wwii axis reenactment forum

I feel I have some apologies to make. After what Was witnessed at W&P this year all European groups must hang there heads in shame. Im not sure what it was supposed to be. But it was badly made and parked somwhere it shouldnt of been! After a few hours of the 85th GJ thinking it belonged to Das ...

Where have all the Russian reenactors gone? There were loads at Detling 2 years ago. Even the battle was an eastern front one. They had tanks the lot. Whats happend to them all?

Shes a Norwegian front sister. Redcross volunteers who were assigned to one of the SS mountain Divisions.

barryG wrote:Tom Cruise didnt feel any need to adopt an accent in Valkaryie and he was getting paid

Ralph Finnes did and his performance was much better

If you read my earlyier posts you will see I was not talking about "pretty pictures". But pictures do give insight into where a particular scene is in reenactment. The euro lads are time after time posting pics that "up the anti". Not just on "pretty picture" level. But...

Which part? Europe vs UK or preffered reenacting being public events?

Good post Dave - and I agree....... one is sitting in a field - the other is reliving an experience....... Oh the times they are a changing....... thing is Paul you can re live the experiance just by sitting in a field. http://i54.tinypic.com/2dty5cp.jpg But for some reason people seem apposed to i...

If anybody is thinking of giving up, don't because you will always regret it imho, i love this hobby and nobody is going to force me out of it, if you are not getting on with members of your group or in my case people take a dislike to you for some reason?, just move to another group, or do what i ...

I think Upping the game with regards to those things is part of it Paul. But I also think people need to start looking at what they want out of this hobby. Is it just about dressing up on a weekend or do you want somthing more? There needs to be a clearer line between for what the most part people s...

As somone who has given it up recently heres my 2 pennies. My main Issue was Kit. Some were keen to up there game in this department. Others were almost apposed to it. The group descended into debate over this topic more than once and it always got more than a little heated. During the same period I...

VDV Paratrooper, Afghanistan 1988. Still work to be done but the basics are there.

JDR wrote:i have found a stick in the shape of a gun and if i hold the stick in the same way as i would hold any other firearm and make a ratatat noise would the VCR bill apply or could i convert the stick to fire blanks or acorns

Quality!

I have their cap firing MP 40 and mine works. I have not had a problem with it, and the order went fine. As for true "blank" if you are in the states and you don't have a class III, get a semi auto MP 40 if they make one and buy surplus 9mm blank ammo, and if you have a class III get a fu...

Final Reductions

[FJ]-mustard-[39-45] wrote:I need it for 7.62mm ... Ryton only has 7.92

Ill see what we have at work.