A North Carolina state legislator says he supports the military, but a flyer prepared by his campaign could lead some to question which country's.
Democrat Tim Spear's campaign has apologised after inadvertently sending voters a leaflet showing actors in World War II-era German uniforms

The flyer read: "In combat, you always want another soldier covering your back."

That's embarrasing. Hopefully his opponent won't try to compare him to Hitler. Wouldn't put it past the GOP though.

Even worse I think those guys in the picture are playing SS

Someone's going to get fired?

Definitely.
There was also another poster here for the Potomac College or something of that nature saying they were geared towards military students. The poster featured a soldier wearing a British desert combat uniform.

How could you make such a mistake? Ok, they're facing the other way and the camo could be mistaken for American's in the pacific but just look at the helmets and I suppose their posture. Doesn't look very much like Americans. Either somebody doesn't know their history or they had a train to catch and copy and pasted anything that would look good!

It would not be a problem for this type of mistake. It is why you are required to proof advertisement and sign off on it. After you do that you pay for the ad, even if mistakes are found later.

People in advertising are not necessarily "into military stuff" and just used some file footage.

This ad leaves the politician with egg on his face and the advertising company paid, but not likely to get repeat business.

The gun that the far right soldier is holding looks like a Karabiner, though I can't tell what kind of model. Also, the same soldier's upper clothing is definitely not German

Originally Posted by Korean Seaboy

The gun that the far right soldier is holding looks like a Karabiner, though I can't tell what kind of model. Also, the same soldier's upper clothing is definitely not German

What the camo clothing? Oh no, the Germans did wear that. Can't remember how common it was but it was worn.

Maybe it was mistaken for multicam