For specific WW2 then the MP40 is a reasonable choice, but I'd second the recommendation for an M14 as they span such a long time period and are very ...

I also agree with the rule of thumb that one real round = 3 BBs, for AEGs anyway. Real WW2 ammo loadaouts were approx 100 rounds of rifle ammo per ma...

The other thing is the the 8th Army didn't always operate in shorts and shirts, it was pretty chilly and wet during Operation Crusader and in Tunisia,...

Hello and welcome. Cheers Martin

I salute your fortitude, sorry to have missed it. We did manage a snow game today, but one day of crawling around in the snow was quite enough! Chee...

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With this in mind I've done a 70/80s loadout (difficult to find 68 patt trousers in larger gentlemans size!) allied with the fabby SLR. Me too. Now ...

I don't know, the lists of commands I've got are all in the Nafziger translation of the German infantry squad tactics manual from 1942 plus the panzer...

Guy Sajer got a lot of things slightly wrong in his book Some of the translation is extremely suspect as well, or it is in the edition I've got. How...

As mentioned above above, there is a training day for Axis next year, but it is a bit if haul down to Kent from up here in the winter snow & ice. ...

uniforms were not handed in and upgraded for the latest version Although Guy Sajer said his company was issued with new uniforms when theirs were co...

TBH I'm not sure there is much difference although the demolition crews did a better job knocking down the Egg Box than the nuke did. No MSC building...

I usually ask for war/documentary dvd's Yes, another good idea. Last year I got the old 1960s BBC series 'The Great War', brilliant as I didn't see ...

Just tried the fire blacking on my MP40 and the plastic Kings Arms mid caps, works brilliantly. The only downside is that my hands now look like I've ...

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Sorry everyone, been looking at the weather for next week and given the distances involved we are going to give this a miss. Could you take MartinR an...

Unless you have other people in your family with an appropriate VCRA defence, they are going to have problems buying you an M14. My wife sometimes ge...

If this is actually the case, then you may need to modify the scenario briefing which says this: Goering promises to have Hess returned to Germany or...