Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 63 - Drillich The Drillichanzug (fatigue uniform), or "Drillich", was designed to be worn for work details to protect and prolong the useful life of the wool field uniform The Drillich could be worn over the field uniform, or buy itself, and was sometime worn outside of combat areas in lieu of the field uniform in hot weather
German WWII Reed Green Drill Tunic - At the Front Reproduction of the "Reed Green" fatigue tunic worn by German troops throughout WWII Initially issued in unbleach white, the Drillich uniform was originally intended for work details and training duties
Drillich - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Substantivisation of Middle High German drilich, from Old High German drilīh, a borrowing from Latin trilix (“triple-threaded”) Drillich m (strong, genitive Drillichs, plural Drilliche)
Clothes Make The Man – DDR Militaria The Drillich, meant as an all purpose work, training and field uniform, was in its entirety made of heavy, grey cotton with a distinctive herringbone twill pattern (Fischgrät) This uniform featured insignia and buttons commonly found on the service uniforms and had reinforcements around the elbows, drawstrings in the back and was completely
Drillich Fatigue Uniforms - TR UNIFORMS - World Militaria Forum I thought I would start a thread on the lowly German Fatigue uniform This is the plain-Jane uniform that was issued to every serviceman for fatigue duty This was referred to by the Germans as a "drillich" (ticking) cotton uniform made in the style that we Americans call "herringbone twill" (HBT)
Reproduction First and Second Pattern German Army HBT Uniforms This uniform was called the “Drillichanzug,” literally HBT uniform (“Drillich” is the German word for herringbone twill fabric) It was made of undyed fabric, and was a two-piece uniform, with a simple unlined jacket with 2 lower patch pockets, and straight-legged trousers