wwii axis reenactment forum

Got mine yesterday, and my god Paul rocks! it was worth the cash, it was worth the wait... I have a original soldbuch as well and compares them, and its really hard to tell the difference between them :O unfortunly I dont have a camera so I cant post pics of what I got, but I can promise its top not...

John Wilson wrote:Thanks to all, I think you are correct with the russian one.
I feel as if I've been blooded My first red army thing to own

put fake blood on it, and show it of as "combat souvenir" then

http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=40&t=61945

Thanks very much for your help Kamerad Is there anyway you could find the guys name out using the net Cheers Jb Think its nearly impossible, you need the units Erkennungsmarkenverzeichnis (Units list of all personal with their dogtag numbers) to translate that number into a name. Dont know if Wast ...

I Tryed but the scanner is baked.... :cry: I will try later again when someone maby knows how to work it lol.. The Blutgruppe is B And the number is 1409 But i wanted to know was this unit a WH or LW and what does (lg) mean? Thanks Jb Luftgau-Nachrichten-Regiment wich makes it a LW unit. cant find ...

Like the fact that the top one is plastered in T34 track lengths!! First pic I see this ... but why not? There must be tousands of destroyed T34s on the battlefield in the east! :wink: Not the first or the last pic ive seen, and read a few accounts of them being added. it ads to armour pretty good,...

Looks like its russian, I have a russian snow suit and it looks the same as yours on the pics.

Hi! Just bought a Soldbuch, and sitting and reading in it I found something intressting, on page 15 the officer who did the check of the book wrote 1.Dez 1943, but "De" was in normal handwritting while the "z" was written in sütterlin! How common was it to mix the handstiles? /Th...

Helmut Schegel wrote:In the early years many of the horses were former British Army; as the British motorised their Army, they sold their horses to the Wehrmacht.

Ironic Really

This beats ewery AFV out there in "reenacting"

Good work!

/Thomas

I love those photos! keep it up!!!

i take it that it is a big job to change tracks from the road type to transportation type ones for rail movement , and vice versa Doubt its much problem really, as the tank is functioning when you do it. you simply put the new track infront of teh tank (one side at the time). Remove link of the tra...

i take it that it is a big job to change tracks from the road type to transportation type ones for rail movement , and vice versa Doubt its much problem really, as the tank is functioning when you do it. you simply put the new track infront of teh tank (one side at the time). Remove link of the tra...

I read somewhere that later in the war tanks where moved by train if they had to travel more than 50km .... to save fuel and wear on the tanks. :| :roll: Its a werry valid point. especially because back in the days you didnt have rubber pads on the tracks. 1.tanks are heavy, using them wear on the ...

:wink: Fine if you just happen to fly over a Nazi party rally, but probably not much use over the trenches!! Could be pretty useful against those retreating german columns in 44-45... :roll: But cant see why they bothered? 71rounds aint much and it goes away fast, normal personel bombs would work b...