandpa was is the calv early on in the war, spent some time as a MP then went on to be a drill instructor. So I was given all of his gear. From tent poles to poncho and 3 sets of web gear and pouches galore. Even 2 helmets with the og covers.
That's pretty cool. I think you got some interesting stories too, with that gear. How does your grandpa react to you using the gear for airsoft or reenactment?
@@VerageAirsoft he honestly love it and scrutinizes any small thing. Even ask i do a inspection from time to time to show off how well ive been taking care of everything including the og boots he gave me that i keep shined as glass and some cheap knock offs for the actual games. Even told me about how he had a 1911 in a black leather holster while as a mp (think ww2 pistol holder) and let me keep his dumby mordar kit and his drill hat. Best part of it all is a made in nam jacket hand sewn tiger and the country vietnam split in two with a star showing his deployment.
The ammo pouch you showed for the Thompson submachine gun is a Chinese type 65 ammo pouch for the PPSh-41ì. They were used in Vietnam by the North Vietnamese. A little tip if you have to be on Garrison Duty or be an officer on a base get another belt like the one where you have all of your equipment and only have a pistol on it the US stopped using leather belts in the 1920s.
Aaaaah thank you! I searched for that pouch to find out what it was, but couldn't find it. I do have another green belt and I'll switch out the leather belt for that one.
@@VerageAirsoft you're welcome if you need information on Chinese or North Vietnamese equipment even North Korean stuff I'm good with that so feel free to hit me up By the way right now I'm currently working on a South Vietnamese Rangers uniform. Do you know if anyone makes replica OG 107 uniform? I have a modern Cuban one which is really close but there's a few minor differences and I can't sew any patches on it. So if you can help me find replica OG 107 that would be great.
@@Svea_LifeGuardsThank you very much! Onced moved to Sweden, I will be doing some more Vietnam stuff so there might be more questions :) About the uniform, I have no idea. I saw some people wearing it, a looong time ago. But never knew where they got it from.
@@VerageAirsoft oh Sweden great country I live in the US but I plan on moving to Norway in the future. If you can can you provide me with the link for the jungle fatigues that you're using thank you and hope it goes well for you in Sweden.
Rothco makes a LOT of military equipment for both the current military, and civilian teen actors or MILSIM airsoft. They even still make a lot of the old Vietnam era gear for us, as well as modern equipment for troops. It’s all extremely affordable. They even still make the jungle boots
Hehe, I know! If I should do it again I would have bought the black version. But at that time they only had the nickle one. I heard later that they only had the black one back in the 60/70s because that proces was not used in pistols yet. Did not verify that yet but it's still one of my favourite side arms.
@@VerageAirsoft Yeah, I got the nickel version too, but with tanaka stuff it's always out of stock. Finding one in stock, especially the one you want, it's like finding a unicorn. Fairly certain they'd never have used anything nickel plated in the vietnam war because it'd shine too much at night, but they for sure had nickel plated guns back then. They've been nickel plating stuff since the civil war
My Vietnam stuff is all over the place m56 pouches and a m36 belt with Alice suspenders but it works also btw it wasn’t Alice gear, alice is the newer version of this
That's totally fine. It al depends on how accurate you want be, what your budget is. It's not always easy to find for a decent price. Where are you from?
Haha yeah, you're right. Some of the kit is not 100% right but it's a kit used to play Airsoft in and then you need to make decisions what you want to see ruined a'd what not.
@@franzstigler3200 agree completely. Also it's a a shame to ruin real gear. In the beginning it was easier to find that gear but now it's getting more rare.
Thanks, I did check them out in the past and for some gear, repro is good. Especially when you don't use it to much. Repro gear degrades quite fast in the sun and changes color, that's why I stayed away from it in the past. Maybe it is better today.
@@VerageAirsoftI'm sure it's not too hard here, although I'm not really looking for 100% authentic gear and stuff. I just like the look and feel of older US army paraphernalia.
@@VerageAirsoft I’ve been collecting for years I was always into this stuff, I do a lot of camping/hiking and use my military surplus stuff for that too cause it’s cheap and built to last, and I’m not a reenactor just independent, I dress up in the gear and shoot guns for fun and plus I don’t see to many others on TH-cam do what I do, especially for my Vietcong stuff no one goes over there stuff, I got different playlists for my loadouts and outdoor adventures, I do all kinds of stuff, and thanks man I don’t have the greatest of internet to watch your stuff but I subbed I’ll have to wait till I get more data haha
Hehe, the color of the shirt, that cause me some hours of looking up different color schemes. The info is so different, depending on who you talk to. Some use RAL colors, others game RGB, others gave me something else. I love the talk btw, it's a fun discussion.
Our infantry unit didn't wear underwear on patrols. Underwear would have been just another useless layer of damp, itchy, grit-filled, sweaty fabric. Pro tip for reenactors: For authenticity, wear the same ill-fitting fatigues until crusty, keep your wet socks and boots on until your feet rot, and make sure all exposed skin has vividly festering bug bites, rashes, open sores, fungal infections, scrapes, bruises, and abrasions.
@@jacombodoescare allright, I'll check if the place still sells them. My helmet is not dated. It's a bit of a newer model but they look the same. Only the liner is a bit different.
It depends on what your goal of that day is. But overall, things you need to grab fast like maps, snacks or other small stuff, put it in your pockets. The stuff that you can take a break to take out of your bags, put that in your buttpack. I would put some warm clothes or rain gear in the butpack and also some food that takes a bit longer to eat.
I understand that this is 2 years late but how did you figure out your insignia, ive been looking at original photos and things and i dont know whether or not i should put on my rank and insignia or not there are some photos with insignia but there are also more with none. i just want to know if you have some recorces or advice about insignia.
No worries, I'm still active. :P The insignia is a mix of different things. Because of the reenactment team I was in we decided to look trough the names that actually served in vietnam. We looked up the information of that specific person and because of that, learn more about the specific situation of a single person instead of the usual big stories that we read in all the books. The person specific isignia is chosen like that. The rank isignia is chosen on my place in the reenactment team. We had a small group of leading people and most of the people had the private or PFC rank to make the group as accurate as possible to portrait a unit. Some people chose not to wear any insignia because that is also happened when clothing was dropped in the field to replace broken one. There are a few good books about vietnam uniforms and insignia 'uniforms of the vietnam war'. We also were lucky that one of our guys had a crazy amount of knowledge of this and helped most of us to put them in the right place and chose the correct insignia.
@@AutumnThe_Toaster Oh, thanks for the info. USA airsoft is something that I know it's there but you only see the big things. Which always kept me with a lot of question about airsoft in USA. Thanks for dropping by!
I'm starting with airsoft, and I want to play in a similair outfit as you. Thing is, i'm from the Netherlands, so we have next to zero "real deal" clothing in stores.. Via amazon i end up with Rothco clothing. Any experience with it? Or tips on where to find better/other stuff?
The chest rig took some time to put together. Most of the stuff I found on militaria fairs. There is good shop 'Moore military' where they have tons of gear. But I must say that it gets harder and harder to find vietnam gear. That's why I'm thinking of trying some repro gear to save my original gear.
