A question from oo6oo7 in the Barracks regarding the choice of colors for the pants on the new Axis soldier: "I was wondering why the decision was made to color the pants gray and not feldgrau, which is a more green color (the same as the tunic?"

BLOO: In 1940, the most common trouser (langhosen) color was Stone Gray (Steingrau) as part of the M36 group of kit.  Field Gray (Feldgrau) color trousers began to be produced in Early 1940 but were not really available until the Eastern Front fighting began in 1941.  Because of the tremendous quantity of already produced stone gray trousers, feldgrau was not really predominant until mid-war:"...the Army had well over 15,000,000 pair of stone gray trousers already issued to the troops, plus millions more in stock and millions of yards in stockpiled stone gray wool. This ensured that stone gray remained the predominant color of Heer trousers until mid-war."