MartinR
MartinR
@martinr
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Joined: Jun 17, 2010
Last seen: Apr 6, 2023
Topics: 115 / Replies: 2751
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Re: HELLO FROM FLEET

Couldn't believe are luck when you pulled back as you we're so well dug in. Most of us were wounded and we ran out of ammo. so there wasn't much poin...

13 years ago
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Re: Spoiled for choice

iirc the 'Chinese' were Koreans who had been conscripted into the Red Army, then captured by the Germans who put them in Ost battalions and off they w...

13 years ago
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Re: HELLO FROM FLEET

Hello and welcome, hope to see you at more games in the future. Presumably you were with the Gebirgsjagers on the mountain? If so I probably shot you...

13 years ago
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Re: 3 Germans?

So for tea we'll be having plaice, unt no soggy chips? Cheers Martin

13 years ago
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Re: WPG aertex shirt sizes

Thanks Pete, just let me know. There isn't a huge rush but as McV says, bigger is better, so I guess a 42-44" chest would do. The other thing is...

13 years ago
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Re: Spoiled for choice

will be trying to get a big game in November The big November game is one of the highlights of my year. Interesting point re the big groups though. ...

13 years ago
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Re: Latest Acquisitions

Only slightly. Smiling isn't allowed in the Red Army Cheers Martin

13 years ago
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Re: Paras - Uniform, Kit and other Particulars

I use a cut down brush with the SnS stuff, as per Chommers suggestion on blanco and bull. I usually soak the webbing in warm water beforehand, let it...

13 years ago
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Re: Paras - Uniform, Kit and other Particulars

As poacher says, for late war, KG3. Get the bottled stuff from Shoot & Scoot, vastly easier to put on. Cheers Martin

13 years ago
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Re: Interest chat thread Monte La Difensa

I think after seeing Seans sartorial elegance at Crete, I'm going to have to get me some shorts to wear with my Feldgrau top and join the 'scary knee...

13 years ago
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Re: Latest Acquisitions

A CheekyChappie custom half face mask, lovely job, he's even matched my flesh tone. I have tried jogging around in it and no fogging so far. Spot the...

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

I amazed the creases in my BD trousers have lasted all this time. The power of wool! I reckon the FJ walking out uniform is one of the smartest WW2 u...

13 years ago
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Re: WW2 airsoft games - excellent value for money.

Tigers and Tracks action day at Duxford. Fly a Tiger Moth, drive an FV432.. 475 quid. Active.

13 years ago
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Re: 3 Germans?

Bah! we all know one German is worth three Amis. Cheers Martin

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

The rule about not running from grenades worked really well, well and as Tim said, said people were really good about taking grenade hits. There was o...

13 years ago
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Re: WW2 airsoft games - excellent value for money.

Alton Towers with a number of exciteable teenagers in tow. £29.70 each on a family ticket if booked in advance, plus snacks. £46.20pp on the door.....

13 years ago
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Re: Interest chat thread Monte La Difensa

Put me down as German, as I said above, I can only do Saturday I'm afraid. I do love a trip to sunny Italy. Cheers Martin

13 years ago
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Re: NOT Cancelled

Blimey, a game not being cancelled? That must be a first Really looking forward to this one, even if I do have to charge off to a family gathering...

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

The British 2" was fired using 9mm blanks and normal smoke grenades. iirc the German 50mm was the older style using thermobaric grenades to prov...

13 years ago
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