MC4U. You can buy a full vietnam setup with the suspenders, the belt, the buttpack, two magazinepouches a bottlecover and a shovelcover for about 50 euro's. Repro of course, but very good! You can even find green jungle boots.
I organised a few, years ago. But the amount of people that attended dropped so I stopped doing it. 2 years ago a new group started doing them and they have done 3 events so far. Hopefully I will be able to go to the next one.
I have 2 for Vietnam, one is the Ithaca 37, I have to check the brand because it's a very old one. The one I use the most is my TM M3 shorty that I converted with a heatshield and wooden stock to look the part.
The cool thing about airsoft is that it doesn't matter what you wear. As long as you have fun. If you want to join special games they might have special rules. For example, if you want to join a Vietnam game, you will need the Vietnam gear. But during an normal, open event, go nuts.
It is the Tanaka M10. They have it in silver and black. At the time I like silver more, but historically, the black one would have made more sense. www.redwolfairsoft.com/tanaka-s-w-m10-military-police-4-inch-ver-3-model-gun-nickel-finish.html
@@VerageAirsoft I know I'm asking in the war. Where there any presents of identification like a white pice of cloth on theuniform. Like an improvised arm band
@@VerageAirsoft I know I'm asking in the war. Where there any presents of identification like a white pice of cloth on theuniform. Like an improvised arm band
@@stuffandstuff9541 That is something that I have not seen before. So I would say no. In the beginning there were a lot of colors on the uniform, but they removed that pretty fast, because those colors do not blend in very well. But armbands, that I have to ask to an expert, I have never seen it before.
Most of my gear is bought on militaria fairs, second hand places and some in old warehouses. The search to find the gear was part of the journey. Sometimes I found something that my friend was missing and the other way around.
I have a large rectangular plastic IDF canteen and canteen pouch. Made of OD nylon with cross straps like MOLLE. It is marked 73 with other Hebrew letters. I don't know where I picked it up but have had it for 25+ yrs. My favorite canteen that I seem to use or grab everytime. Believe it to be be Yom Kippur War period.
Where did you get an M-14???? I have been looking for a wooden 1 for 4 months now... noone has it in Europe. Also where did you get your m56 ammo pouches?
That M14 is over 10 years old. It's not real wood. It's plastic wood that I weathered to look like real wood. The pouches itself I found on a militaria fair. That is still the best place to find older equipment.
@@VerageAirsoft Hey, so came back here to say: I got it. I got my Vietnam gear for airsoft. Got my new wooden M14 and what a beauty it is. Also got my Colt 1919A1. Also got myself m56 webbing with pouches, butback (although I need to fix canteen pouch) Clothes, boonie and helmet were the easiest to get. Also got Grunt style wrist watch and angle flashlight just for the visual flare :)
@@kapoti1 Haha awesome! I'm a bit jealous on the wooden M14. The feel of real wood is just amazing. It looks like your kit is getting together pretty good. The flashlight will be the first thing you ditch :D
Haha, nope. I trim my beard, sometimes. I try to trim it before an event to make sure I have the 'a few days in the field look'. My clothing and gear is also weathered to keep that look.
Yes, I did. The trailer video is already online on my channel. In september we go back for another round of Sweden airsoft. We join Sparta side at Bellum. Bellum is a 30h game in the south of sweden.
Ik ben benieuwd of je nog steeds geïnteresseerd ben in Nam events, Wij (Milsim Training Centrum ) organiseren af en toe ook Nam events. Wellicht leuk om eens te contacten?
Zekers, Ik moet mijn gerief nog eens uithalen. Ik had Dione gezien om 1 van jullie vorige events en dat was wel leuk om te zien. Het blijft een volledige andere vibe als je Vietnam gear aan doet. :P
3-4 juni organiseren we weer een MTC Class, van vrijdagavond tot zondagmiddag, een korte (milsim)opleiding, weinig slaap, pittig veel voldoening, Dionne was ooit , als enige , best off Class, een PRACHT meid!!
@@edwinvanstraaten2208 Ik zet het in mijn agenda. Klinkt zeker iets leuks. Ik moet alleen eens kijken hoe het zit met de andere internationale events op dat moment. Bedankt om te laten weten!
It's a mix of everything. Some things I bought as repro gear, link are in the description. The webbing took me some time to collect all the pieces on different military fairs. Some pouches I found on ebay and the rifles are from different airsoft shops and second hand.
@@jokb1613 The gear itself, I heard there is some good repro now. But never used it myself. If you want the real deal, I think military fairs are still your best chance.
Ha, that's something that I needed to look up. I found that in 1961 the front line troops already got plastic canteens. In 1972 no more metal canteens were used. It's those small things that make conversations interesting :P
@@VerageAirsoft I know special forces were given the plastic canteens first, though I'm fairly sure regular troops didn't get them until 1970. Then again, Air Cav was higher priority than most of the other units.
@@Alcoholic-Pigeon Fiew, that is a country where I don't have a lot of knowledge of. There are a few good Facebook groups where airsoft reenactors come together, I can send those to you. Maybe there are some fellow Canadians in there.
It's not that easy to 'just buy the webbing'.it depends on your preference and pouch setup. There is also a difference in the suspenders, different lengths.
They would do all different things. There are even stories about people taping the ends of the pants to keep bugs and other crawlers out. I personally like to do it this way for bugs and sticky plants.
@@VerageAirsoft nice video by the way bro I know u don’t want to ruin your original boots but Rothco has reenactment stuff and the boots aren’t that bad check them out
@@carlosleonardogomezhidalgo1573 The shirt is a 12 year old repro shirt and came not with the rank on it. The reason I have a rank on it is because we played in an vietnam reenactment airsoft team. So we had some kind of structure within the team. Mostly the oldest members had some kind of a rank. We were around 20 people and we had a Sergeant, a gunnery Seargeant and a corporal. All the others were PFC or just private. Ooh also a few spec4s. We had one LT, but he went to a different country and we never had another one. We always said he got lost and we were waiting untill he found his way back. The name tags are mostly from people that were KIA. We did research about that person and found a lot of interesting information. The whole making of the shirt has a lot of tought to it and that was our way of looking into the history of the Vietnam war.
If this guy is a U.S. Vet of any era I'll give him a pass but if not aren't you a bit old for "playing Army". From this Vets perspective you look ridiculous. Collecting gear of course is a hobby, playing dress up and wearing CIBs is another kettle of fish altogether. Suggestion for you; remove the CIBs and CMBs off of your fatigues. Sacred stuff, you got no business wearing them and can the response that you are doing it to honor recipients.
It took a while before this first comment popped up. We will not find a common ground in an online discussion. I can only say that I wear the outfit with respect for the history about it. It's keeping the history alive. About the 'playing army' comment, it's an interesting discussion. Is it really playing army or is it playing games in the outdoors. (not talking about this specific uniform, there are specific reenactment airsoft games for this). You probably have seen more of my videos before you made this commment and know that I play airsoft on a regular basis. It's taking gaming into a physical activity, stimulating brain and body at the same time. Thank you for your feedback
It's been a while when someone like you commented on the video. There is no statement in the video that I say that Vietnam was an Airsoft game. I think you must have a very busy life to comment on all the videos made about airsoft videos, games or reeneactors that every mention the vietnam war. I had several conversation with Vietnam veterans about what I do and how I do it. I still have to have the first one that stands up to me, irl, and talk without any bit of respect, like the way you do now. Good job on keeping their legacy alive.
