#ww2 reenactors

[klydebarrow]

Had an epic time with my reenacting group this past weekend. We had a lot of fun and the crowds loved us.

[footprintsinthesxnd]

Very excited for tomorrow as I’m officially kicking off my ww2 reenactment season. Starting off tomorrow in my Women’s Land Army uniform and then will be showing off my Women’s Auxiliary Air Force uniform the following weekend. Exciting season ahead.

[amnesiacprophetphotography]

I also got to take some pretty cool photos this summer at D-Day Conneaut in Ohio. It was super cool to get in with the troops on the beach and take photos.

[theywhowriteandknowthings]

I’m away reenacting for the weekend and I haven’t managed to finish dbf joel this week. I’m going to move to a fortnightly release schedule I think, I’m at risk of sacrificing quality for speed. Will update my master list to reflect that!

[thekidsfromyestergay]

Imagine you're some ww2 reenactor and one day you get asked to do a music video and get paid for it and you're like oh of course cool who's it for! And then this group of emo twinks walk in

[genossingrimm]

Genossingrimm’s Introduction ⚘

𓇗 Hello! My name is Grimm but you can also call me Genossin, and I also go by Edelweissie

I am artist from hell (USA), ontop of being an artist I am also a seamstress, militaria collector and reenactor.

𓇗 My pronouns are She/They but I’m more than happy to not be referred to at all :)

𓇗 my interests include:

•Das Boot (1981)

•WW2

•Cold War/USSR/Eastern Bloc

•Art

•Sewing

•Vintage fashion

•collecting

BYF/DNI

𓇗 BYF:

There are some things on this account you must note before following my blog:

I will often reblog Soviet and Third Reich related posts, and anything else history related, my art may also be somewhat sensitive to some people as it centers itself around WW2 (specifically Germany and USSR), there may also be slightly suggestive art as well as blood too.

Please note I do not support the action of the NSDAP, and or romanticize it.

𓇗 DNI:

•proshippers/comshippers/whatever the hell they go by

•Neo-n4zis (this ones obvious)

•Reichblr (HEAVY on this one, literally get out)

•racists,transphobes, homophobes

•under 13 (why are you here?)

•Wehraboos

•f3tish accounts

𓇗𓇗

Thank you for reading and have a wonderful stay :)

[onetomb]

Ah, everyone’s favorite WW2 reenacting game; “are those tattoos on the German reenactor something I should be worried about? I don’t recognize that unit, can anyone vouch for them?”

Bonus points if you’re at a new event and none of the usual normal-just historian German reenactors are there to check for you

[respectmakiitoh]

im thinkin about robert baratheon

obviously modern robert being a chad football guy makes total sense and all but you folks haven't considered the deeper implications of his entire shit.

robert has 3 priorities in life.

1

he loves to get pussy, he loves to fuck which is very typical for like slightly overweight guys who are very charismatic basically a womans dream.

2

he loves tournaments which many people take to be a direct allegory for sports but have you ever considered war reenactor obessesive robert, robert who has seen every ww2 documentary, robert who plays gary grigsbys war in the east, tabletop wargamer robert who has intricate models of the battle of stalingrad.

3

he loves food and eating and drinking so its entirely possible that Robert cooks, bakes or even brews his own truly sickening broth and beer, perhaps he is really into mead.

[pinerreader]

