Hey everyone! Which nation has always had the best uniforms for the army or navy?
>>1308944
Frogs.
>>1308953
I'm liking those red pants.
The Danish army mid 20th century was the goofiest shit
It's gotta be Prussia, man. No other choice.
>Totenkopf
>>1310717
Holy shit. I was literally doing the capcha for this when I saw this pop up. Great minds.
>>1310714
>wait a sec
>>1310720
>Everyone cheering for the Emperor.
>Bismarck is the main fucking figure of the painting.
Those uniforms are boss though.
>>1310874
That is because that specific painting was made for Bismarck's birthday or something. In reality Bismarck wore Prussian Blue like everyone else, and I think he wasn't even on the front row.
>>1310874
So basically how it was in real life?
>>1310714
Helmet is the only bad part
>>1310714
He looks like he's holding in a shit
>>1308953
>Wear bright red trousers in a muddy brown battlefield
>French soldiers get shot to shit, generals realise the disproportionate numbers of casualties resulting from a lack of camoflage
>French generals attempt to redesign the uniforms to fit the requirements of Western Front battlefields
>Get accused by the press of wanting to dress the troops in "Muddy, unglorious colours"
>"La pantalon rouge c'est la France"
> Uniform stays the same, France ends up with one of the highest casualty rates per head out of any nation involved in the conflict
I will admit the colour scheme is nice but it was supremely impractical and arguably lead to thousands of unnecessary casualties
>>1311822
What? The design changed during the war, the red got discarded
>>1312576
Not him, but it got changed as late as 1915. Suggestions to change it were shot down as early as 1912. If the French military command didn't go full retard (as it periodically seems to do in history), the battle of the forntiers would've gone very differently, and might even have ended with trench warfare along the Rhine rather than the Marne.
>>1312576
Instead they made it full blue
Gotta admit that when the sky was clear, it could provide a great camouflage for the one second or so during which they jumped into an enemy trench
>>1312600
>Gotta admit that when the sky was clear, it could provide a great camouflage for the one second or so during which they jumped into an enemy trench
Or, you know... from a distance on relatively flat terrain when poking out over the trenches? Relatively flat terrain that was common on the Western Front?
Also
>Camouflage
>Useful when attacking trenches
U fookin wot m8?
>>1310720
I just realized what bloody madmen Prussian Cuirassiers were by carrying what essentially is a medieval sword in the 19th century.
>>1310717
These are russians
>>1312633
That is not a medieval longsword.
But German Cuirassier swords were too fucking thick and heavy which is uncommon for the era.
>>1312600
It tended to fade to a light gray that was actually pretty effective in the chalky mud of NW France.
>>1308944
>>1311822
The practical late version was /fa/ as fuck too. That blue-gray is way more beautiful than shitty military greens, and arguably better in the context they were used.
>>1308944
Best U.S. uniform coming through
>>1312795
Got some foreign favorites I'll dump too
>>1312734
Japs during winter
>>1312804
It's a great picture, for Frogs
>>1312811
Checked
>>1312813
Last foreign fav
>>1312795
Honestly I always felt that the US uniforms weren't as grand or nice as the rest of the world's.
>>1312818
>just kidding, this is objectively the best.
Just add Rhodesian short-shorts and they would dominate the battlefield looking /fa/ as fuck
>>1312819
That's why I like them, personally. They look like men who are meant to be rugged and powerful... no parade and marching band members.
Like these mongies here: they look cool but the uniforms are so flashy that they lose all threatening value
>>1312831
Yeah I guess you're right. However I am a sucker for bright pretty uniforms
>>1312822
>liking faggot legionarios
Seriously?
>>1312835
So are the ladies, which I guess is why many honor guards and 18th century armies went with it. War was supposed to remain a romantic kind of thing... kind of twisted in a way that we still have that despite video games and other media showing gritty details of combat.
>>1312846
Nah, they have to be the silliest looking soldiers out there. The Rhodesian bit would only complete the fag look
>>1312847
Well that was the work of very effective propaganda as well as demonizing the opponent that a country was fighting. When you look back its kinda sad how well it worked.
>>1312873
No kidding, it is sad I agree
Ottoman regular army uniforms were amazing. Too bad by the time they were using a regular army their fighting wasn't to great.
>>1310714
He reminds me of Fester Addams
>>1312911
they look like garden gnomes
Scottish Highland Regiments
Dutch Army in WW2
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>>1313081
Indonesian troops
>>1313088
Interestingly enough the helmet design was stolen by Romanians and used up to 1990
>>1313090
I feel like early 20th century Irish uniforms had a good blend between continental theatrics and American reservedness
>>1313118
These never existed.
t. Irish lad from the Curragh.
>>1313118
I've always liked this Irish uniform
>>1312633
I MUST
>>1312873
>"Should we just draw a few squiggly lines to show that John's having a nose bleed?"
