kammo-man Posted August 17, 2018 Share #76 Posted August 17, 2018 Here’s a great one with an old fashioned rifle Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KommandoPost Posted January 23, 2019 Share #77 Posted January 23, 2019 I found this TAP 47/53 smock at my local swap meet several years ago with a USAF sage green jacket. I can't conclusively prove it but I think they belonged to the same person since they were the only 2 Vietnam era items the seller had and because both items have the same "bleach" marks on them. The TAP 47/53 also seems to have some stitch remnants of ARVN jump wings above the right pocket. It also had Mitchell camo shelter half fabric as reinforcements on the cuffs. Would it even make sense for a USAF advisor to have worn this? This is the USAF jacket: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 23, 2019 Share #78 Posted January 23, 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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riflegreen297 Posted January 26, 2019 Share #80 Posted January 26, 2019 Fantastic jacket and beret D. Was it framed like that when you got it or did you have it done? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doyler Posted January 26, 2019 Share #81 Posted January 26, 2019 Fantastic jacket and beret D. Was it framed like that when you got it or did you have it done? Thanks The vet had it framed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toitoine66 Posted September 10, 2019 Share #82 Posted September 10, 2019 Somes pictures of my TAP 47/56 resized to the "Colonel Bigeard way" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toitoine66 Posted September 10, 2019 Share #83 Posted September 10, 2019 second part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M422A1 Posted September 10, 2019 Share #84 Posted September 10, 2019 I think I have several shelter quarters made with this pattern of camo. I have not looked at them for a while so I am not positive. They were sold to me as "FFL" zeltbahns as used in Africa. I got them so cheap, I did not care if this was true or not. I think they all have 1950's dates on them, but I might be wrong. I do think the base color on them was more tan than green and they reversed to solid tan. I guess I need to do some digging... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toitoine66 Posted September 10, 2019 Share #85 Posted September 10, 2019 Well with somes pictures we could help you to indentified them I had done a little post about the differents type of TAP 47 in an other forum I could publish it there: - Veste de saut 47/51 Bariolée: Kaki: - Veste de saut 47/52 Algérie: - Veste de saut 47/53 - Veste de saut 47/54 for the TAP 47/56 you have a lot of exemple in this topic already ! Be carfull there is a lot of Greek or African remake of this pattern the stamps, the cut and the colors are not the sames A.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M422A1 Posted September 17, 2019 Share #86 Posted September 17, 2019 Here is one of my shelter quarters: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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toitoine66 Posted September 17, 2019 Share #92 Posted September 17, 2019 hello yeah I see what it is, this is a Mle 1951 tent and poncho, they was used during the Algeria war and also a little bit during the Indochina war too. That 's not something realy rare we can find somes for 5€ but still a nice thing to have this one is from 1954 and was made at the Nante factory. The triangular form mean this is a early model made from 1951 to 1956. This was also used during the Algerian war and even in the 70's as cover helmet like on this TAP mle 51 : A.S Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toitoine66 Posted September 17, 2019 Share #93 Posted September 17, 2019 This is how it look when its set up as tent this can be also set with the german 1931 Zeltbahn reused by the french after the war and in Indochina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M422A1 Posted September 17, 2019 Share #94 Posted September 17, 2019 Thanks for the information. They don't seem to be too common here in the U.S. I bought the 5 or 6 that I have back in the 80's and since then I have only seen a few others at gun shows & militaria shows. All the ones I have are un-issued except for one and I think that I sold that one to a friend about ten years ago. I was told that they were made at one of the French factories that made zeltbahns for the German army during WWII. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toitoine66 Posted September 17, 2019 Share #95 Posted September 17, 2019 Yeah there we can find this really easely but maybe one day they will start to be more wanted like the jackets TAP 47 56.... 10 years ago they were really easy to find at a good price... nowdays that's difficult to find one under 100€ some time you can find it into the Halloween section but the sellers are more and more informed about the price of military things there was my little impression of an FFL NCO in Indochina with my Mle 1951 Poncho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M422A1 Posted September 17, 2019 Share #96 Posted September 17, 2019 Nice impression! Are those USMC P42's that you are wearing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toitoine66 Posted September 17, 2019 Share #97 Posted September 17, 2019 Yes this is a P42 trouser and an Denison smoke as jacket yea after WW2 the french used a lot of differents uniforms, weapons and gears from the differents major armies like USA, UK, Germany and of course french stuff also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toitoine66 Posted September 18, 2019 Share #98 Posted September 18, 2019 Hey there I found this nice pic with an 47 /56 in 'Nam (could be a 53 ) A.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toitoine66 Posted September 18, 2019 Share #99 Posted September 18, 2019 2 others pictures with the french TAP LRRP in germany: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earlymb Posted September 19, 2019 Share #100 Posted September 19, 2019 Hey there I found this nice pic with an 47 /56 in 'Nam (could be a 53 ) kkl2.jpg A.S. Very interesting pic, the beaver tail and lack of back pockets make it either a TAP 47/52 or 47/53 smock, the main difference being in the tabs around waist and wrists (not visible here). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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