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Re-enactment photos

It isn't so bad in the UK, both RKKA groups in GB are attending Tankfest at Bovington in June ( http://www.tankmuseum.co.uk/news/pr_tankfest2006_160106.html )and getting to play on a T34 & SU100.

Also we get out to the continent, here's some picks of a trip made by me and a comrade from the 13th GRD to the VE day celebrations in Prague last year

http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/[email protected]/slideshow?.dir=/1277&.src=ph

and I know that the 2nd GRD went to the Czech Republic in August 2005 to this gig.

http://www.armyfort.com/cz/akce.php?id=71

Trust me they have a lot more than two T34s. There's no sensation quite like hanging on to the back of a T34 turret when the tank is accelerating hard. :D
 
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Depends on what you're doing...

Basically there are three types of event here in the UK, and this is all from my experience you can get a bit of variance....

Public battles - Says it on the tin, tightly scripted (at least the better ones are) especially if you've got pyro or vehicle movement - 30-odd tons of hardened steel can ruin your day. Deaths are usually at the discretion of the unit commander but as he's been briefed it will all fit with the script.

Private battles - Again what it says, usually scenario driven rather than scripted or all out trying to 'win'. What you're going for is to use the gear in some kind of context with a slight edge not a blat-fest or a competition.

Living History - Public displays where they get to see the 90% boredom of living in camp with all the other interesting gear we collect that isn't a weapon. This ranges from 'third person' to full-on 'first person' depending on the event and the group.
 
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FYROM said:
Even better:

http://www.nwha.org/news_1Q2004/news_page11.html
http://www.nwha.org/news_1Q2004/news_page12.html

Czech reinactors have got the good stuff...two T-34s, heavy machine guns, and a SdKfz-222 :eek:
Ya them crazy Czechs. My neighbor in Poland has a Sdkfz. 251 Hanomag original which he drives in the summer to the fields. Another has an IS-2 and does reenacting with some other Polish dudes. They have something like 15 T-34's, a couple of Pzkw. IV, and that IS-2 and they battle it out. There's like 600 of them. It's just amazing.
 
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My reenacting units...

My reenacting units...

I portray both German and Russian infantrymen. My German unit is Der Erste Zug and we portray 4 different late war divisions. My Russian unit is the 8th Mechanised Guards. Here are some photos of me with my units.

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i am the one on the far left
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i am the one kneeling on the left
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i am second from the last guy
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me!
 
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this picture was taken at the VE Day Parade in Prague in 2005.

I'm the guy in the very light tunic on the left (looking at the crowd). There was only one other guy from our unit there with me, he's the one on the extreme right at the back with the PPS. The others you can see on the front of the vehicle are from North-Front in St Petersburg, Russia with most of the rest being Czech reenactors

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Here's the page it's on http://www.militarni.pl/?lang=1&cat=91&galeria=239 for some more pictures of the parade.

It was a blast, I'm looking forward to getting together with another of these babies at Tankfest http://www.tankmuseum.co.uk/news/pr_tankfest2006_160106.html
 
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I've seen those and I'd hardly call them beards more like stubble. It does sometimes happen that you might go a couple of days, even up to a week, without the opportunity to shave but be logical how many minutes does it take to shave?

It was in response to a different question but I once heard a telling quote from a Red Army veteran of the Great Patriotic War.

"Our officer [said] we are an army not a circus."
 
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Would an officer really write up a soldier on the line with a beard? It kind of reminds me of a scene in M*A*S*H when Frank Burns was inspecting the troops.

Frank: Did you shave this morning?
Soldier: Yes, sir!
Frank: Well next time stand a little bit closer to the razor. I want this man on report!
Radar: What for, sir?
Frank: Uh...heavy beard in combat zone.
 
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