I’m also working on a kit. My great grandfather recently passed and we found his service stuff, including his jacket and medals. Of course the jacket is absurdly large on me so I went to a nearby army surplus and got a jacket and pants my size (they made literally every size you can think of back then)
That's really nice to make a kit like that. If a kit has some personal touch it makes it more special. Honoring your great grandfather like that is nice.
Now the bigger shirts should be OK for a kit because when they were in the field, clothing was dropped and you just had to be lucky if it was in your size. That's also the reason why you see pictures with people without tags on the jacket.
I was in the 1st Cav in Vietnam '68-'69. The Cav did not issue the boonie hat (Hat, Jungle). We were not allowed wear them even if acquired by other means.
That's indeed the info we got from different people. The boonie hat was something special. When we went to events we had a special letter that was send to a unit (not 1st Cav) that they were not following the grooming standard. We displayed that letter in front of our base. This gave us a bit of freedom to use different things.
I like comments like this, because it's not easy to know and find what was allowed in every unit. You can find pictures, but you're never sure if it's about that specific unit or timeframe.
Thank you
Just out of curiosity what was the general consensus on the 1CD back then, because it's less than great today
@@notnotagoodguy9600What’s the consensus today?
@@cadennorris960 at least in my unit it's that we barely plan everything, we are always doing stupid shit and the unit just sucks
Great kit. I have Vietnam issue gear I’ve collected over the years when it was more available. I love to wear my jungle utilities, I got my web gear put together and hanging up where I can view it every day. I wear my bush (boonie) hat almost every day during the warm months. Field jacket in cool weather. People don’t realize it but field jackets were worn in the Vietnam highlands, cooler wetter weather during their winter monsoon season. Great video.
I love comments like this. You're correct. People always assume it was super hot. But there were places where it was really cold.
M65 field jackets are king. I use one with some 1950s wool gor when it gets cold.
@@huntclanhunt9697 Yes, they are amazing. I use a simular one from the dutch army. Almost the same but just a bit different.
Im a current trooper in 1-8 cav so this was neat to see
Thank you very much!
Awesome kit ! Perfect mix between airsoft and reenactment, same as is do and man you can have a lot more fun with those than the gucci crye gear. Yes it's debatable but of course Vietnam war era gear has something special to it (the smell of the napalm maybe ? 😅)
Haha yes! If i put on this gear you get into a certain zone. Also the music of that time is awesome and I usually cary my radio to play some tunes during games.
The smell is just the smell of old clothes :D
I am doing a Corpsman loadout~
I have done "Modern" kit for about 10 years now and am finally getting into older kit. I am excited!
I have done a
lot of picture searching trying to find what Corpsman wore and how they modified gear. In country made stuff is a lot of fun and helps add personality to the kit.
Great kit!!!!
That's an awesome kit to build, not easy. Good luck. That's on of the things I like about vietnam, you can adjust a lot your own preferences.
Realistically you don’t really need the m56 buttpack, as most guys would have been using a rucksack with a pack frame, and a buttpack would just get in the way. You can actually run around in a belt with the pouches laid out as is in this video, just without the buttpack. Also in terms of name tapes and uniform insignia, due to the nature of the flimsiness of the uniforms the men would often go through uniforms weekly, so it was not as common to actually have any rank patches or unit insignia sewn onto replacements. As for the m1956 lbe, you don’t really need the whole kit with all the pouches. A lot of guys later would just have a belt with like 5 canteens on it and they would wear their bandoliers to carry ammo instead, and they would not wear suspenders with it either, mostly for comfort. REMEMBER to stuff your pockets! Canned food, cleaning kit, cigs, socks, you name it. Use your pockets as a dump pouch, use them for bbs, just don’t leave the, empty.
As for helmets or headgear, while some troops would not wear a helmet, most did, like 90% did. Pretty much all the pictures of men on patrol wore helmets. This was more for morale and a sense of safety than anything, same reason for why pretty much every picture of vets had two or more bandoliers.
Damn, thanks for this reply. This is interesting to talk about.
The reason I carry the buttpack, it's personal prefference. I like how it looks and mostly I don't carry a backpack. So that buttpack gives me some storage space for the short day events. But you're totally right, in most cases the buttpack was not used.
The personal setup, or at least the option to do that, is awesome on this kit. It's up to you what you want to use on what occasion. The mag pouches are handy to story all kind of little things, up to my smartphone (yes I know :D). Bandoleers are a bitch :D
Stuffing the pockets, that's a really good point, I did not mention that in the video. But yes, use the pockets. Well, one of my pockets is ripped, I keep it like that because of the look. But the other one are used to put a lot of small items. My deadrag is also in a cargo pocket.
The nametags, you're right again. It's not needed to have them their and there was also a friend that had clothes that were to big and he cut them to length. That was a story he read about clothing being dropped in certain sizes, but there was not always the right size for everyone. Funny details.
While a helmet is cool and correct to wear, mine is a cheap one and hurts my head because of the bad clips inside of it. I'll find a way to make that better and wear it the next event. :P
Again, thanks for the awesome reply!
I have a collection of m56 web gear. Personally, I enjoy the buttpack because it balances the weight of my universal ammunition pouches.
@@gavinnewkirk7861 Also true. I try to keep my canteens filled to counter that front weight. Especially when I'm running with grenades on the ammo pouches.
The Osprey book on US & Allied equipment which was written by a vet, states that essentially the helmets were a bitch, hot, heavy, restricted vision & hearing, and that boonie hats were far more popular, for the above reasons.
For urban ops or instances where artillery is expected, a helmet is the way to go, but in a jungle/woodland patrol environment, the boonie hat is your best friend for both camouflage and sun protection. They can also enhance your hearing is angled right. 99.9% of the time, the helmet isn't going to stop rifle rounds under 400 meters/yards, since their primary role is to stop shrapnel.
I don’t know if someone in the comments have already made this suggestion. A company called Rothco makes a G.I style jungle boot, both all black and the classic Vietnam era green and black color. The boots are replicas but appearance wise look solid. They do come with various sizes and are relatively inexpensive. I used to own a pair that were a size 12 myself, cost me about $40 USD with some change. If you’re looking to use the green and black ones for your kit, so you don’t have to use your authentic 1966 pair, I’d recommend them. Just a fair warning they are a bit of a pain to break in. They’ll require a bit of usage but it’s mainly the leather like material they use. All in all your gear looks great, a fine job.
Thanks! That would be awesome. Yeah, I don't like to ruin the original ones. They are gotten a rarity to find them in good sizes.
Rothco isn't great quality. I've heard a lot of bad things about their boots.
@@huntclanhunt9697 i own a pair and they are not to bad its already been a year and so far so good and I do put some wear on them since I do a bit construction and hiking here and there.
Rothco has been in business as a government supplier since 1953, they were the ones who supplied the Pilot Survival Knives, for example, and likely a ton of uniforms.
Rothco is an official GI contractor for some things. I've bought a lot of stuff from them that holds up. However, befroe ordering from them, check the reviews since some of their stuff has been sub-par. Overall, I think they're a good company.