>"Nah, we should make it look like his entire nasal cavity is trying to puke up the rest of his circulatory system."
>"Got it."
>>1313143
?
Who /ddr/ here
![rowlandson-highland-sword-fencing-1799-hc-print.-advantage-of-shifting-the-leg-[2]-104445-p.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/7Xs1M7v.jpg "rowlandson-highland-sword-fencing-1799-hc-print.-advantage-of-shifting-the-leg-[2]-104445-p.jpg")
>>1312873
Reminds me of this for some reason
>>1312813
looks like he's holding a teeny tiny rifle
>>1312623
>Or, you know... from a distance on relatively flat terrain when poking out over the trenches? Relatively flat terrain that was common on the Western Front?
Yes the bright light sky blue colour the backdrop has when facing the trenches.
The US had nice looking uniforms once.
>>1312822
>>1312811
These """"""""""uniforms"""""""""""" are so all over the place what the hell
>>1313286
this is a fabrication. I'm an underage b8 from curragh, so I know what ireland was like in the 30s.
>>1312804
Is that horse wearing padded armour or a winter coat?
>>1313466
>once
Not as grand as the other uniforms but practical, plus no shoes.
>>1313132
desperatly trying to copy the krauts
>>1313966
You can go to Collins Barracks and see most of that stuff, why do you say it's a fabrication?
>>1312831
they look like larpers
>>1314030
Everyone used to have pickelhaubes and plumes back in the day, even the US and UK.
I think the Napoleonic Wars inspired really nice uniforms from a lot of nations.
>>1314022
Airsofters don't count.
>not posting the GOAT US army uniform
>>1312734
That officer bottom right looks like a fucking fashion model.
French Imperial Guard.
>>1310714
At least the royal guard has neat colors.
/fa/ as fuck
>>1314128
Just a decade off, senpai
>>1315122
>tfw they'll never make a WiC 2
>>1308944
Caroleans were pretty /fa/.
Requesting for napoleonic era cavalry uniforms
>>1313313
uboat
>>1314128
I like how the USMC wore the woodland uniform still with the M1 helmet in Grenada.
>>1312911
Unfortunately your right mate.
Even if they dealt russians quite some blows here and there eventually the 19th century became the worst of them all.
The Confederate States, politics or not, was aesthetic as fuck
>>1315450
Damn right!
>>1312795
It's gotta be the 60's-70's us uniforms though. They were based af
>>1312831
Soldiers have many uniforms though. The mongols wouldn't wear that to war just like the us has their own parade unifoms
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>>1315078
Why do they wave the ancient French flag?
>>1316290
Let's get this rolling
>>1318218
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>>1312818
weon ¿why in the pacific war our uniform was copypaste of the frogs?
>>1310717
>>1318296
Because you didn't copypaste the krauts until after the war.
>>1318296
Why do Spanish-speaking countries use that weird question mark at the beginning of the sentence?
>>1308944
Is this a uniform, if it is PNG wins.
>>1318347
I think i t means that sentence is a question, it's just like putting a question mark at the end to show it's a question and not a statement.
>>1318347
They have it because in the 15th century Spanish scripts would have that so actors can speak their dialogue correctly from the beginning of the sentence giving a better performance. I guess this just became so popular they just introduced it to the regular language
>>1316690
What's with the pool noodles?
>>1320662
Rolled up coats or blankets. Lots of armies carried them like that.
>>1316006
Based Martini Henry
But lets not forget these gems
>>1320833
>>1320834
World War I Germany had the best infantry uniforms in my opinion. Good combination of modern and antique asthetic. Also based M16 Stahlhelms
>>1312795
>>1308944
>Which nation has always had the best uniforms for the army or navy?
The interwar Irish Republic army was probably the classiest while still being practical, using a combination of British and German elements.
I like the Karoline uniform
>>1320962
>>1320964
Better resolution
>>1312964
This.
>>1312964
Agreed.
>>1315194
Stay tuned nigga I gotchu
>>1320877
Those are some weirdass boots.
>>1323086
>>1323089
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>>1323145
>>1323162
>>1323174
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>>1323200
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>>1323211
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>>1323228
Best US uniform coming through.
>>1323285
WW1 Belgians, class motherfuckers
>>1310714
he looks like he's wearing a commie helmet
>>1313074
dem be sum retarded helmets thats fo shure
>>1323444
Except that by the end of 1862 99% of Southern fighting men looked like pic related.
At least the north had consistent uniforms.
>>1323463
and by the end, southern cities were on fire, but that's not how they're normally meant to be
id say that CS uniforms still look the best, even if the weren't the most-issued
>>1312811
>fatty manlets
>shitty uniform
Embarrassing pêh
>>1312633
>Prussian Cuirassiers
Those glorious bastards abhorred using cuirasses cause it was for faggy french. Also taht big ass fuck you sword.
