Shoulder tabs. Puckered along the bottom. Hang below pistol belt, and they weren’t wearing jungles in Berlin in 1961. Thoughts?
And any guesses what that is above the holster? I thought perhaps a nightstick, but that’s all you see of it. Unless it’s one of those telescoping ones like I own, which I doubt.
Edit: From a different photo I see it’s a bayonet.
Do you mean how to make/modify/represent such a jacket in 1/35?
No. I was wondering what it was. It’s just so thin. But photos show that it’s not as thick as the later one I remember wearing. Now I’m sure it is the M-61 - I’m almost sure of it now.
Easy to do. In fact I’ll use the figure from Tamiya’s US Commnad set. The feet are in almost the exact same position.
Well, conceivably it was being worn without the liner?
Without teaching you to suck eggs here’s how I initially tackled the one on my MP figure recently:
and the jacket itself which I’m sure you’re more than familiar with:
Is that the jacket with a hood zippered into the collar? And didn’t it have a removable liner which would have made the jacket thicker?
The M1965 field jacket introduced the new collar with the hood that stored inside the back of the collar. It also had the attachment points for the older button on parka hood. The older types had a removable hood that could be buttoned on. And I do believe that all had a removable liner, at least the post WWII types. I’d have to look at my M1943 in a storage bin to confirm if that type also had the buttons for a liner. The M1951 certainly did have the removable liner.
As I understand it the M-1951 Field Jacket was replaced by the M-1965 version, if it’s the later one you’re referring to. I should think both are indistinguishable for one another in 1/35.
The only difference would be the slightly different shape of the collar corners. On the M1965 the corners are rounded off and have a button hole sewn in. Depending upon the degree of detail in the figure, this may or may not be reproduced.
Looks like I have the M 1965 jacket. I was very fond of wearing it…when it still fit! 
And the fasteners. I’ll post photos of the US soldier when I get that far. Many other irons in the fire at the moment.
Yes, the wrist cuffs are fasted with Velcro on the M1965. All the older ones had button cuff wrists.
Someone else asked, so 'Im posting this for everyone’s benefit - the strong side bayonet/holster setup. It’s the only other photo I have.
Having looked at the other pic, and this one, I’m not sure what it is; at first, an M79 grenade launcher sprang to mind, but really? On the other hand, they do crop up where one leasts expects to see them.
Besides, weren’t these pics stills from the Italian film “Oggi a Berlino” from 1962?
Yes, and I mention it in the Standoff Berlin thread. Still, a cool scene which I’m sure was repeated almost daily.
I knew it was from somewhere I just forgot where - definitely an age thing(!)
I was involved with a few more heated confrontations, although the uniforms were Soviet, not East German. Oh, except for that time I almost ran over a Vopo on an autobahn in the DDR. He was not happy.
