What does a war time pattern camo net look like?
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Originally Posted by Neil Ashley
Does anyone actually have a 100% war-time manufacture camo net. Its not the sort of thing you would expect to be retained for any long period after they went out of use.
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A couple of years ago I purchased a net that was advertised as a "WWII surplus camo net" from a surplus dealer in the Midwest. The net was 15' square and made of cloth and lacked the burlap scrim. An extensive search of local Texas surplus stores, Omaha included, turned up four rolls (two dark brown, one light brown, one green) of burlap scrim. I was told at the time of purchase that the scrim rolls were NOS and dated from WWII. The rolls were lacking any marking so I couldn't confirm the shopkeeper's claim. However, the scrim neatly fit the 2" squares in the net and when compared to other reenactor's WWII camo nets they were very similar. I don't know if Commonwealth armies used a different camo net than the U.S. did, but I'm content that mine is accurate enough for display. The four rolls of scrim would do a lot of nets, so if anyone has the net with the 2" squares and is lacking the scrim, let me know. Derek.
P.S. Don'tcha just love the name of the road that Omaha Surplus is located on!