spiers
spiers
@spiers
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Joined: Mar 27, 2007
Topics: 136 / Replies: 1991
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Re: Today I....

made a foam spanner for cracking german guards over the head. I would've just used a real one haha What's that for anyway?

17 years ago
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Re: Today I....

Bought an Enlisted man's tie for the Dance at Bushey...

17 years ago
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Re: The Kit Pic Thread

I thought Dog Co did re-enactment as well? Either way its never a bad thing to learn new things. Dog Co. do, do reenactment events, but we represent ...

17 years ago
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Re: Today I....

Polished my Corcorans...and that isn't something that they do in Poland as far as I know.

17 years ago
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Re: The Kit Pic Thread

While I'm on, might as well pop a pic up... -- attachment is not available --

17 years ago
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Re: The Kit Pic Thread

Well I know that Tom is Dog Co. like me, so respraying the helmet would probably not be super good haha I wasn't disputing the helmet insignia just th...

17 years ago
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Re: The Kit Pic Thread

You have an 82nd badge on your jumpsuit... You have a Spade on your helmet...which is famously the insignia of the 506th Reg, 101st Airborne Div. Th...

17 years ago
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Re: The Kit Pic Thread

Cool pic Tom, are you coming to Bushey? Not that it really matters but there is a discrepancy between your helmet insignia and the 82nd patch on you...

17 years ago
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Re: first load out (with pics) any suggestions for improvement

J.Murray's got some great leather straps, and the webbing chin straps and helmet nets are good too plus cheap for the quality.

17 years ago
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Re: The Kit Pic Thread

Your e-tool & bayonet are also on the wrong side. Are you a lefty? Otherwise looking good though nope just needed to get it on and photo'ed quickl...

17 years ago
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Re: The Kit Pic Thread

EDIT: oh, and a tie aswell I want a tie for Bushy!

17 years ago
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Re: The Kit Pic Thread

Ok so fair enough, we've established that it wasn't really used in WW2 but also, okay alex, when you get a bar, and you can ask doug to back me up on...

17 years ago
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Re: Latest Acquisitions

A new excellent quality leather chinstrap for my M1C to replace the piece of rubbish I got from SOF and also a new webbing chinstrap for my newly modi...

17 years ago
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Re: The Kit Pic Thread

The BAR Carry Handle Assembly much loved by WWII Reenactors was designed and tested in late 1944 but never saw documented combat usage. Thanks Joss....

17 years ago
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Re: The Kit Pic Thread

Nope it's not a 1918, you're right, it is the Polish modified BAR Wz 1928 version which has a pistol grip on it...missed that, sorry.

17 years ago
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Re: The Kit Pic Thread

When the US entered the war they reissued their early war troops with 1918A1's, admittedly I can't find any pictures of the earlier variant being used...

17 years ago
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Re: The Kit Pic Thread

The skid bottom bipod was developed later on, but earlier models did have them... I'll let you have that about the carry handle although I guarentee ...

17 years ago
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correct me if im wrong on this but are you sure the infantry were issued with bipod's on their bar's? i remember reading in a book on omaha that they ...

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