Reenactment photo

Post by **DARIVS ARCHITECTVS** » Thu Sep 21, 2006 3:05 am

Photo of me as a Waffen SS machinegunner at a public WWII event and air show.
It was a great event!

stearmandriver · Post by **stearmandriver** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:31 am

Mensch, bist du spitze. Du schuast wie ein echte Soldat.

Post by **DARIVS ARCHITECTVS** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 2:34 am

Vielen Dank, mein Herr. Reenactment macht Spass!

Post by **URAR1004** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 5:46 am

What does the round can hold?

CRA · Post by **CRA** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 8:55 am

Gas mask canister

Gas was heavily used in WWI and Hitler almost lost his eyesight in a gas attack.

The use of poision gas was discontinued by all sides in WWII but every soldier had to carry one just in case.

Post by **IMBLITZVT** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 9:51 am

Cool lets see some more!

smoggle · Post by **smoggle** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 12:37 pm

URAR1004 wrote:What does the round can hold?

Bier oder schnapps!

Post by **Demontrooper** » Fri Sep 22, 2006 1:14 pm

lol! Das is sehr rechts!

Post by **URAR1004** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 1:42 pm

smoggle wrote:
URAR1004 wrote:What does the round can hold?
Bier oder schnapps!

What about the chips and dip?

Post by **DARIVS ARCHITECTVS** » Sat Sep 23, 2006 10:41 pm

stearmandriver · Post by **stearmandriver** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:52 am

Doesn't he look a bit like Will Ferrel in this picture?

The uniform and gear look great! Where did you get the various items. I'd really like to get a setup like that. It would look great next to my german weapons display.

BTW, If anyone is interested, I have a friend here who is restoring an original FW-190 to flying condition and he has the most amazing collection is original flight gear and ground equipment. I'll have to get some photos for you to see.

PvtJoker · Post by **PvtJoker** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 11:13 am

stearmandriver wrote:Doesn't he look a bit like Will Ferrel in this picture?

The uniform and gear look great! Where did you get the various items. I'd really like to get a setup like that. It would look great next to my german weapons display.

BTW, If anyone is interested, I have a friend here who is restoring an original FW-190 to flying condition and he has the most amazing collection is original flight gear and ground equipment. I'll have to get some photos for you to see.

Not to hijack this thread too far off topic, but did you hear about the company a couple of years back that was making a limited run of new production FW-190s? Or is your friend's aircraft one of those, by chance?

Post by **DARIVS ARCHITECTVS** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 5:48 pm

I heard a rumor about FW-190's being remade in Germany. Not to put this thread back ON topic,

but the Y-straps are from Lander Outfitters, the Luger is a reblued shooter S/42 1940, and the repro Luger holster and MG gunner's pouch were bought at some other suppliers. The uniform is from Lost Battalions. the canteen is original. The breadbag was bought from Traders of the Lost Surplus (good stuff, but unreliable merchant).

And Will Ferrel ain't got nuttin' on me!

Post by **junglewalk** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 6:04 pm

Do you belong to a unit ?...If so which one.

..We do 10th Kp, of GD when we do Army, and 10th Kp of 2nd SS when we do SS. This was a result of two units joining together for better numbers at events......Nice gun you have..

Post by **DARIVS ARCHITECTVS** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 7:51 pm

I'm attached to 1Kp Grossdeutschland based out of Wisconsin. Our small unit tends to work tacticals in a very coordinated fashion, not like a bunch of independent "deer hunters" like other groups. It's great to be in a cohesive unit. I sometimes get together with the 2nd Waffen SS in Minnesota, but they don't seem to really get as enthused and put as much effort at tacticals, but the guys are cool.

stearmandriver · Post by **stearmandriver** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 11:54 pm

Dagobert- the company you are thinking of is Flugwerks. There copies are ok but they claim that they are exact copies or something. They are in fact far from exact copies. No, my friends 190 is a real one. Real BMW engine too.

Darius- do you have web addresses for the clothing sellers? What about the boots? BTW, Will Ferrel is probably not as talented as you.

l4mbr3tt4 · Post by **l4mbr3tt4** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 11:56 am

CRA wrote:
The use of poision gas was discontinued by all sides in WWII but every soldier had to carry one just in case.

I was under the impression the Germans used lots of gas.

Post by **KSH67** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 1:10 pm

l4mbr3tt4 wrote:
CRA wrote:
The use of poision gas was discontinued by all sides in WWII but every soldier had to carry one just in case.

I was under the impression the Germans used lots of gas.

Yeah, just not against enemy soldiers in combat during WWII.

Post by **M1 Tanker** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:13 pm

I'll add a picture to this thread. My mortar crew and I dug in...too bad ya can't see the mortar.

whitezcamaro · Post by **whitezcamaro** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 9:54 pm

Those are some cool pics my favorite is the first one

www.MG42.us

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