The following is a general overview of the Heer main uniforms, used by the German Army prior to and during World War II.
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Uniforms of the Heer as the ground forces of the Wehrmacht were distinguished from other branches by two devices: the army form of the Wehrmachtsadler or Hoheitszeichen (national emblem) worn above the r… See more

When the Nazis came to power in early 1933 the Reichswehr, the armed forces of the Weimar Republic, were near the end of a two-year project to redesign the Army Feldbluse (field blouse). Beginning in that year the ne… See more

The Waffenrock (military coat) was descended from that introduced by the Prussian Army in 1842 and rapidly adopted by the other German states. In its Wehrmacht form as issued in 1935, it was a formfitting t… See more

The Panzer uniform (German: Sonderbekleidung der Panzertruppen lit. 'Special Clothing for the Panzer Troops') consisted of black wool hip-length double-breasted jacket and trousers, with skulls on the collar p… See more

Early in the war, this consisted of heavy wool greatcoats (a similar pattern was issued to East German border guards until 1989). They had silver dimpled buttons that did not reflect the light and were sometimes painted gre… See more