Plash palatka shelter

The final belt item was an entrenching tool. The belt would also carry a water bottle. A grenade pouch was usually worn on the left side. Reenactor websites I have viewed are insistent that it became routine to wear just one ammunition pouch, which was positioned on the right of the belt. At the start of the war a pouch was worn each side in the same fashion as a German soldier. So what did the Soviet soldier carry? There would be an ammunition pouch. Some removed the gas protection equipment and used the bags for more useful items. Once it was accepted that gas warfare was unlikely Soviet soldiers often did not bother to wear this bag. The Soviet equivalent was a canvas bag carried near the left hip. Other blades such as German trench knives or Finnish puukot might also have been carried.Īn iconic equipment item of the German soldier is the metal canister used to carry his gas mask. Scouts and some other troops might carry the NR-40 knife. While the bayonet was a useful fire poker, screwdriver, pot lifter and candlestick it was not much use as a utility knife. Bayonet scabbards tend to be all metal and on the heavy side in my experience, so this policy may have saved the Soviet soldier a few ounces of unnecessary weight. No bayonet scabbard was issued in wartime since they were not needed. Some other Soviet weapons had folding bayonets. It was also a handy implement for clearing a jammed cartridge. The standard bayonet had a screwdriver tip for adjustment of certain parts of the rifle. The Soviet rifle used a socket bayonet that was kept permanently attached to the rifle. The German usually placed his bayonet over his entrenching tool. The breadbag may placed inside the pack rather than being worn on the belt.Īnother “missing” item is the bayonet scabbard. Again the Soviet seems to have preferred to carry his rations and personal items in his pack. There was a Soviet version of the breadbag but it does not seem to have been so widely used. An older pattern of circular pail was also in use. The Soviet mess tin was a kidney section pail of similar design to the German. The Soviet seems to have preferred to carry his mess tin in his backpack or tied to the outside. Sometimes the mess tin was attached to the yoke or a backpack but carry on the belt was very common. The German routinely carried his mess tin and breadbag on his belt. The British had a similar rain cape as did the US, post war the poncho was introduced in the British army but with the advent of gortex they have been withdrawn (due to being useless for keeping you dry and the hood being problematic for shelter making) and replaced with a PLCE basher, functional and one of the best items of kit we have at the moment.The first thing you notice when comparing the German and the Soviet is what is not there. The Russians had the 'plash palatka' which was rectangular and was used as a rain cape or basic shelter. Similar equipment has been issued in most armies for years, probably decended from the watch cloaks used since medieval times. Pretty cool eh? Sort of like an issue origami set. The Zeltbahn could also be used to make basic flotation aids: They were made in numerous patterns for both wehrmacht and SS, most of which were reversable. It could also be worn as a poncho to keep dry:Įarly ones were field grey (I have a couple of these, check me) but wartime they were camoflaged so that every soldier had some basic pattern disruptive clothing. The triangular zeltbahn is based on the square pattern of 1892 used up until the mid 30's, 4 could be buttoned together to make a four man tent (comfy to sleep in), more could be put together to form even bigger structures: The WW2 version is triangular with buttons along each side, holes in the corners for tent pegs and a tent pole. The German shelter quarter (or zeltbahn) was made from a cotton duck twill which when wet swells slightely making it more waterproof.

[j-r-macready]

T19 105mm HMC Half-Track by David Via Flickr: T19 105mm HMC Half-Track, War And Peace Revival, Tuesday 23nd July 2019. The Hop Farm Kent.

[reenactingleavessewlittletime]

Finally had a chance to wear our 1944 Soviet pilot dress uniforms. The RKKA VVS( Military Air Force) included 3 all female air regiments as well as women in various relateded roles in the VVS. The most well known is the 588th Nigh Bomber Aviation Regiment (known as the Night Witches).

We’re both wearing Order of the Red Star and Order of the Great Patriotic War 2nd Class, both common awards for pilots in the later half of the war.

Also, we may have gotten part of the inspiration for putting this impression together by watching the Soviet film Only Old Men are Going into Battle.

[footprintsinthesxnd]

Had the best time at my second reenactment event of the year yesterday at Duxford Summer Airshow. I saw the B-17 Flying Fortress ‘Sally-B’ who has started in Memphis Belle and Masters of the Air. I also met a lovely reenactor who was an extra in Masters of the Air.

[90sdiablo]

idk if glocks are a thing in the Avatar universe, but...

[theaverageshooter]

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[ptb8751]

“A T/5 from Charlie Company, 82nd Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2nd Armored Division poses in front of his M8 Armored Car, nicknamed ‘Willie’ in early July 1944.”

Pictures of me from a socially distant 4th of July parade hosted by the Museum of American Armor.

[turinametsa]

Aattelin jakaa kaks kolme univormukuvaa koska lol, tämmösenä tuutte ainaki näkee mut Tampere Kupliis ‘:D Aka KartsacossiTM (Kariluoto), mantteli korvattuna mustalla nahkatakilla, upseerikokardi lakissa (mulla rahaa mihinkää suikkaan ole) ja miinus lapikkaat :’D  Also ps. noi saapashousut on ostettu Tiera-reproduktiolt, kannattaa tsekata mitä kaikkee sieltä löytää univormucosseihin ja reenactingiin! 

Tiera 

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