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Post by volkssturm on Jul 26, 2023 12:25:13 GMT -5
Stumbled on this Youtube video of a WWII blankfire reenactment. Don't know where they held this, but it looks like they've got a nice location, with cinder block buildings. His channel has some really good videos. www.youtube.com/watch?v=leAfln3JJGIWatching this I have this ringing sound in my ears. My first two years of ROTC we still had M1's. On a field exercise a guy fired a blank about two feet from my right ear. Got my attention.
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Post by 2nd Bat on Jul 27, 2023 21:44:52 GMT -5
He (the commentator) seemed to be the only one shooting and given the cost of blanks in reenactment circles it comes down to who's most willing to expend the dollars. The altogether relaxed posture and non military demeaner at reenactments by most of the participants is distracting to the point of comical relief I am also put off by the pristine freshly laundered uniforms. It was fun to see the first person point of view camera work. It really illustrates the upsides (awesome sound effects and weapon action) and limitations (no actually incoming projectiles or suppression) of blankfire events. Imagine if the disabled halftracks MG 42 was spraying the corner of that cinder building how differently they would be acting? Military training areas with structures are always so orderly and vanilla. No fences or cemeteries, no cover or concealment between spaced out structures. It makes manuever very sanitary and unrealistic. The fort down in Oregon our local groups go to looks just like that. They probably used the same template for the "village"
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Post by norseman on Jul 29, 2023 0:44:10 GMT -5
He (the commentator) seemed to be the only one shooting and given the cost of blanks in reenactment circles it comes down to who's most willing to expend the dollars. The altogether relaxed posture and non military demeaner at reenactments by most of the participants is distracting to the point of comical relief I am also put off by the pristine freshly laundered uniforms. It was fun to see the first person point of view camera work. It really illustrates the upsides (awesome sound effects and weapon action) and limitations (no actually incoming projectiles or suppression) of blankfire events. Imagine if the disabled halftracks MG 42 was spraying the corner of that cinder building how differently they would be acting? Military training areas with structures are always so orderly and vanilla. No fences or cemeteries, no cover or concealment between spaced out structures. It makes manuever very sanitary and unrealistic. The fort down in Oregon our local groups go to looks just like that. They probably used the same template for the "village" I’ve never been in combat but I can say from 17 years as a firefighter that nobody takes a burning barrel in a meth house as seriously as the real thing. It really gets dialed up when there are people trapped inside, of which we got too aggressive one time and almost paid for it with our lives. (Roof collapsed when we were trying to ventilate the fire) I felt like I was being dropped into Dante’s inferno…. Luckily the wall holding the ladder up held.🤏🏻 Adrenaline and all that. I never got the speaker working loud enough on our project John. But I am super happy with my Tokyo Marui M4 GBBR. I shot it all winter and no hiccups. It gives a very satisfying recoil and the bb flies straight which what TM is known for. I’ve worked to get it as close as possible to a XM 177. I may look at getting one of the AK’s next. That ZET system really works! youtu.be/8Ljd7xUbIOE
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Post by norseman on Jul 29, 2023 0:45:38 GMT -5
He (the commentator) seemed to be the only one shooting and given the cost of blanks in reenactment circles it comes down to who's most willing to expend the dollars. The altogether relaxed posture and non military demeaner at reenactments by most of the participants is distracting to the point of comical relief I am also put off by the pristine freshly laundered uniforms. It was fun to see the first person point of view camera work. It really illustrates the upsides (awesome sound effects and weapon action) and limitations (no actually incoming projectiles or suppression) of blankfire events. Imagine if the disabled halftracks MG 42 was spraying the corner of that cinder building how differently they would be acting? Military training areas with structures are always so orderly and vanilla. No fences or cemeteries, no cover or concealment between spaced out structures. It makes manuever very sanitary and unrealistic. The fort down in Oregon our local groups go to looks just like that. They probably used the same template for the "village" That MG 42 would be as intimidating as heck! Lol… The amount of money these guys have wrapped up in this hobby is amazing! Thanks for sharing!
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Post by 2nd Bat on Jul 29, 2023 23:32:14 GMT -5
Here was some better footage from the same tactical. The tone and commentary is so cavalier and conversational that it is distracting but the movement and action footage is better. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qu3WZG0qXUA
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