Im actually putting together a MAC V SOG set up, I'm finished putting together the regular canvas web gear set up, I also have a buttpack on the canvas set up, however I'm using 3 canteens on the MAC V SOG set up, great video, I have Family that served in Nam and I served in the Middle East during the war on terror.
Nice! I'm a big fan of the old canvas gear. The mac v sog is indeed better with more canteen pouches. They used them for everything :P
I love my vietnam setup, working on an Iraq setup now. For people trying to put a vietnam kit together ebay is a pretty good tool but I've found that flea markets and yard sales are great spots to look for kit for cheap.
True that, it's a bit of work to get the kit together but it's worth it. Good luck with your Iraq setup!
There's a great surplus store near me that sells jungle boots, Alice gear.
I got a CYMA M14 & tigerstripe BDUs from them.
Also, Rothco still makes/ sells jungle boots if you're looking for them.
As a ww2 collector from Slovakia its really hard to get anything from the Vietnam war here. Since im in Europe there is no way to find this gear anywhere a even if you do its really expensive. The only item in my collection that i managed to find is an US AIRFORCE P64 Utility Shirt with the 6th Army Patch. I bought it real cheap for 10€. Its the closest i could get to anything from Vietnam war but im really happy with it.
I'm from Belgium and I can feel the struggle. But we have it a bit better, you can find Vietnam gear on militaria fairs. But it's getting more and more difficult to find gear for a decent price.
as a czech that started getting into vietnam, i feel you man, i just cannot find a good olive green blouse for reasonable price
@@chadlittewillie7397 I hope mine never breaks :D
@@VerageAirsoft Wishing you that it stays intact forever. :D I was thinking of buying an utility shirt tho instead of the blouse, but i dunno if that would be fitting if i wanna aim for MACV-SOG gear and clothing modifications if you know what i mean.
@@chadlittewillie7397 That's cool. That should work. It also depends on what you want to do with the outfit. I play airsoft in it, so it should look the part, but that's fine because it gets destroyed anyway :P
Nice Kit and event video, thanks!
our games in sweden are exactly as you describe what you organized. Moore like reenactment - but with airsoft. Asymetric reespawn rules etc.I have been organizing Vietnam Games annually since 1998. The big ones are multi-day "Nam69".
Next is now in summer, 2022 5-10 July. Near the main airport, Arlanda, Stockholm. You are very welcome.
Thanks! I think Lisa (SkinnyBitch) has been talking to somebody that is going to that event. But the date didnt fit for us, I think. But I saw videos about that event and It looked so amazing.
I love the sound real m1 helmet makes when a bb hits it. You know for sure if you got hit or not
Haha, that's for sure!
Greetings from Oviedo central Florida 🇵🇷
Thank you, it's very interesting to see where the viewers come from. Have a great day.
Nice set up. The thing I am missing most is the light-weight ponchos. Used to be able to get them from the local market. I had three, but lost them over the years. Damned hard to replace now. I keep on looking (I picked up one a few months back finally). Still, with quite a few webbing sets to finish off, I still need to find a few more. Pride of place in my collection has to be 2 complete sets of M1967 webbing (including the butt packs). Took years and years to complete those!
The search for the right kit isn't easy :D
I had one lightweigh ponch but that one was almost competely destroyed on the neck part, where the 2 parts come together. I didn't found another one yet, because I don't use it. I do have a german heavyweight which looks very simular to the US one.
True Spec makes fine repro rip stop jungle fatigues. I like my Asian Tiger Stripe jungle fatigues. None were ever issued to US forces, but a soldier could have a set made by a local tailor.
When I was in, ( draftee '72-74) they were transitioning to nylon web gear. We were issued fanny packs, but never rucksacks.
My first issue of jungle fatigues had all patches installed. Any other sets were plain. We were not allowed to display rank, unit, or name. Most of the time, our fatigues were so far gone after a few patrols that we were issued new ones instead of washing our old ones.
I love information like that. Thank you very much for taking the time to do so.
I will take a look at the true spec one, it's a question that comes back often, where to find good fatigues.
M14 mags and m16 mags both fit in standard m56 pouches. Short m56 pouches are for m16 short mags only. Also you can dye ww2 shotgun pouches green and use them for Vietnam same with the thompson . for an m60 you can get pouches for the chains.
That's a good tip to dye ww2 pouches. The original ones are a shame to wreck during airsoft games :)
Hey! My great uncle was in the 1st air cav! I have his top (he was scrawny) but I choose not to wear his gear in airsoft except his old rig he gave me because I cherish it :)
I wouldn't wear it for Airsoft too. That gear is more than just some fabric for you. You're making the right call to cherish it.
There is good repro out there now. Back in the days you did not had that option.
Thanks for your comment. Those personal stories are amazing to hear.
@@VerageAirsoft hey, me on a different account here on mobile, I found out that he was in the 11th armored and not 1st air cav
For airsoft I use strictly Rothco
@Big Bird That's interesting because I know more about Aircav than Armored. That triggers me to do some digging about the armored units. I checked Rothco but they only have cloting right? Not the gear.
@@VerageAirsoft Rothco has rigs but no pouches/they have bandoliers and buttpacks but that’s it
@@bigbird8730 aha, I searched 'vietnam' I'll try another search term. Thanks.
Canvas was the M1956, Nylon was M1967, the one bag you showed is for a claymore.
Yes, that's correct.
All my webbing is original M56. I also have two original mag pouches, bandage pouch, and canteen pouch (plastic canteen). I have a replica buttpack and (rubber) M7 bayonet and reproduction sheath. My fatigues are Rothco (no clue where I bought them). I have a boonie as well as a replica M1 (and replica Mitchell cover and band and card and matches and shit). I also have two leather holsters for my 1911A1, one ALICE that goes on the belt, and one shoulder holster. I have replica green jungle boots, and my M16A1 is an EMG Helios (OEM: Cyma) that was absolute shit out of the box, but I tweaked it and made it go.
I have two division patches, the 42nd on my right (because "Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy"), and the 98ths on the left (that was the original division on the show "Tour of Duty", which I watched with my Dad every week when it was on TV). I have Corporal rank insignia because I was an E-4 in the US Navy.
I've put a lot of time and money into my Nam kit, and like Verage, I am super proud of it.
That's awesome. Thanks for the list :D
A lot of the team nametags are also people that were KIA in Vietnam. There is one Verhaeghe KIA in vietnam. One of the team has a simular name on his shirt as his, but it was the closest to his name. Doing the research about that person makes it even more personel. It's a small little touch.
I like that people make kits that have some meaning personal or history connected.
@@VerageAirsoft My nametape say "Bearsoft", and instead of "US Army", it says "AIRSOFT". :-)
@@jonmacq6622 haha, cool. We also do reenactment with it needed to be somewhat correct :P
@@VerageAirsoft People in the US get weird about "stolen valor". Some think EVERYTHING is stolen valor, so I went meme on the tapes so no one would give me shit about it.
@@jonmacq6622 Yeah, that's one of the reasons why I did not go into detail about the ranks. If you want to show a correct unit, there should be some ranks on some people. I liked that, but I know there are a lot of people that taking it way to far and then you get trouble.
