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English: Photo taken on May 8, 2019 at the Lofoten War Memorial Museum (Lofoten Krigsminnemuseum) in Svolvær, Norway. The museum exhibits uniforms, militaria, memorabilia, smaller items, etc. related to World War II, the German occupation of Norway 1940 – 1945, and the Third Reich era:
  • Panzer uniform, WW2 tank crew's uniform of German Wehrmacht
    • Peaked field cap (Einheitsfeldmütze model 1943), ski cap
    • Tunic, wrapper jacket (Panzer Feldjacken), black wool hip-length double-breasted jacket
    • Belt, holster
    • Headset with throat microphone
etc.
From the wikipedia article on 'Uniforms of the Heer (1935–1945)':
The Panzer uniform (German: Sonderbekleidung der Panzertruppen lit. 'Special Clothing for the Panzer Troops') consisted of a black wool hip-length double-breasted jacket with skulls on the collar patches instead of Litzen and, officially until 1942, collar piping in Waffenfarbe (usually the rose-pink of the armor branch). The color and Totenköpfe (skulls) were chosen due to their similarity to the uniforms of August von Mackensen's Black Hussars, and also for practical reasons: the black color made oil stains less visible and a short jacket was less likely to get caught in the machinery. Although the jacket could be buttoned to the neck in cold weather, ordinarily it was worn open-collar with a field grey or mouse grey shirt and (in theory) a black necktie.
Originally a large black beret was worn over a hardened-felt helmet. This proved cumbersome and unnecessary and on 27 March 1940 a black version of the standard M34/M38 sidecap was authorized; later in the war the M43 field cap in black was worn. Officers frequently wore old-style (altere Art) 'crusher' peaked caps.
The similarities between the Panzer uniform and the SS uniform, led to many Panzer crewmen to be shot by Allied soldiers, who assumed the crewmen to be SS members.
The Totenkopf collar insignia of the army's Panzerwaffe was in the ancient jawless Danziger style, while the 'classic' SS skull had a more naturalistic design with grinning jaws, a version that replaced the original 1929 skull from 1934 on.
See also panzerworld.com on the uniforms of German Armored Forces.
  • Zerknallgefahr warning sign
  • NSU Motorfahrrad/Motorrad, German military motorcycle/motorbike
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  • Another Panzer uniform at Lofoten Krigsminnemueum (2019)
    Another Panzer uniform at Lofoten Krigsminnemueum (2019)
  • Another Panzer uniform at Lofoten Krigsminnemueum (2019)
    Another Panzer uniform at Lofoten Krigsminnemueum (2019)
  • Panzersoldat mit Kopfhörer 1941
    Panzersoldat mit Kopfhörer 1941
  • Schütze der Panzertruppen mit Kopfhörer 1940
    Schütze der Panzertruppen mit Kopfhörer 1940
  • Sowjetunion, Süd.- Don/Stalingrad.- Panzersoldat mit Fernglas und Kopfhörer im Turm eines Panzer, Schützenpanzer und Panzer II in Fahrt 1942
    Sowjetunion, Süd.- Don/Stalingrad.- Panzersoldat mit Fernglas und Kopfhörer im Turm eines Panzer, Schützenpanzer und Panzer II in Fahrt 1942
  • Offizier der Panzertruppe (Panzerkommandant, Leutnant) mit Kopfhörer und Fernglas, Nordfrankreich 1943
    Offizier der Panzertruppe (Panzerkommandant, Leutnant) mit Kopfhörer und Fernglas, Nordfrankreich 1943
  • Sowjetunion.- Panzersoldaten (mit Ritterkreuz) in Winterkleidung im Panzerturm; Soldat mit Kopfhörer einen Zettel in der Hand haltend January 1944
    Sowjetunion.- Panzersoldaten (mit Ritterkreuz) in Winterkleidung im Panzerturm; Soldat mit Kopfhörer einen Zettel in der Hand haltend January 1944
  • Panzersoldat mit Kopfhörer und Kehlkopfmikrofon im Panzerturm, Sowjetunion, Süd, August 1942
    Panzersoldat mit Kopfhörer und Kehlkopfmikrofon im Panzerturm, Sowjetunion, Süd, August 1942
  • Italien, bei Florenz/Ravenna.- Panzer V "Panther", Panzersoldat (Unteroffizier der Panzertruppe, Fahrer) mit Kopfhörer aus Feldflasche trinkend 1944
    Italien, bei Florenz/Ravenna.- Panzer V "Panther", Panzersoldat (Unteroffizier der Panzertruppe, Fahrer) mit Kopfhörer aus Feldflasche trinkend 1944

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