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Yes they are of the same mentality, although I like the fights between the kid and his sister, plus the old man does like to swear back at people, but that idiotic son has to hide behind a bouncer every time, plus I dont like his face, egotistical little dickwad, he has the face that everyone wants to push in

I ask that myself at least twelveleven times a day,do a little math and say to myself "Manu...you're a rich man!",then fell prey to total depression when I think that I'll never,ever sell my junk and probably die broke in a cold alley dressed as a DAK soldier!

Here is a Soldbuch to a key player in Warsaw Uprising of 1944. There are many great award entries. He entered service in 1929 as an enlisted man, and worked his way to the highest NCO ranks by the start of the war. In 1940, he was commissioned as a Leutnant. He took part in the invasion of France, Norway, and Northern Soviet Union, where he won the Ehrenblattspange. After a serious wound in Leningrad, he was sent to become an instructor at the infantry school in Posen, Poland in 1943. IT was at this school he had a rough time conforming to the politically correct atmosphere, which impacted his officer evaluations. Despite this, he was a respected leader and was promoted to Major. When the 1944 Warsaw Uprising erupted, he was sent along with his students to take part in crushing it. He was on scene for the duration, earning the DKiG, CCCiS, and WBiG. His fame came from his part in the uprising, however, his war did not end there. After the collapse of Posen, he was transferred to the Western front where he fought the British, earning two tank destruction badges on the same day, in April of 1944. Shortly thereafter, he surrendered. After the war, he became a sales representative for a beer brewery. He lived a long life, passing away in 1998. Had he not been such a rebel in the garrison settings, I am sure that he would have gone a bit higher in the ranks.

Hi All, Here are some photos of my 1940 Lago Berlin made tropical peaked cap and it is about as DAK as you can get. The original owners name is written inside the cap. These early caps are extremely sort after and the prices are very high right now. This cap has an early type of tropical cockade and an not often seen smaller size early tropical cap eagle. D

"When they said I was going to be a drummer in the KM , i did,nt expect THIS!!!!!!"

You aint the only one Manu, I do love a salty DAK/tropical cap, and this one fits the bill in every form, plus good photography always helps, in particular the showing of the eyelet grommets which are textbook here

That is incredible! Cherish this and pass it down to the young ones!

No mate your not alone there, it used to happen all the time on WRF, then you would get insulted by some twat because he thought you were wrong

SS Soldbuck - Szegedi, he was a Rumanian Vol

Recently picked this up. Japanese Type 99 "A" or mite commonly known as the "KISKA" named by GI after the island of the same name. Where this little grenade was first identified. I was happy to add this WWII mini to my small Japanese group. *all ordnance and related objects are completely inert and 100% free of any energetic material whatsoever."-TM