I know they had satchel charges in WWII (with TNT I believe). I served in the Marine Corps (more recently) and still have a couple of satchel charge bags that used to contain a number of 1 1/4 [lb] sticks of C4 plastic explosives and tagents (blasting caps pre crimped on sections of det cord for linking satchels together for detonation). Anyway I’m very confident that the type of satchel charge canvas bag is exactly what was being used in Vietnam. Same colors, fabrics, stitching, dimensions, etc since it’s a standard that hasn’t changed. Anyway look into this bag. Very very simple but bombproof design. Utilizes ties for closure. Handles designed to allow you to throw the bag into a bunker stitched along sides. It’s a great unique bag that infantryman (or any MOS) would have adapted for a GP bag. Similar to a repurposed claymore bag. Which I also used in Iraq once emptied and is exactly the same as those issued in the 60’s 70’s (I believe). Careful going to an airport however because the explosive “residue” is still very much in the fabric of a satchel charge bag. Lol cheers
Guy carrying satchel at 0:48 fyi. th-cam.com/video/WhORbJ72ntE/w-d-xo.html
And the actual name. U.S. M183 Demolition Charge Assembly
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Ha, amazing information.I'll look that up for sure. The repurposed bag is something I love because that's when the people being creative and trying to find better solutions for the things stuff they already had. From that creativity comes new gear and new ideas.
US navy flare belts fit airsoft shotgun shells pretty well, they were mostly used in WW2 but there are some later ones/green ones out there, I use one as an RTO cause radioman + shotgun looks great
Aha, need to look that up. Let's be honest, a shotgun goes great with most things :D
Well goddamnit I just ran into this little video. Cool stuff mate. You will always have a special place in my heart as well. Small little comment though... it's not just "someone" in that pic wairing that heavy duty poncho HA!
Oooooooh same here mate! I'm still a bit bumbed that I missed that event. This video has been slowly reaching more and more people.
@@VerageAirsoft That wasn't really a "vietnam" event. It was the organisers initial idea but it went tits up really fast when restrictions on gear were...uhm.. how can I say it so not to offend people....not looked after? In the aftermath we realised we were lured there because of our reputation. It still was fun though and we met the guys from DART there for the very first time. The Aircav and the DART tent(s) were the only ones there that...well let's say didn't go to sleep at the same time all the others contenders did 😉 You were there at later events so you will not need much imagination what went on there 😂
@@EmpZombie That's why I'm bumbed that I missed it :D
@@VerageAirsoft legends 😉
@@EmpZombie yesterday I found a new vietnam Airsoft group. Trying to get more info about that.
Thenks
You're welcome
wish i could do namsoft, probably will take a trip to the US, UK or any other country that does namsoft, but i'll end up going full Australia. got all my M1956 components ready to go, all it is for me is jungle greens and a giggle hat. sick kit, just it's a little funny calling it ALICE when the webbing was designated as M56, but i digress. with the thompson pouches, that is a chicom chest rig. It's for the AK, mainly used by SF units/ VC
Lol, did I say Alice gear? Well I never noticed that I said it. I had to check what I said wrong. Again, learned some new stuff. The m67 is called the predecessor of the Alice gear. Alice or the m1973 gear was indeed not the thing I showed in the video.
The Thompson pouch is a chestrig? Ha, didn't know that. I have an AK Chicom for 3 AK magazines.
I got lucky and got everything for free since my grandpa was is the calv early on in the war, spent some time as a MP then went on to be a drill instructor. So I was given all of his gear. From tent poles to poncho and 3 sets of web gear and pouches galore. Even 2 helmets with the og covers.
That's pretty cool. I think you got some interesting stories too, with that gear. How does your grandpa react to you using the gear for airsoft or reenactment?
@@VerageAirsoft he honestly love it and scrutinizes any small thing. Even ask i do a inspection from time to time to show off how well ive been taking care of everything including the og boots he gave me that i keep shined as glass and some cheap knock offs for the actual games. Even told me about how he had a 1911 in a black leather holster while as a mp (think ww2 pistol holder) and let me keep his dumby mordar kit and his drill hat.
Best part of it all is a made in nam jacket hand sewn tiger and the country vietnam split in two with a star showing his deployment.
@@someimperialfist1404 That is awesome!
The ammo pouch you showed for the Thompson submachine gun is a Chinese type 65 ammo pouch for the PPSh-41ì. They were used in Vietnam by the North Vietnamese.
A little tip if you have to be on Garrison Duty or be an officer on a base get another belt like the one where you have all of your equipment and only have a pistol on it the US stopped using leather belts in the 1920s.
Aaaaah thank you! I searched for that pouch to find out what it was, but couldn't find it. I do have another green belt and I'll switch out the leather belt for that one.
@@VerageAirsoft you're welcome if you need information on Chinese or North Vietnamese equipment even North Korean stuff I'm good with that so feel free to hit me up
By the way right now I'm currently working on a South Vietnamese Rangers uniform.
Do you know if anyone makes replica OG 107 uniform? I have a modern Cuban one which is really close but there's a few minor differences and I can't sew any patches on it.
So if you can help me find replica OG 107 that would be great.
@@Svea_LifeGuardsThank you very much! Onced moved to Sweden, I will be doing some more Vietnam stuff so there might be more questions :)
About the uniform, I have no idea. I saw some people wearing it, a looong time ago. But never knew where they got it from.
@@VerageAirsoft oh Sweden great country I live in the US but I plan on moving to Norway in the future. If you can can you provide me with the link for the jungle fatigues that you're using thank you and hope it goes well for you in Sweden.
@@Svea_LifeGuardsThank you :)
The problem is that they stopped selling that pants on the website I bought it from. :(
It was the ASMC.de website.
Super helpful. I love my helmet, thanks for the help
Glad I was able to help.
Totally underrated channel,
keep going an good luck. 👌
Oooooh, thank you!
I'll keep making videos ;)
Rothco makes a LOT of military equipment for both the current military, and civilian teen actors or MILSIM airsoft. They even still make a lot of the old Vietnam era gear for us, as well as modern equipment for troops. It’s all extremely affordable. They even still make the jungle boots
Oooh, that's interesting. I'll check that out.
Can't buy it in my country :(((
Great stuff, great video! Thanks for sharing your personal NAM kit. Super helpful!
You're welcome!
j'ai une tenue Vietnam aussi, pour l'airsoft, c'est ma préférée.
It just feels right :D
That tanaka smith and wesson m10 is sexy as hell. I've just ordered one and I can't wait to add it to my collection
Hehe, I know! If I should do it again I would have bought the black version. But at that time they only had the nickle one. I heard later that they only had the black one back in the 60/70s because that proces was not used in pistols yet. Did not verify that yet but it's still one of my favourite side arms.
@@VerageAirsoft Yeah, I got the nickel version too, but with tanaka stuff it's always out of stock. Finding one in stock, especially the one you want, it's like finding a unicorn.
