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Posted: 4/1/2022 2:54:28 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Living history events were fun, but "tactical" were bullshit 'I shot you, no you didn't'. I was doing hardcore "campaigner" ACW and WWII events... Well, I felt like the biggest farb in farbdom while standing there in all original gear. And historical vehicle guys (jeeps, etc) are beyond farb. I'm a material culturist. I believe in total immersion. My WWII outfit didn't. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: why did you give it up, if you don't mind me asking? I was doing hardcore "campaigner" ACW and WWII events... Well, I felt like the biggest farb in farbdom while standing there in all original gear. And historical vehicle guys (jeeps, etc) are beyond farb. I'm a material culturist. I believe in total immersion. My WWII outfit didn't. I much prefer doing living history events with the public, instead of tactical events. OP, check out these sources for reproduction uniforms: https://www.wwiiimpressions.com https://www.atthefront.com https://whatpriceglory.com WWII Impressions's products are American-made (and therefore expensive). The other two sell a mix of US and foreign (Chinese & Pakistan) reproductions. |
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Posted: 4/1/2022 3:21:14 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Were you at the Fort Polk battle in Jan of 1989? Cold, wet and rainy. Some guy came and grabbed us up for a patrol. We ended up killing a lone SS guy with a PPSH and I swear 3 pounds of cotton shoved into his ears! That thing was so freaking loud it was surprisingly very hard to find him. I could not even get my rifle apart at the end of the day the wood had swollen up so badly. I felt bad for the guys with MG's that came back covered in rust from just one day out. I also remember a jeep got stuck on the road and them trying to get it out for an hour or so till they broke a drive shaft. Then they got a second jeep stuck trying to rescue the first. Then the NG brought out an M113 which also got stuck. Eagle Mountain lake was my favorite with 36th, L Co and the 4th Gebirgs. We'd come up with us in the 1st ID and some guys from the 12th SS. Once we spent an hour stalking some noise in the trees only to find out it was an armadillo rooting around in the leaves! LOL. I was at Polk in either 88 or 89. But I never put cotton in my ears. The Ppsh is not too bad if you shoot from the shoulder. We ( the 4th) captured a couple of buildings in town by the simple expedient of marching down the middle of the street with helmets on but with our weapons shouldered. By the time the allies figured out we were live, we were in the building. It kind of pissed off a few G.I.s. I still occasionally run into Marvin & Vivian. |
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Posted: 4/1/2022 3:37:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Well, you could go to Ukraine with a German helmet, a K98 and fight the Russians for real.  FG42 FTW. 
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Posted: 4/1/2022 3:40:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/7785/20210617_165419_jpg-2333248.JPG Come to the dark side..... ...we have cookies!  I've always had a fascination with evil, love the German stuff, vehicles, uniforms, weapons etc.
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Posted: 4/1/2022 3:47:11 PM EDT
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I'm waiting until the GWOT re-enactment groups start! I want to be SF Halo cat working on the dark side!
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Posted: 4/1/2022 3:58:11 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I was in the 36th C&D 1987-88 while I was stationed in San Antonio. I was a GI in Melvin Schroeder's 36th ID, G Co. unit. I went to the Ft Polk reenactment in, I think it was January 1988, and it too was cold, wet and muddy. I wound up setting in a half dug, wet, muddy foxhole occasionally shooting at the Germans. I remember hearing the stuck jeep for what seemed like an eternity. We might have been at the same reenactment; are you sure it was 89? Could have been 88. It all blends together after all these years. G company is still around. They are basically the "house" unit for the Mabry museum. |
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Posted: 4/1/2022 4:02:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I much prefer doing living history events with the public, instead of tactical events. OP, check out these sources for reproduction uniforms: https://www.wwiiimpressions.com https://www.atthefront.com https://whatpriceglory.com WWII Impressions's products are American-made (and therefore expensive). The other two sell a mix of US and foreign (Chinese & Pakistan) reproductions. WWII Impressions make very high quality stuff. But as you said it is expensive. I use ATF for uniforms (wools and HBTs) and WWII Impressions for webgear. I have some ATF webgear and and WWII Impressions stuff all the same age and the ATF stuff is already showing signs of fading and wear while the WWII Impressions stuff still looks great. |
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Posted: 4/1/2022 4:04:44 PM EDT
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Oh, hell,
Just go volunteer in Ukraine. |
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Posted: 4/11/2022 11:47:17 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I'm waiting until the GWOT re-enactment groups start! I want to be SF Halo cat working on the dark side! 18Z50 It's already happening. There's a Japanese airsoft group reenacting the Rakkasans from the ACU era, and they're rocking all kinds of original ebay-purchased gear and uniforms. It kinda gives me Forrest Whittaker eye seeing those uniforms in use again, even as reenactor gear. 
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