Hello all, package 2 of 3 has now arrived, this one being the smallest. After looking for a couple years I have now been able to get a perfect 4.7x33mm G11 caseless rounds in my collection. I have written a small article about the rifle, the ACR program, and the cartridge itself, hope you enjoy it! A little on the ACR program, Phase I-II was started in 1986 and Phase III in August 1989. It was Funded by the US Army to find a replacement for the M16. 4 companies, AAI, Colt, H&K and Steyr came with new rifles. Other companies including Eugene Stoners Ares Incorporated was planning on putting the AIWS rifle in but withdrew due to complications, as did McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems. The ACR program ultimately failed even though the 4 designs worked well, but none could meet or approach improvement over the M16. the project was ended in April 1990 but led to the OICW project. The project ended up costing around 300 million. Now more about the G11 specifically. It was produced in small quantities by "Gesellschaft für Hülsenlose Gewehrsysteme", in English, "Corporation for Caseless Rifle Systems" which was a group of companies lead by H&K. Dynamit Nobel worked on the propellant for the cartridge and projectiles and Hensoldt Wetzlar for the optics. Production began in 1960 and went through until the 1980's. When it began it was funded mostly by West Germany and some NATO contries. It fired 3 round bursts and worked fairly well. They where able to overcome a number of technical issues and get a decent rifle working. Although a technical success, it never went into full production due to politics and the re-unification of Germany. Only 1000 rifles where ever produced, and the G3 was replaced with the G36 series. There was also a multitude of problems with the rifle, including the caseless ammuniton cooking off in the barrel after firing for prolonged times as there was no brass casing to absorb heat. Many different shapes and types of ammunition was tried, and the one here was the final design shape. Another problem was the very complicated firing mechanism and internals. Some have said to service the rifle you would have to be a very experienced German clock maker! The included cut-away rifle shows some of the complicated internals. Despite the problems there was some good things about the rifle too. Because there was no casing, there was nothing for the rifle to eject and no waste (casings). Another was the huge amount of weight saved as the ammunition weighed a significant amount less than the standard 5.56x45mm cartridge. This meant a soldier was able to carry much more ammunition despite weighing the same amount as a standard load of 5.56. The 3 round burst fired also gave a higher hit probability to the shooter. The round I was able to get came from a gent in Germany, and the round pictured is a variation of the DM10 dummy next to a 5.56x45mm as used on the M16. They have a hole through them to indicate dummy, and are made of plastic, and the bullet is metal. These would have been used for systems tests and tooling, although this one looks to have never been used! I have included a picture of a real dis-assembled round, which shows the propellant block, primer and ignition unit, bullet, and the plastic tab that keeps the bullet centered. I have included a number of pictures, also showing the other ACR rifles ammunition and an earlier design of the G11 ammunition. I hope you all enjoy this small article, and I couldn't be happier with this small little cartridge!

My Soviet canisters, or Ruskie Cans, L to R, RG-42V. ROG-43, with RGD33 frag sleeve, and RG-42. I believe I've found an RG-41, which is no small feat in the grenade world. Will post when in hand!

Yes they are rather but why she,s with that ex gangster i dont know

Removed.

The only reason I watch it now is to see Brandies mahoosive rack lol

Now please remove the -1 which tars my reputation!

I am sorry Manu but you are wrong. The thread you have linked is a group called Legenda, who have recovered and given a decent burial to more than 14,000 soldiers over the past 10 years. Every single item they find with these soldiers is re-buried with them, and any personal items sent on to the soldiers relatives. They work closely with the war graves organisations of both Germany and Russia and give their time for free, recovering soldiers and giving them a burial next to their comrades. You should not judge a book by its cover. Yes, there are grave robbers out there who think nothing of taking items from a fallen soldier to make money, and those people are the scum of the earth. However, Legenda are certainly NOT one of those. Legenda are the good guys, fighting to save these fallen men from black diggers. Before you cast judgement, learn about who you are referencing. Steve T

My Grandpas uniform from WWII E.T.O. Clayton Lefever 330th Co. E 83rd Inf. Division wounded Dec. 12.1944 in the hurtgen forest

Joking apart,it's a beaut and it really,really makes me envious!

not sure whats up but I'm no longer auto signed in and when I do sign in its take 4 to 6 attempts to do so @Lenny

very nice little round

Hi Mav, Thank you and I agree with you D

As mentioned, I'd ditch the liner, it's really a horrible repro.

This site is the GREATEST and your tunic is absolutely FABULOUS! Cheers Manu

Cracking tunic @DAK D.

When circumstances change in a persons life, hard decisions have to be made, one of them has to be family first, if I had,nt sold a lot of my collection we would have been on the streets long ago, and even now because of a long term illness, I cant afford to get back a 1/4 of what has gone, so every item I see now is a bonus, and perhaps a little envy as well

@PmMeYourCats Been there, done that, had them... I've had a few Lugers over the years, shot them live when we could do that, and as for the deacts, once I dry fire them a few times, strip them, etc. etc. they just sit on my desk. I traded a lovely example along with a P-38 for a really nice Les Paul guitar a year or so back, and was happy to do so.. Lugers come and go, but sweet Les Pauls are hard to find. Saying that, I now have 18 mills bombs so who knows...