Fairly certain they'd never have used anything nickel plated in the vietnam war because it'd shine too much at night, but they for sure had nickel plated guns back then. They've been nickel plating stuff since the civil war
@@allenkennedy99 aha, thanks for that info. I figured it was not the smartest thing to bring in the jungle, a shining piece of metal :D
@@VerageAirsoft maybe they did, and the VC just respected that drip so much they didn't shoot them
@@allenkennedy99 Haha, I'll use that the next time someone corrects me about it :P
My Vietnam stuff is all over the place m56 pouches and a m36 belt with Alice suspenders but it works also btw it wasn’t Alice gear, alice is the newer version of this
That's totally fine. It al depends on how accurate you want be, what your budget is. It's not always easy to find for a decent price. Where are you from?
Those M-56 ammo pouches were going for 70 dollars on auction via ebay.
What the hell, really? That's crazy. I paid 70eur for the entire webbing back in the days.
"alone in Hollister ca"
-lover of 'nam gear
Because it's the best :P
Tisk tisk, I see that repro liner :p. A few months back I was inspired by arma 3 and now I'm nearly done with a reenactment quality kit.
Haha yeah, you're right. Some of the kit is not 100% right but it's a kit used to play Airsoft in and then you need to make decisions what you want to see ruined a'd what not.
@@VerageAirsoft oh 100% and for airsoft it's more than enough, especially if you don't want to spend obscene amounts of money.
@@franzstigler3200 agree completely. Also it's a a shame to ruin real gear. In the beginning it was easier to find that gear but now it's getting more rare.
if you dont mind using repro gear, theres a shop in wales called soldier of fortune that does a bunch of vietnam gear for a decent price
Thanks, I did check them out in the past and for some gear, repro is good. Especially when you don't use it to much. Repro gear degrades quite fast in the sun and changes color, that's why I stayed away from it in the past. Maybe it is better today.
I love your channel. subscribed!!
Thanks! Much appreciated.
badass loadout. i’m hoping i’ll be able to get something similar for christmas
Good luck with the search! Where are you from?
@@VerageAirsoft I appreciate it! I'm from the East Coast USA
@@boofgall is it hard to find older us army stuff in the states? Here it's getting harder and harder.
@@VerageAirsoftI'm sure it's not too hard here, although I'm not really looking for 100% authentic gear and stuff. I just like the look and feel of older US army paraphernalia.
@@boofgall What unit are you going for? The older stuff is just ... I don't know. If it's like you said, older stuff is just special. :)
I got some Vietnam loadouts too on my channel U.S and Vietcong/NVA,
Aha, I'll check them out. Are you from US?
@@VerageAirsoft yes
@@VerageAirsoft and thanks
@@outdoorvideoswithbrad Awesome, do you use this for airsoft or Reenactment or just collecting.
@@VerageAirsoft I’ve been collecting for years I was always into this stuff, I do a lot of camping/hiking and use my military surplus stuff for that too cause it’s cheap and built to last, and I’m not a reenactor just independent, I dress up in the gear and shoot guns for fun and plus I don’t see to many others on TH-cam do what I do, especially for my Vietcong stuff no one goes over there stuff, I got different playlists for my loadouts and outdoor adventures, I do all kinds of stuff, and thanks man I don’t have the greatest of internet to watch your stuff but I subbed I’ll have to wait till I get more data haha
very nice
Thank you!
It's not just a "green" t-shirt. There is green and there is green. The correct color is Olive Drab.
Hehe, the color of the shirt, that cause me some hours of looking up different color schemes. The info is so different, depending on who you talk to. Some use RAL colors, others game RGB, others gave me something else. I love the talk btw, it's a fun discussion.
@@VerageAirsoft what you have is good enough. just saying how the military sees green.
@@hhvictor2462 thanks :)
Correct.
Our infantry unit didn't wear underwear on patrols. Underwear would have been just another useless layer of damp, itchy, grit-filled, sweaty fabric. Pro tip for reenactors: For authenticity, wear the same ill-fitting fatigues until crusty, keep your wet socks and boots on until your feet rot, and make sure all exposed skin has vividly festering bug bites, rashes, open sores, fungal infections, scrapes, bruises, and abrasions.
Check out rothcos jungle boot, that’s what I use with my kit and it looks the same plus u get the look and any size
Aha, thanks!
The US Army still issued the exact same towel.
It's simpel and it works. That's awesome to hear.
Don’t need a buttpack it was rarely used past very very early war unless it’s a specific unit like 9th ID
That's true.
It's a personal preference. I like to have a buttpack.
And the most important, get a good quality GBBR for more realism and have good fun.
Yeaaaaah, I should do that :D
Why don’t you put the links in the description?! 😣
What links do you like to have? The ones from the gear or clothing.
@@VerageAirsoft I’m trying to find the helmet specifically, I’m also trying to find the pants.
@@jacombodoescare allright, I'll check if the place still sells them. My helmet is not dated. It's a bit of a newer model but they look the same. Only the liner is a bit different.
What items would you recommend putting into the Buttpack or uniform pockets?
It depends on what your goal of that day is. But overall, things you need to grab fast like maps, snacks or other small stuff, put it in your pockets. The stuff that you can take a break to take out of your bags, put that in your buttpack. I would put some warm clothes or rain gear in the butpack and also some food that takes a bit longer to eat.
The tigers?had to cross the pond to get them, a vet nam veteran told me that he was arty then went to S.F .S.O.G.
I try to understand this comment, but I struggle a bit. Was it easy to switch units when you where in the country?
I’m the 920th subscriber
That is awesome! Thank you for the support. It's nice to be able to thank the people for subscribing and supporting the channel.
I understand that this is 2 years late but how did you figure out your insignia, ive been looking at original photos and things and i dont know whether or not i should put on my rank and insignia or not there are some photos with insignia but there are also more with none. i just want to know if you have some recorces or advice about insignia.
No worries, I'm still active. :P
The insignia is a mix of different things. Because of the reenactment team I was in we decided to look trough the names that actually served in vietnam. We looked up the information of that specific person and because of that, learn more about the specific situation of a single person instead of the usual big stories that we read in all the books. The person specific isignia is chosen like that. The rank isignia is chosen on my place in the reenactment team. We had a small group of leading people and most of the people had the private or PFC rank to make the group as accurate as possible to portrait a unit.
Some people chose not to wear any insignia because that is also happened when clothing was dropped in the field to replace broken one. There are a few good books about vietnam uniforms and insignia 'uniforms of the vietnam war'.
We also were lucky that one of our guys had a crazy amount of knowledge of this and helped most of us to put them in the right place and chose the correct insignia.
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Thank you! Hope you have a lot of fun here!
@@VerageAirsoft for sho
In my opinion Omaha surplus store is a good place to go
Thanks, that can be helpfull for USA people. It's not that easy in Europe :P
@@VerageAirsoft as far as I know it's in Texas only then again it could be in other areas in the US
@@AutumnThe_Toaster Oh, thanks for the info. USA airsoft is something that I know it's there but you only see the big things. Which always kept me with a lot of question about airsoft in USA. Thanks for dropping by!
I'm starting with airsoft, and I want to play in a similair outfit as you. Thing is, i'm from the Netherlands, so we have next to zero "real deal" clothing in stores.. Via amazon i end up with Rothco clothing. Any experience with it? Or tips on where to find better/other stuff?
I didn't try that one, but I will look that up. My came from ASMC. The rest is a bit of a search.
love it!
