I'm wanting to set up some forces to defend the island of Bornholm, as well as the rest of Denmark, in various scales, but primarily 1/144th and 1/100th.
I know the troops there during this period could be a rather eclectic mix of both new and olde weaponry and uniforms, right up thru the end of the Cold War in the late 1980s. Apparently, first line troops could/would have the most up to date uniforms, helmets, and weaponry, but some of the Home Defense troops could be equipped with even WWII weaponry (BARs, MG42s, US and British WWII rifles, etc.), and surplus uniforms.
From most of the images I've seen on-line, it looks like the troops usually wore the US M-1 helmets, but some had British style uniforms and webbing. I've seen a few with black berets too, but don't know how common that would be, especially in combat.
Did the Danish infantry and/or Home Guard troops wear a lot of black berets, or was this only done by those using vehicles - tank crews and those using Landrovers, APCs, etc.?
Did they also wear US-style, or surplus uniforms too, or just British kit?
What I'm interested in is determining which figures I can/should use to represent them, since I'm not aware of anyone making Danish troops in either scale.
I'm thinking about either using Pendraken's US Korean War US troops in M-1 helmets for these, and/or perhaps some of the British Korean War troops too (those in berets - their "Commando" range troops - especially the prone 3.5" bazooka figs). Not sure I want to lop off heads from the British to replace those figs with US M-1 helmets in this scale, for their "Winter" troops.
I suppose the Argentine troops from Pendraken's Falklands range could also be used too, in a pinch, since the FNs look closest to the G3 rifles, for more modern weaponry.
Not sure what to use for 1/100th scale, but perhaps West German infantry for the more modern Danes, since they have the olde M-1 helmets and proper G3 rifles.
I'd appreciate comments on the latter, larger scale figures too.