Project Kononov - Aug 31 to Sept 2 - 2018

[askhati]

If anyone is interested in joining us in South Africa:

[Halle]

Wow! Looks fantastic , a Balkans scenario - would love to participate as part of 7th SS Waffen Gebirgs Freiwillige Divisione "Prinz Eugen".

South Afrika though , and short notice..

Look forward to the pics guys , please post them here

[askhati]

We chose Balkans because of the climate match with South Africa - 10 months out of 12, it is too hot to wear wool here! We also have the hills and scrub to match, so... fingers crossed!

[askhati]

Less than a month to go - below a shot from another Balkans-themed patrol we did in May.

[askhati]

Event kicking off tomorrow. Photos will be uploaded next week, hopefully!

[Halle]

Event kicking off tomorrow. Photos will be uploaded next week, hopefully!

Looking forward to them!

[askhati]

Really need to learn to resize photos here on the forum too... *facepalm*

[askhati]

IMG-20180902-WA0176 by J M, on Flickr

IMG-20180902-WA0151 by J M, on Flickr

IMG-20180902-WA0144 by J M, on Flickr

IMG-20180902-WA0130 by J M, on Flickr

IMG-20180902-WA0117 by J M, on Flickr

IMG-20180902-WA0114 by J M, on Flickr

IMG-20180902-WA0099 by J M, on Flickr

IMG-20180902-WA0096 by J M, on Flickr

IMG-20180902-WA0092 by J M, on Flickr

IMG-20180902-WA0087 by J M, on Flickr

IMG-20180902-WA0066 by J M, on Flickr

IMG-20180902-WA0062 by J M, on Flickr

IMG-20180902-WA0039 by J M, on Flickr

IMG-20180902-WA0043 by J M, on Flickr

IMG-20180902-WA0047 by J M, on Flickr

IMG-20180902-WA0057 by J M, on Flickr

[Halle]

Looks like you guys had a great time - looks pretty arid out there, what was the average temperature?

[askhati]

7C during the night, 30C by midday. Regardless of whether you had full wool (our Hauptfeldwebel) or stripped-down HBT (everyone else), you suffered. We also went through 3x full jerry cans of water in the space of 24h - roughly 60 liters between 6 guys.

[Halle]

7C during the night, 30C by midday. Regardless of whether you had full wool (our Hauptfeldwebel) or stripped-down HBT (everyone else), you suffered. We also went through 3x full jerry cans of water in the space of 24h - roughly 60 liters between 6 guys.

Outstanding! Hard core...

[askhati]

...and this was the first weekend of spring. By the time December and January rolls on, we have night temperatures of 25~30C and daytime peaks of 35~40C. It gives a very unique window into what the Afrika Korps and other hot-climate units had to go through during the war.