wwii axis reenactment forum

Please boys, lets not turn this into a pissing match on other units. I am really just looking for some insightful knowledge on how to change this? anyone have any recruiting tricks you can share? Jugenkrieger, I don't mean this as a diss against the SS-lufty crew,We in GD work very closely with bot...

Ya know, now that you point that out , I think its because the ss-lufty boys get to wear "cool camo". yea thats it! Us heers boys get very little of it , BUT !! we (Das heers) are a majority in other words we out number you ss-lufty twits, at least we should anyway.

Holy s**t I could buy a Wla 45 for about 13,000 US completely restored etc and about the same for a Jeep,Kaiser or Ford. sombody got ripped off.

Don't be too surprised if you see an uptick in thefts related to ww2 eqipment especially vehicles, they used to be (on the US market anyway) nitch market items worth somthing only to someone who realy wanted one, however with the interest in classic/antique car collecting ( and the absolutly fucking...

Intresting, worth a read if nothing else to find out what the acedemic worlds(not the most reality based peaple I know)take on reenacters is. Although from my personal experience most peaple who attend military shows (Reading air show comes to mind) have one of several reactions, indifference thru s...

Evening all, Been cleaning me guns tonight and had a bit of a mishap with the K98 bolt. It's looking like this now, and i can't get it to slide in right. http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y182/kidooshi/bolt.jpg I'm thinking it's all to do with the pin marked - but it's been that long since i busted ...

Thanks guys thats exactly what i needed...... Franz..tell the secret then kamerad !!!!!! and how common was the A frame use in combat ? Regards LLoyd Hi Lloyd, as a WL Field Division soldier, you can not use a A-frame, because the WL Y-strap Suspender has no double straps and no D-rings. You can no...

I found this a while ago, does anyone have an idea how to get this out of the US? :cry: They don't ship outside of the US.... http://www.e-gunparts.com/DisplayAd.asp?chrProductSKU=1047070&chrSuperSKU=&MC= :shock: Wow :shock: their reproducing them now! Pm me I live around the corner from th...

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3290/3048354612_fea6c995e0_o.jpg Probably the best picture I’ve seen on here since joining. and it proves what can be achieved with late war uniforms and no fancy SS camo. Credit where credit is due, excellent work chaps. Just one question.........What program was use...

Can,t read it ? ? ? Is my punctuation that bad

My great uncle (if he was still alive) would definatly have had something to say about this,not in polite company though, Dieter

:shock: wow :shock: , they've got to be new recruits, the boots,belts & bayonet frogs are brand new, even the uniforms sqeak :shock:. You realize the we just gained some insite on how new eqipment was issued and how much of it had to be finished by the soldaten themselves, this also explains to...

Gliderinf wrote:I think the soutache are Yellow. there is one that apears red - but if you look at the red line - it does not follow the soutache - it looks more like an effect of the colour film.

I WANT THEM BOOTS !!!!!

You and me both , bty ya notice they don't have soulder straps either. Dieter

thank you, happy to be here. Sean

Bear in mind gentlmen that the snipers in Vietnam were Americans, the german army definatly did things differently, one thing I do know is when you first got into basic every soldaten was tested for basic aptitude and abilitys (machine gunners are an exellent example) and they played on the strength...