MartinR
MartinR
@martinr
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Joined: Jun 17, 2010
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Topics: 115 / Replies: 2751
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Re: Terrific Weekend

Thanks very much to Craig and the gang for a great weekend out. Really good fun and lots of memorable events. I'll do a fuller report and gets some pi...

13 years ago
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Re: Excitement Thread......

Also all packed and sorted, remembered to make my sandwiches. A very civilised departure time of 8.30, looks like we will get wet but hey ho. See you...

13 years ago
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Re: Booking Thread

Yes, we might even have enough Germans to form two sections! Starting to get excited now, just a few more hours of work to endure. Dying under a sea ...

13 years ago
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Re: Hey there!

So if I happen to be in the UK in June/July 2014, would you guys be able to hook me up with kit? Am planning to come through with the girlfriend (she ...

13 years ago
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Re: Hey there!

Hello and welcome, hope to see you over here some time! Cheers Martin

13 years ago
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Re: Spoiled for choice

the spectacle of 50+ players per side I rather tend to view Joshs big November games as my big annual 'company per side' outing. Certainly a very di...

13 years ago
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Re: Questions

Well, we don't all have to do the same thing and we probably don't want to leave the camp unoccupied. No harm in having a pub group and a pizza group...

13 years ago
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Re: Excitement Thread......

pack both shirts. I'm not known for travelling light. I might have to bring three shirts, umm, actually four as I'm going to a family do on Sunday...

13 years ago
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Re: Questions

I like the sound of pizza, a brief google search turned up a Dominos pizza in Mildenhall a few miles up the road. Cheers Martin

13 years ago
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Re: Questions

Are there any reasonably accesible local eateries (pub? chippie?) nearby. I was feeling extremely lazy about heating up some slop to eat during the 't...

13 years ago
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Re: Excitement Thread......

I wish the weather would make up its mind, don't know whether to wear a cotton shirt or a wool one, the latest forecast looks promising however. Now...

13 years ago
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Re: Query on equivalent awards between nations

We didn't give out quite as much bling as the Germans I can't remember when the distinction between the Military Medal & Military Cross was drop...

13 years ago
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Re: Booking Thread

Hooray, I'm already sorting out my 'sort of' 21st Panzer Div stuff. I'll be coming over on Saturday morning. Cheers Martin

13 years ago
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Re: How Was It For You? After Battle Reports!

Fantastic photos as ever Ranj. Cheers Martin

13 years ago
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Re: Today I....

Sorted out my kit for Chambois next week and spent rather too long fiddling around with different arrangements on the A-frame and chopping up the inte...

13 years ago
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Re: A Cool Fliegerbluse

Later in the war LFDs were all issued normal army kit (especially once they were absorbed by the Heer), including M43 jackets etc. This led to an ente...

13 years ago
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Re: The Kit Pic Thread

Surely anything to do with blanco comes under the British uniforms & kit section? With my military history hat on I find this sort of thing in...

13 years ago
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Re: Excitement Thread......

Too early for me to get very excited yet. I will sort my gear out this weekend and take it from there. I have however planned what I am going to wear...

13 years ago
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Re: Correct collar tabs?

As Steiner says, the main thing is to go with generic waffenfarbe so you can just swap shoulder boards for different impressions. I have got both moun...

13 years ago
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Re: How do you carry/conceal big gas bottles?

A couple of options for British kit would be to wear the small pack on your waist or use a gas mask bag (or is the bottle too big for that even?). If ...

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