Hitler's Generals in the Bundeswehr and NVA

[Your Old Comrade]

[Ugo]

Not all Reich generals were convicted. But the manic obsession of "your old comrade" with the Wehrmacht is alarming.

[rothaer]

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Absolutely nice with the NVA outfit and traditions.

I just wonder why the old helmet was not used, as there was nothing wrong with that as also current derivates in the US show. The new helmet was developed in 1944 for the Wehrmacht but Hitler rejected it as it didn't look good and I much agree to that.

[Sacrificed Ram]

This is not only a problem of Germany or Bundeswehr. Militaries, politicians and other participants from that regime were spreaded worldwide.

[Your Old Comrade]

Absolutely nice with the NVA outfit and traditions.

I just wonder why the old helmet was not used, as there was nothing wrong with that as also current derivates in the US show. The new helmet was developed in 1944 for the Wehrmacht but Hitler rejected it as it didn't look good and I much agree to that.

I have heard that the helmet was actually uncomfortable for the wearer. The M1 was just superior to it.

[rothaer]

I have heard that the helmet was actually uncomfortable for the wearer. The M1 was just superior to it.

I can just speculate that it was an intentional optic deviation for not re-doing it "too much" in the eyes of the Soviet Union etc. It's noteworthy that that politics were possible at all.

[Your Old Comrade]

I can just speculate that it was an intentional optic deviation for not re-doing it "too much" in the eyes of the Soviet Union etc. It's noteworthy that that politics were possible at all.

It's very typical that, however well-trained the NVA were, they were hopelessly outclassed by the Bundeswehr in terms of training, the efficiency of the command structure, numbers and equipment. They wouldn't have stood a chance against NATO. The Red Army was even worse off: I read that by the 1980s, only half to 60 percent of their equipment was combat ready.