I must say, it's really nice to see that you go trough all the different videos! Gear videos, gameplay videos,... Love it :P
Very cool
Thanks!
the painful outer frame Alice pack ,
What Alice pack are you referring too? I tried to find it but couldn't.
@@VerageAirsoft the infamouse alice pack can be found almost every surplus shop
@@TheInnacity aaaaah 'outer frame. I read that as 'the backpack out of frame'. Now I get it 😂
Also, where did you get the chest rig and all the attached stuff from? I’ve been having a hard time finding it anywhere.
The chest rig took some time to put together. Most of the stuff I found on militaria fairs. There is good shop 'Moore military' where they have tons of gear.
But I must say that it gets harder and harder to find vietnam gear. That's why I'm thinking of trying some repro gear to save my original gear.
I got all my stuff off eBay.
@@jonmacq6622 It might be easier for you as an American to get the gear.
MC4U. You can buy a full vietnam setup with the suspenders, the belt, the buttpack, two magazinepouches a bottlecover and a shovelcover for about 50 euro's. Repro of course, but very good!
You can even find green jungle boots.
@@matthiascoussens1386 wow, that's cheap. Do you have a link for that?
You airsoft guys are so cool. Thank you for your service
I have no answer to this :D
I didnt know there are vietnam events in belgium i had been looking around
I organised a few, years ago. But the amount of people that attended dropped so I stopped doing it. 2 years ago a new group started doing them and they have done 3 events so far. Hopefully I will be able to go to the next one.
I have an entire vietnam uniform . Only have to get an airsoft gun . Maybe then i can participate in one in the future
@@microapache9586 You're more than welcome. You can find the group on facebook. It's called Airsoft Vietnam NL/BE
What’s the airsoft shotgun you use?
I have 2 for Vietnam, one is the Ithaca 37, I have to check the brand because it's a very old one. The one I use the most is my TM M3 shorty that I converted with a heatshield and wooden stock to look the part.
When I get old enough for airsoft I'm probalby just gonna play in a hoodie. Does military gear eally mather.
The cool thing about airsoft is that it doesn't matter what you wear. As long as you have fun. If you want to join special games they might have special rules. For example, if you want to join a Vietnam game, you will need the Vietnam gear. But during an normal, open event, go nuts.
It doesn't matter at all. I have a baja (or "drug rug) that I will sometimes play in, and the single big front pocket serves my needs just fine.
@@jonmacq6622 Having fun while doing it is the most important part.
@@VerageAirsoft EXACTLY. Too many people forget that.
@@jonmacq6622 keep spreading the word, step by step :)
Min6:08 - Which pants are you wearing Verage?! 😅
Haha, I was wearing a decathlon stretchy pants. Super comfy pants for driving or recording videos :D
Thank you for your service
Same here :D
Did you have VC or Northern Vietnamese gear?
No, I did started to look around to make something that would work in an Airsoft game. So nothing exact correct but it's a start.
Where can I find an airsoft revolver like the one you've got
It is the Tanaka M10. They have it in silver and black. At the time I like silver more, but historically, the black one would have made more sense.
www.redwolfairsoft.com/tanaka-s-w-m10-military-police-4-inch-ver-3-model-gun-nickel-finish.html
@@VerageAirsoftthanks!
@@Jacobrenn2014 you are welcome :)
For the absolute life of me I cannot find the Field blouse on the ASMC site.
It might have been discontinued :(
I bought this one over 10 years ago :P
I did a search and only found the pants. :(
Not sure if you're still looking or not. Rothco has them
What revolver is that
It's a Tanaka M10. It uses green gas and you can't take out the shells.
I got to ask. Were they any identification straps like a white piece of clothing on the shoulder. I thought it would look cool on my kit
On the shoulder of my shirt? The shirt was a repro shirt, with nothing on it.
@@VerageAirsoft I know I'm asking in the war. Where there any presents of identification like a white pice of cloth on theuniform. Like an improvised arm band
@@VerageAirsoft I know I'm asking in the war. Where there any presents of identification like a white pice of cloth on theuniform. Like an improvised arm band
@@stuffandstuff9541 That is something that I have not seen before. So I would say no. In the beginning there were a lot of colors on the uniform, but they removed that pretty fast, because those colors do not blend in very well. But armbands, that I have to ask to an expert, I have never seen it before.
where can i find a shirt like that
im a 3x so its hard to find
Mine came from ASMC in Germany. I don't know if they go up to 3XL though.
No recoilless rifle? 😁
I must say, kudos for the knowledge of the recoilless rifle! But no I don't have one :D
@@VerageAirsoft 😁
@@Terminatorbart maybe in the future. There is a cool scooter with recoiles rifle on it.
where do you buy your gear
Most of my gear is bought on militaria fairs, second hand places and some in old warehouses. The search to find the gear was part of the journey. Sometimes I found something that my friend was missing and the other way around.
What pistol do you use?
The revolver I use is the M10 by Tanaka.
I'm hoping to do an IDF kit from the Yom Kippur war... Anyone know anything about that?
I had to look that up. I have some friends that do modern IDF but that's it.
I have a large rectangular plastic IDF canteen and canteen pouch. Made of OD nylon with cross straps like MOLLE.
It is marked 73 with other Hebrew letters. I don't know where I picked it up but have had it for 25+ yrs. My favorite canteen that I seem to use or grab everytime. Believe it to be be Yom Kippur War period.
Where did you get an M-14???? I have been looking for a wooden 1 for 4 months now... noone has it in Europe. Also where did you get your m56 ammo pouches?
That M14 is over 10 years old. It's not real wood. It's plastic wood that I weathered to look like real wood. The pouches itself I found on a militaria fair. That is still the best place to find older equipment.
@@VerageAirsoft alright, thanks!
@@kapoti1 you're welcome ;)
@@VerageAirsoft Hey, so came back here to say: I got it. I got my Vietnam gear for airsoft.
Got my new wooden M14 and what a beauty it is. Also got my Colt 1919A1.
Also got myself m56 webbing with pouches, butback (although I need to fix canteen pouch)
Clothes, boonie and helmet were the easiest to get.
Also got Grunt style wrist watch and angle flashlight just for the visual flare :)
@@kapoti1 Haha awesome! I'm a bit jealous on the wooden M14. The feel of real wood is just amazing. It looks like your kit is getting together pretty good.
The flashlight will be the first thing you ditch :D
Come to sweden! :D We just had a 4 day event called NAM69
I KNOW :D
But it was to close to other events.
So, we're moving to Sweden :D
What is the brand of these leather boots? Are they repro
You mean the jungle boots, leather and green? Those are real ones from 1966. I don't know the brand.
@@VerageAirsoft no the black leather one my jungle
Boots sole got cracked and I wanna know the brand of these black boots
@@williamsauthier6746 those are standard military boots from Belgium, back in the days they used them.
Shave! :)
Haha, nope. I trim my beard, sometimes. I try to trim it before an event to make sure I have the 'a few days in the field look'. My clothing and gear is also weathered to keep that look.
Nice!! :)) Love your Gear!
@@carsonmccartney1385 Thank you :)
Anyone know where to get p53 and 56 shirts and trousers that are still up for sale?
Repro or real and what country?
