KAR in the WW2 East African Campaign

[traveller]

It seems impossible to find suitable KAR figures for this campaign. Can any uniform purist advice if WW1 Aussies could do?

[Plynkes]

Judge for yourself...




Main thing wrong with WWI Aussies, apart from the fact they are white, is their webbing. KAR wore both shorts and trousers in WWII, so that isn't quite so important. Chindits or World War TWO Aussies might be a better starting point.

[traveller]

Thanks Plynkes,

The colour issue would be solved with some Vallejo chocolate brown 
I have some photos where the KAR do not wear any ammo pouches, that made me think that the Aussies might do ( had to find a reason to buy those new ones from Brigade you see...). You proved me wrong so I will try the Chindit route, if I can find some without beards that is...

[Plynkes]

The KAR may well still have been using the old webbing at the start of the war. But I have only seen 37 Pattern (or as you say, none at all) on them in pictures from WWII. I couldn't tell you for sure. Histories and memoirs never mention that kind of thing, and I don't think there's an Osprey that covers it.

[dadlamassu]

I think I'd go for WW2 Gurkhas in shorts



Though Australians wight well do.  This photo is dated 1941 in East Africa

[traveller]

Great images, thanks!