Although variety in uniforms seems to be one of the least important aspects of World War One, here are a trio of snippets in that connection. The new German infantry training regulations in 1906 took note of the lessons of the Boer War and the Russo-Japanese conflicts and in 1910 colourful parade uniforms had all been replaced by utilitarian field grey. Turkish infantry wore longish skirted tunics in the German pattern, sometimes grey-green but other times drab or a yellow-grey. They wore the Enver helmet, a sort of pith-helmet which complied with the Moslem prohibition of shading the eyes, but at the same time gave more protection than did the fez. At Caporetto in 1917, Italian infantry wore gray-green service dress and a steel helmet of the French pattern, the Bersaglieri their crack infantry adorned it with a bunch of cock feathers. Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 171 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1976 by Donald Featherstone. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com