@@VerageAirsoft either, it doesn’t matter to me and US
Bros got a head in his bag
I did do a few games with a head in my bag, yes :D
@@VerageAirsoft dam. Some soldiers in Nam if they got a kill for some reason they would take the ears. They did some crazy stuff
@@kayzgamez Yes, some very weird stuff happened there. Ears, fingers, ...
@@VerageAirsoft yep. A vietnamese interrogation method is they’d shove bamboo shards under your fingernails. Crazy stuff back then
@@VerageAirsoft anyway thank you for making this video, it gave me a pointer for the outfit I’m making
hey, great video and stuff, congrats :D
Thank you!
You didnt happen to attend this years Berget event by any chance? :D
Yes, I did. The trailer video is already online on my channel. In september we go back for another round of Sweden airsoft. We join Sparta side at Bellum. Bellum is a 30h game in the south of sweden.
@@VerageAirsoft I KNEW I had seen you before somewhere :D I was with Laser, with Jelle and Jurand
@@LeClairBHZ Haha, the jump out squad?
@@VerageAirsoft Yeah we did alot of jumping in AND out
@@LeClairBHZ Haha :D As long as you had fun :p
Why are the trees speaking Vietnamese?
We all know why :D
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Glad you liked it
Ik ben benieuwd of je nog steeds geïnteresseerd ben in Nam events, Wij (Milsim Training Centrum ) organiseren af en toe ook Nam events. Wellicht leuk om eens te contacten?
Zekers, Ik moet mijn gerief nog eens uithalen. Ik had Dione gezien om 1 van jullie vorige events en dat was wel leuk om te zien. Het blijft een volledige andere vibe als je Vietnam gear aan doet. :P
3-4 juni organiseren we weer een MTC Class, van vrijdagavond tot zondagmiddag, een korte (milsim)opleiding, weinig slaap, pittig veel voldoening, Dionne was ooit , als enige , best off Class, een PRACHT meid!!
@@edwinvanstraaten2208 Ik zet het in mijn agenda. Klinkt zeker iets leuks. Ik moet alleen eens kijken hoe het zit met de andere internationale events op dat moment. Bedankt om te laten weten!
It's.not "green" that's civvy talk, it's "OD".
You're right. But it's mostly civilians watching this. What suprised me is how man different colors of OD there are.
Where do you get it?
It's a mix of everything. Some things I bought as repro gear, link are in the description. The webbing took me some time to collect all the pieces on different military fairs. Some pouches I found on ebay and the rifles are from different airsoft shops and second hand.
@@VerageAirsoft Alright thanks, I was trying to find somewhere to get vietnam gear
@@jokb1613 The gear itself, I heard there is some good repro now. But never used it myself. If you want the real deal, I think military fairs are still your best chance.
@@VerageAirsoft Thx
Where did you get your boots?
I was lucky, a friend sold his boots and was able to buy them from him.
@@VerageAirsoft Ok thanks.
Also does ASMC still sell the shirt your using.
@@t5rm1nat0r4 I think that is where my shirt is coming from. I bought it over 10 years ago. I did not wash it that much, I like the look of it :D
Just to he nit picky...
In 1969, the metal canteen still would have been standard issue.
Ha, that's something that I needed to look up. I found that in 1961 the front line troops already got plastic canteens. In 1972 no more metal canteens were used.
It's those small things that make conversations interesting :P
@@VerageAirsoft I know special forces were given the plastic canteens first, though I'm fairly sure regular troops didn't get them until 1970.
Then again, Air Cav was higher priority than most of the other units.
@@huntclanhunt9697 Thanks for that info! I almost always see the plastic canteens, not the metal ons.
@@VerageAirsoft Metal Canteens are also nice because you can cook in them.
@@huntclanhunt9697 I have never tried it but you're right. That's why it says on the plastic ones, don't cook in it :D
Where can I find good reproduction Vietnam web gear?
Where are you from?
@@VerageAirsoft Canada
@@Alcoholic-Pigeon Fiew, that is a country where I don't have a lot of knowledge of. There are a few good Facebook groups where airsoft reenactors come together, I can send those to you. Maybe there are some fellow Canadians in there.
@@Alcoholic-Pigeon Oh, how is Bill C21 doing? I didn't follow up on this anymore.
I’m thinking my only option is getting the different parts for it separately and putting it together
Can someone link the webbing so I can buy it
It's not that easy to 'just buy the webbing'.it depends on your preference and pouch setup. There is also a difference in the suspenders, different lengths.
so during vietnam war soldiers just stock their pants inside the boots?
They would do all different things. There are even stories about people taping the ends of the pants to keep bugs and other crawlers out. I personally like to do it this way for bugs and sticky plants.
@@VerageAirsoft nice video by the way bro I know u don’t want to ruin your original boots but Rothco has reenactment stuff and the boots aren’t that bad check them out
@@carlosleonardogomezhidalgo1573 Oh, I will. Thanks!
@@VerageAirsoft your welcome bro by the way the rank you have the Sergeant did you putted it on your shirt or when u got the shirt came with it ?
@@carlosleonardogomezhidalgo1573 The shirt is a 12 year old repro shirt and came not with the rank on it.
The reason I have a rank on it is because we played in an vietnam reenactment airsoft team. So we had some kind of structure within the team. Mostly the oldest members had some kind of a rank. We were around 20 people and we had a Sergeant, a gunnery Seargeant and a corporal. All the others were PFC or just private. Ooh also a few spec4s. We had one LT, but he went to a different country and we never had another one. We always said he got lost and we were waiting untill he found his way back. The name tags are mostly from people that were KIA. We did research about that person and found a lot of interesting information.
The whole making of the shirt has a lot of tought to it and that was our way of looking into the history of the Vietnam war.
If this guy is a U.S. Vet of any era I'll give him a pass but if not aren't you a bit old for "playing Army". From this Vets perspective you look ridiculous. Collecting gear of course is a hobby, playing dress up and wearing CIBs is another kettle of fish altogether. Suggestion for you; remove the CIBs and CMBs off of your fatigues. Sacred stuff, you got no business wearing them and can the response that you are doing it to honor recipients.
It took a while before this first comment popped up. We will not find a common ground in an online discussion. I can only say that I wear the outfit with respect for the history about it. It's keeping the history alive.
About the 'playing army' comment, it's an interesting discussion. Is it really playing army or is it playing games in the outdoors. (not talking about this specific uniform, there are specific reenactment airsoft games for this). You probably have seen more of my videos before you made this commment and know that I play airsoft on a regular basis. It's taking gaming into a physical activity, stimulating brain and body at the same time.
Thank you for your feedback
EXACTLY.
Vietnam wasn't an FN Airsoft game. Get a grip, Rambo. Run around your backyard with your rubber knife.
It's been a while when someone like you commented on the video. There is no statement in the video that I say that Vietnam was an Airsoft game. I think you must have a very busy life to comment on all the videos made about airsoft videos, games or reeneactors that every mention the vietnam war.
I had several conversation with Vietnam veterans about what I do and how I do it. I still have to have the first one that stands up to me, irl, and talk without any bit of respect, like the way you do now. Good job on keeping their legacy alive.
bring it back/ fakeopr_willz
Will do :)