MG42 in action

[12thWaffenSS]

[12thWaffenSS]

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

Boy our event there was WET. We were all like drowned rats after all that rain.

[noonxnoon]

Hey 12th,

Thanks for sharing!

Great Waffen cammo first thing.

You did a great job redoing the buttstock...that natural wood looks great on it.

I gotta get some pics of my 53 up!

[12thWaffenSS]

Hey 12th,

Thanks for sharing!

Great Waffen cammo first thing.

You did a great job redoing the buttstock...that natural wood looks great on it.

I gotta get some pics of my 53 up!

I have to give the credit to DA for redoing the buttstock. I just stood around and watched. I'm good at that.

[rocco1911]

Well it still looks great even if it was done by DA ....

[1ROQAIvNshootist]

Yeah, I'm inspired and will strip and redo my M53 stock

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

Some more pictures from the Traxler's Hunting Lodge event.

[Michael J]

pretty darn cool guys !

[noonxnoon]

12th,

Where did you get your helmet?

Real steel?

I got an authentic Luftwaffe helmet...but my head is too big to wear it! but I wouldn't want to damage it anyways!!

But back to a serious question...were you able to get the helmet sized? I got a BIG head :P and not just ego...I remember in kindergarden they had to take the staples out and make my graduation cap bigger because it wouldn't fit my mellon head!!!

haha...so in adult hood I haven't found a repo place that had helmets to fit my mellon!

Curious if you got a location.

[12thWaffenSS]

12th,

Where did you get your helmet?

Real steel?

I got an authentic Luftwaffe helmet...but my head is too big to wear it! but I wouldn't want to damage it anyways!!

But back to a serious question...were you able to get the helmet sized? I got a BIG head :P and not just ego...I remember in kindergarden they had to take the staples out and make my graduation cap bigger because it wouldn't fit my melon head!!!

haha...so in adult hood I haven't found a repo place that had helmets to fit my mellon!

Curious if you got a location.

My Stahlhelm is a repro of the M-42 style. I also have a helmet cover on it. The helmet is bigger than most of the cheap repros and I replaced the helmet strap with a correct wartime one.

Here's the link.

http://www.atlantacutlery.com/p-1130-ge ... elmet.aspx

Buy one and try it out, if you don't like it, I'd probably buy it from you.

[noonxnoon]

...or if it just doesn't feel right I can send it to you and you can use it for one of those big soup kitchen bowls!!

[RaccoonRough]

I have been looking for a nice Blurred Edge helmet cover. ANy ideas on good repro ones?

RR

[DARIVS ARCHITECTVS]

At The Front has some nice blurred edge style covers in fall and spring colors.

http://www.atthefront.com/

[hakentt]

I can't understand why all the uniforms, these people dressed in same uniforms gassed millions of people so why are you guys dressed like this, might as well dress as taliban they are bad as nazis. DARIVS ARCHITECTVS are you OK man?

I can understand the love for MG42 but SS uniforms, comon!

[Matt]

i agree, why do re-enactors have a fascination with the SS image. why not dress up like an army private instead? maybe it has to do with the fancy camo but I doubt it. you have to give DA credit though, he seems to like the wehrmacht look. AK47s are cool but I would not dress up like abdullah mohammed to reenact the current war!

[Bil]

Differant uniforms-Allgemeine SS were the ones with the gas-Waffen SS were the front-line soldiers of the SS.Although there were some pretty bad actors in certain theaters of the war from the Waffen SS,especially in the Balkan campaign,much cruelty on both sides.I think the fascination with the Waffen SS is because of their fighting reputation.I for one have never seen anyone doing a concentration camp re-enactment for historical purposes,just for 'official' uses.
We are also not supposed to get into personal attacks here,nor indulge in spurious political discussions,except maybe in the 'chatter' section.Official reminder.Not kidding. ---bil

[dwmmg08]

In all seriousness, re-enacting is not at all the same across different eras.

WWII re-enacting in general seems to have most groups playing the "elites" on all sides; the SS faces off against the Brit Paras and the US Airborne all the time, or so it seems to someone not really in it. Average army units seem to be in the minority, and smaller. WWI and Civil War re-enacting here in the states is much more about doing the average trooper, so much so that in Civil War, it seems like groups portraying the "elites", Zouaves, Sharpshooters, etc, get looked down on and joked about by the hardcores. WWI came from Civil War re-enactors, and most German units continue to focus on the average troops of that mincing machine.

Neat pictures all from the WWII front! Always good to see good and neat gear, I hadn't seen this thread at all until it got brought up, neat pics!!! Darius, your stuff looks spot on in all your pics. I'll have to dig out some of mine for the WWI section.

[Bil]

DAs pics are all just little red Xs,am I missing something,or is he re-enacting the Red Cross?? ---bil

[SgtSteiner47]

If you want good camo, go to ssmwholesale.com. I reenact with 2nd SS Deutschland out of New England. Most of are from VT, Mass and CT.

If anyone is interested let me know, we are in need of new recruits, we are like 30 strong right now.



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