Hi All, Here are some photos of a German made tropical issued shirt it is a typical example and it was probably made in 1941, There was an eagle attached to the shirt at some point and this shirt belonged to the same soldier that owned the Heavily used French made tropical shirt that had a breast eagle attached. Interestingly the inner loops for the buttons have been cut off to use as a repair on another clothing item. In this case the "39" marking is not the date of manufacture and it is clearly a size marking. D

Unfortunately I have to make do with old pictures on film but I hope to break out the uniforms sooner or later and take better pictures of them!Anyway,more LW tropical uniforms;one in tan and two in blue and green HBT respectively...with matching trousers,which are way rarer than the tunics themselves!

Green HBT tunic.I've added the sport /defense badge because there were loops already and I saw one pinned on a LW FD fliegerbluse in a picture.The "gullwings" came with the tunic and they've been pinned in a very peculiar way,i.e. between the prongs and the fabric there are two small squares made of thick cardboard to protect the fabric.The EK ribbon is original but no boards were on the tunic. This way of securing the gullwings would suggest use on behalf of a FD member,as a German historian has told me.Many soldiers pinned the ranks straight thru the denim without sewing patches.We'll never know,though,the owner could have been everything from a "kanonier" to a Fallschirmjager or even a pilot!

Needless to say,these uniforms weren't strictly for "tropical use" but were used in Italy,Southern Russia and Southern France as well,or wherever the climate was a warm or temperate une! Blue HBT tunic with trousers:

I collect anything which takes my fancy, but specialise in steel helmets and British WW2 cloth insignia....

The place is a tourist stop for sure. I drove by one day and there they were outside taking pictures arms around all the ladies. I used to get some good leftovers from some of their experts. Firmin Jump Wings with 3 battle stars one day in a box of doo dads from the museum guy. Spent two years in Vegas but couldn't take the heat any longer.

Tell me about it Dave! Almost two days lost when Combat Dealers were shooting at our stall a couple of years ago.

Like all these "reality" programmes, theres a false impression that what people are seeing is how its happening there and then, but like all film crews you have to stop, re adjust camera angles, sound , lighting, question and answers, make up , piece to cameras etc

YES, I knew there was something wrong with this guy from the beginning , in fact theres something wrong with all of them, bunch of money grabbing rednecks, they will con anybody out of money and laugh about it, plus the whole thing is a sham. I,ve got nothing against anybody making money but do it honestly and with some dignity,without scamming people, also why would anyone employ this guy, thick as two railway sleepers laid end to end and a constant twat , he would,nt last five minutes in a normal job

They do extract the urine sometimes

You missed out there mate , should have sent him a bill for being an independent assessor lol

Photos from my past reenacting events. I reenacted a Panzer Grenadier with Panzer Lehr in Florida. I was also fortunate to have the opportunity to drive an OT-810 converted to an SdKfz 251 replica.

I have had this one for a while.I have an addiction to the 173rd because I used to go to military shows with a friend that served in Vietnam in the unit.

Pair of mint,un-issued size 25 WH Bergschuhe (mountain boots).They still had a loop of hemp tying them together which broke under the weight of a boot. Emoticon frownThey've been made by Solidus,i.e. one of the main supplier of this type of boots along with "Rieker" and "Poliky & Rieker".They could be of interest because it's one of those rare cases in which you can see the name of the producer AND the "secret code" that was allocated to it!If you have a pair on Bergschuhe in your collection is worth checking if it carries this RbNr or this one; 0/1255/007, which was allocated toPolicky Rieker!

It's a fluffy world at audley court gives you time to think and process your thoughts shame they got rid of the smoking room

Hi All, My other hobby is connected to my career as a Cellar Service Tech for Breweries. Here are a few examples of hand painted ones i have. All to be mounted in the workshop when im arsed.