>>1313090
>stolen by Romanians
Well that's not a surprise.
>>1323086
>Those are some weirdass boots
Neither of them are wearing tall boots.They're both wearing marching shoes but with leggings, it's just one of them has leather leggings that were available for officers to buy so it looks a bit like he's wearing tall boots.
>>1312964
nice but overrated
>>1313466
our naval and marine uniforms are usually the best
>>1323444
>the union were the best war fighters
generally no, they did much worse. without advantage in numbers and industry they'd have been unable to win. and I say that acknowledging the rebels had the bad cause.
>>1315450
There is something about their uniforms.
>>1310717
edgy
>>1323463
/fa/ as fuck
also your filename is wrong, they were taken prisoner at Gettysburg.
The US got pretty ornate once. Shame it didn't last long.
>>1324825
REDCOATS
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>>1324986
Puttees are the long strips that wrap around the leg.
>>1323285
Real best US army uniform coming through
>>1313996
Both, the pads were for warmth but also provided protection against glancing blows. The second effect was a side effect though, not the main purpose.
Barding lived for many years, but gunpowder pretty much ended armor for horses even faster than it did for infantry
>>1316641
They were based for sure, but not the best
>>1320877
Checked
>The French are wearing bright red and blue clothes that they stole from the local homeless, should we follow suit?
>mfw
>>1314066
Checked, and they sure do
>>1312811
White capes that double as flags of surrenders in the event that the normal flag cannot be found or was used already.
>>1315040
dem legs
>>1308944
>>1328017
Sorry, wrong pic
>>1320626
TIL
>>1312822
I thought these guys died in the nightclub
>>1313074
>that officer uniform
hnng
>>1323089
bullshit 2nd Edition dragons were much more OP than that.
What is this 5e revisionism?
Hungary.
>>1331710
Romania
The Scots knew their shit back 200+ years ago.
>>1308944
>Army
Prussians
>Navy
US Navy dress for sure.
>>1333666
>galoshes
You're not even trying anymore.
>>1333672
You have to realize that what are known as galoshes now are not what galoshes were to Americans then. What you call galoshes now were known as gumshoes then. The coverings for the upper part of a boot were known as galoshes in the U.S. until after WWII. They're called leggings today, but they weren't back then.
![IMG_6638[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/Wsrm1R8.jpg "IMG_6638[1].jpg")
>>1333679
Just in case someone actually believes you.
>>1324047
>>1333666
>>1333679
No, those are leggings (canvas type and leather).
Putees were a long cloth bandage that was wound round the lower leg. Dating from mid-19th century (the British picked up the practice in dusty India), they were mostly superceded by the 1930s by canvas web anklets (sometimes erroneously called puttees, even by British soldiers).
Now, the pagri on the other hand...
>>1333708
Anklets, web.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PwOMQRNBm8
Gaan Geordie! Whey hey man!
Found this when looking for anklet video. 93 year-old Grenadier Guards vet talks about the P37 Web equipment.
He served in the 8th Army in North Africa. Neat old fellow, very well spoken.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiHqQVH4k0E
>>1312831
they look like they work for MING the MERCILESS
dun dun dun dun FLASH-AHha
>>1323489
What a sick burn(ing of Atlanta)
>>1333775
Too soon?
>>1333753
Mild kek, thanks anon
>>1330561
Another mild kek, nice way to end the night. Thanks anons
>>1313090
>adopting a foreign helmet design
>stealing
Lol i bet you're a salty Hungarian cunt
>>1308944
Fuck modern war man, nobody has cool uniforms anymore.
>>1333622
The UK has the best hats.
>>1308944
You know what i never understood? Even when armour was being replaced with cloth we still kept helmets around, even now we've kept the helmet, anyone know why?
>>1334995
No I have no idea why anyone would want to protect their head.
>>1312734
>bottom right
"Dr. Paver, I'm Kempeitai"
>>1315040
r u selous
>>1308944
prussia>russia>uk>austria>france
french imperial uniforms looked goofy as fuck desu
>>1312633
Straight swords are more aesthetic than curved swords
>>1334958
Radu, calm down. Nobody's going to hurt you, there is no need to be so upset. Now show me on this doll where the big bad Hungarian touched you.
>>1335029
Wut?
Napoleonic French unforms were based
>>1334995
To protect from shrapnel, the use of helmets was reintroduced in WW1 when modern artillery appeared.
![tumblr_nkhmizU8X51s68kuyo1_r1_1280[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/RzMkJr1.jpg "tumblr_nkhmizU8X51s68kuyo1_r1_1280[1].jpg")
>>1313313
Strichtarn best tarn
I like the BEF 1914 uniforms.
Nice, green and the peaked cap is really nice
