Tropenhose M40, kurz – Shorts
A reproduction of the German army M40 tropical shorts, made in Bangladesh. Photographed in summer sunlight, these dark olive tropical shorts look much lighter than the material actually is. However, after repeated washing and regular wear in desert conditions, they will probably look just as light as in the picture.
Tropenhose M40 in Miniature
- German Afrika Korps, 1:72 Atlantic 1569
- German Afrika Korps, 1:72 ESCI P-206
- German Afrika Korps – 2nd Edition (1973), 1:76 Airfix 01711
- German Afrika Korps, 1:76 Matchbox 5004 (40904)
- German Afrika Korps – 1st Edition (1962), H0/00 Airfix 01711
The dark olive of the M40 repro tropical trousers compared with our mixture of ten parts Tamiya XF-90 »Red Brown 2« and four parts Tamiya XF-63 »German Grey«, B.S. 381C »Khaki Green № 3«, and Revell 36.362 »Reed Green RAL 6013«. The official colour of the M40 tropical trousers was reed green, a desaturated, muted green that differs only slightly from the green melange of the M40 paratrooper smock.