Train Event near Parrish FL. (56k Warn)

[Hawklore]

Originally posted by Maniac
Do you actually shoot with the rifles or do you guys go "Bang, Bang, RATATAT" Your dead!!

Would be fun with paintball rifles tough!

We use blanks..

Basicly, though I don't reccomend it at all...

It's a real round with the actual 'bullet' taken out and then end crympted..

The paintball thing may be intersting...

But I dunno about it hurting 30x more...

I'd rather go into Airsoft...

Which my brother is trying to get me to do..

[Hawklore]

Originally posted by Joc
Not sick,though I cant talk for everyone,our group portrays Waffen SS troops,and are very popular at events here,we have met many allied veterans (including one wounded by fighting with Waffen SS)and Jewish folk,and once we explain why we do it,they are fine and interested,and impressed that we help teach the young about WWII, the SS were sadly, reality, and should be portayed to show people that,the holocaust was real,and not just something you read about in books,or see in black and white films,its also important to show people what the Allies were up against and WHY the war had to be won,and to remember those who gave their lives.
 Because someone portrays Whermacht  or Waffen SS does not mean they are Nazis or they support any twisted ideology.
Me in the middle.

I'm pretty good friends with a guy who does an SS impression, but he looks damn good in the uniform aswell..

But, my pet peeve, is that there arnt enough regular german army portrayers out there, to portray the germans who fought for their country, and not hitler..

To all reenactors, cause as our saying goes..

Teach history to the highest realism so it may never happen again...

PS:

I'd actually like to see a KKK or Neo-Nazi's try and start a rally at one of these events, every single reenactor would be staring them down... And they'd most likely be starring down our barrels..

[Maniac]

Originally posted by Hawklore

The paintball thing may be intersting...

But I dunno about it hurting 30x more...

I'd rather go into Airsoft...

Afraid to get bruises are we?

[Hawklore]

Originally posted by Maniac
Afraid to get bruises are we?

No no...

I've played paintball...

But the clothes I wore with paintball were thicker then I do with reenactments..

[Bodhi]

Originally posted by Hawklore
I'd actually like to see a KKK or Neo-Nazi's try and start a rally at one of these events, every single reenactor would be staring them down... And they'd most likely be starring down our barrels..

Pretty tough for someone shooting blanks... you point a gun at some of those POS without a live round in it, and you'll likely find it stuck so far up your arse you'll taste gun oil...

[Bodhi]

Originally posted by Joc
Not sick,though I cant talk for everyone,our group portrays Waffen SS troops,and are very popular at events here,we have met many allied veterans (including one wounded by fighting with Waffen SS)and Jewish folk,and once we explain why we do it,they are fine and interested,and impressed that we help teach the young about WWII, the SS were sadly, reality, and should be portayed to show people that,the holocaust was real,and not just something you read about in books,or see in black and white films,its also important to show people what the Allies were up against and WHY the war had to be won,and to remember those who gave their lives.
 Because someone portrays Whermacht  or Waffen SS does not mean they are Nazis or they support any twisted ideology.
Me in the middle.

Joc,

I am all for reenacting, and all for the total truth in history, I just am not a fan of SS reenactors.  I much prefer that German reenactors portray the Wermarcht as opposed to the SS.  Lastly, I do not believe very many reenactors support any Nazi ideology, but I do know of a few, that said, hey, it's a free country, do whatever you like.