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(@mattywheels)
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Saturday morning for me, sorry chap

 
Posted : 20/03/2014 7:57 pm
(@prideofengland)
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Some pratical question - when will you guys be on site tomorrow? As it still dark at 7pm, i will try being there earlier as i dont think i can put up a tent after not having done this for 20 years. Tim, depend on your bits. Ant idea of ETA?

Hoping to be there for 5, 6 at the very latest. Like yourself I prefer putting up tent etc while still light :good:

 
Posted : 20/03/2014 8:17 pm
Steiner
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I'll be onsite maybe 5pm


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Posted : 20/03/2014 11:52 pm
MartinR
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I'm hoping to be down there by five, but it depends when I can get away from work and on the many, many miles of Friday afternoon rush hour traffic in the rain, so who knows.

Putting tents up in the dark is OK as there isn't a blackout :) but it is very easy to lose things or discover you've put it on an ants nest and/or sharp tree root. We'll need to put them up well because it is going to pelt with rain tonight.

See you all this evening.

Cheers
Martin

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Toys: AGM MP40, Cyma M1A1, TM M14/G43/SVT40, TM VSR/K98, SnS No. 4, ASG Sten, Ppsh.
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Posted : 21/03/2014 8:48 am
Boshman
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I'll be there early Saturday morning, Eversley is only a 40min drive for me!

“I wanted to come to the Volga at a specific location at a specific city. By chance it carries the name of Stalin himself. So don’t think I marched there for this reason – it could carry another name – but because there is a very important goal... this goal I wanted to take – and you know – we are very modest, we have it already."
Adolf Hitler, November 1942

"Comrades, Red Army men, commanders and political workers, men and women guerrillas! It is on your perseverance, staunchness, fighting skill and readiness to discharge your duty to the country that the defeat of the German-fascist army and the liberation of the Soviet land from the Hitlerite invaders depend! We can and must clear the Soviet land of Hitlerite vermin."
Joseph Stalin, November 1942

 
Posted : 21/03/2014 10:22 am
Steiner
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About half-four for me, hopefully! 8)


You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier

 
Posted : 21/03/2014 10:25 am
Allenby
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Well, so far, no uniform. :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil:



 
Posted : 21/03/2014 11:23 am
cjw957
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well offer of hbts stands till 4am :)




 
Posted : 21/03/2014 12:01 pm
Allenby
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well offer of hbts stands till 4am :)

You're a gentleman, but the Postie's just delivered my M40 uniform. :)

Just frantically trying to sew on the insignia. I didn't get the Shoulder Boards, unfortunately, but not going to complain at the moment. Close enough. :)

Again, thanks for all the offers of help. It's thoroughly appreciated.



 
Posted : 21/03/2014 12:28 pm
BootedFeet
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Well if you can get hold of a black marker pen I have a spare set of infantry shoulder boards you can colour black

PS: Going to aim to be there for 5/6-ish, but it might be Saturday morning at this rate :roll:

I've fired a bullet on every continent. Nearly hit someone, too.



 
Posted : 21/03/2014 12:35 pm
cjw957
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well the top i having off boshman has some on borrow those and give them to kie at the end of the weekend :)

job sorted :) though i just need to plant a gps locater in them first , so we know where you are :rofl:




 
Posted : 21/03/2014 12:58 pm
Allenby
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well the top i having off boshman has some on borrow those and give them to kie at the end of the weekend :)

job sorted :) though i just need to plant a gps locater in them first , so we know where you are :rofl:

I am the moving shadow! You'll ever track me down!

BootedFeet; cheers mate!

I'm aiming to get there for about 6pm. Bring some popcorn. Me putting a tent up should be comedy gold.



 
Posted : 21/03/2014 1:13 pm
Luiluei
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Kameraden Pioniere,
It was a very impressive Zug i have to say. I regret a bit that we did not take a picture of all of us together. I think in a black and white picture, we could have been mistaken for a real one.
I think we did quite well not falling into bits and pieces and kept formation for most of the time which was not always easy in the terrain and due to enemy activity.
Unfortunately we were not able to bring our fire power into full play due the ammunition sabotage and weapon malfunctions.
It was great fun and hope to fight side by side soon again
Cheers
Lutz






 
Posted : 23/03/2014 1:19 pm
cjw957
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we had similar mortar problems with ours not going very far , but i think ours are from the old stock era loool but they added bangs to the game if admittedly more near our troops than you guys lol but was still fun




 
Posted : 23/03/2014 1:32 pm
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