German Army Trouser sizing

[cbreedon]

Does anyone had a size chart for the German army trouser?

What does Gr.6,7, 8 etc mean?

[RECON DOC]

Hope these help.


European Clothing Sizes - Europe Clothing size conversion (http://goeurope.about.com/cs/shopping/l/bl_clothes_size.htm)

German Fashion Phrasebook - Clothing Size Conversion - US Germany ... (http://german.about.com/library/blmode_sizes.htm)

[cbreedon]

thanks

That's part of it but most german sites and German Army clothes have a number size from, it looks like, 1 to 20. These seem to have height and waist integrated into them.

[cbreedon]

I finally found a site that has it

http://stores.ebay.de/Speicher-Berlin/Grosentabelle.html

Althought I have a pair of trousers that say Gr 8 (175-185/90/80) which doesn't match this chart... I think I still need help.

[Vandervahn]

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Althought I have a pair of trousers that say Gr 8 (175-185/90/80) which doesn't match this chart... I think I still need help.

Actually, it DOES match the chart ;)

It goes like this:
8 is the Bundeswehr confectionary size, the other measures are only more specific sizes within that confectionary size (more or less redundant if you know your cenfectionary size)

175-185 is the normal body height range for which the confectionary is intended for. For larger/smaller persons there are special sizes charts.

90/80 is the waist girth/leg length in Millimeters, in inches it would be ~36/31. Note that the leg length is the inner leg length of the TROUSERS, not the person wearing it. Thats why it seems so short.


Anyway, here is a more comparative size list for all german clothing sizes compared to some other popular measurements: http://www.orbit9.de/wissen/kleidergroessen.php

Right the first chart is what applies to normal sized outer clothing (including your trousers), the second chart is for short/fat persons, the third for large/slender persons. The last two items (Brustumfang/Bundweite) mean Chest girth/waist girth in millimeters.

[East Scout]

Trident Militaria has a pretty simple converstion chart on thier site..

[Vandervahn]

Trident Militaria has a pretty simple converstion chart on thier site..

Yup... only problem is that they show the former East German sizes and not the unified (West) German sizes, which this thread is about ;)

[East Scout]

Dunno for sure.. i havent been there in ages but im sure you just saved the universe!

[cbreedon]

thanks Vandervahn... your chart looks like just what I needed....