Whereas I shall be in either my French or British army tent and hopefully my new down sleeping bag if it turns up in time. I've had enough of waking u...

I now NEED to wear the right kit for the gun e.g. M65s & M56 webbing with my M14 or L85A2 and correct British Army kit. Sad innit? Sad? no. Entir...

If a 3kg charge is the same size as a British Army mess tin (my usual 'sandwich box'), then yes. Cheers Martin

Woo, what a cool bit of kit. Looks rather more sensible for storage of mess tins and zelts (and sandwiches) than the A frame as well I see the shove...

If anyone wants to carry a pionier shovel into combat I have one with correct leather carrier. Works well with the pionier backpack which I can also l...

You can recieve a RIF as a gift. Umm, it is not specifically prohibited by the VCRA, which isn't quite the same thing. afaik no-one has been to court...

The 'engineer' role in Joshs game is a very specific one, he often limits how many there are. The most I've ever seen in a single game are three (and ...

Hi, I suppose it is stating the obvious, but uniform and helmet would be useful! Northern WW2 Association might meet your re-enacting needs: Chee...

Perhaps we should just have training weekends to display our finery, never mind all this game playing nonsense. Italians would be fine at many games....

Hello and welcome, when thinking about guns one thing to bear in mind is that given your age it is illegal to sell Realistic Imitation Firearms to un...

Hello and welcome, hope to see you at a game soon, and at many events people will lend out uniforms etc if you haven't got anything. Cheers Martin

Did a bit of shopping at the NWW2A Eden Camp event and now have some Obergefreiter chevrons, subdued GJ patch (as opposed to my silver wire parade on...

I've got some spare Mark III pouches. PM'd. Cheers Martin

Gasplane pouch: rubbersised version Oh no! I've only got the cloth version Just to add to Steiners comments, ideally you want bottle green shoulde...

Thanks, 20cm looks about right, as you say the top of the chevrons line up with bottom of the jacket pocket flap. Cheers Martin

Well, ideally yes on the site, but not on the surrounding motorways and roads. I had quite enough snow to last me a lifetime getting back from Sevasto...

Great, thanks. I'm still only a private, just a rather elderly one! Cheers Martin

Shame you're turning your coat for this one Martin! Just make sure you don't step into our sights... Well, the moths will start eating my German kit ...

Hello and welcome, there are a couple of 'starting out' threads recently along similar lines below. My usual advice is: i) you don't need re-enactme...