What's this? Going into production? ;) You may be interested in Paul Brickhill's "The Great Escape" (possibly out of print but copies still...
Having said that, if you were to buy repro/postwar kit piecemeal, you'd probably end up spending about the same. Having looked on the SoF site,...
It is terrible, isn't it. I rented it about 16 years ago - the Trades Descriptions Act should be informed about the cover - you get the impression...
I think this has a large part to play in Spielberg's films, it is well to the fore in Schindlers List (for obvious reasons!) and I wondered about...
I agree. I have TdW on video - it was on BBC2 yars ago and some of the editing is a bit heavy handed to my mind. Channel 4 broadcast "Olympia"...
I bought this game shortly after it came out - at the time apparently it was selling like hot cakes. However, apart from a friend, I don't know...
I played this on a friend's PC some years back and found it addictive, if difficult. Gives you an idea of what it must be like to be an NCO and...
I think that people's conceptions of re enactors may have mellowed with the passage of time. When I first got involved at the age of 15, German...
Good point - I suppose at the time, a couple of cracked ribs was preferable to a bellyful of lead. The other consideration of course is they...
This site is worth a look as well: http://www.prinzeugen.com/SBOATIND.htm
....and fat! Apropos of nothing much but as I have previously written, I haven't been involved in re enactment for some years now but still have...
Some thoughts: List of groups in your area - there are a lot of requests from people asking if there is anything local to them. Recommended...
I think this attitude actually make them MORE popular with reenactors :D [/b]</font> I have bookmarked their site and usually have a broad grin...
The East German ones can be bought reasonably cheaply and while they look a bit cacky are more than suitable for frenzied digging of foxholes...
Some diagrams from the original German manual: http://www.zeltbahn.net/poncho.htm http://www.zeltbahn.net/float.htm...
Reed green denim - interesting. I think DAK caps had red cloth liners in them (something to do with transferring heat away from the head and...
Bratwurst re your Swedish trousers - there are a couple of varieties available. If they have two buttoned tabs tucked in the back of the...
It's the flat (non-folding) type, I bought it at Bovington some years ago. Wooden handle with the knob on the end. The other difference between it...
Personally, I'd get a NVA cap, some repro badges and say to hell with it - thereby leaving you the extra £ for the more important things in life -...
