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Post by therifleman on May 27, 2007 15:44:33 GMT -5
Hi,
Im new to airsoft, trying to get a hold of a gun at the moment(MP-40) and I was wondering if there were any German units that operated around the CT area, just for the sake of knowing what kind of get-up I should be looking at. Im only 14, but if you think about it, the germans were known to send soldiers as young as 12 into their ranks.
Thanks.
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Post by Obergefreiter Raimund on May 30, 2007 7:37:23 GMT -5
The 3rd Fallschirmjäger, 1st regiment, 8th air company is in and around Albany NY. If you do a map quest you can see how far or close you are. Also a two to three hour drive is not very far if you ask me. Especially when it is time to go to larger events!
What kind of impression are you looking at?
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Post by 2ndranger on May 30, 2007 12:32:30 GMT -5
Age usually isnt an issue here, but the inducting of 12 year olds etc in the german military back then would be much later in the war, the basic recruiting age is 18,16 and 17 year olds were known to lie about their age.
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Post by therifleman on Jun 2, 2007 22:25:40 GMT -5
Thanks for the reply majorjay. According to mapquest Im 2 hours and 38minutes from Albany. Are most of you games directly in Albany or in other areas?
As far as impressions go, how strict are you on sticking to exact Fallshrimjager appearence? I was kind of leaning twords having a camo smock or a grey field tunic with field grey trousers and a field cap( possibly a helmet if im not short on cash.) I also though panzer tank crew uniforms looked pretty cool but I doubt theres many scenarios that envolve tank crewmen. As I said before, I just ordered an AGM MP-40 and Im on the waiting list on a web site to get a luger side arm.
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Post by Jager.Drü on Jun 3, 2007 12:47:36 GMT -5
Well if they are a FJ unit, they probly only do FJ impressions.
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Post by Obergefreiter Raimund on Jun 4, 2007 9:51:46 GMT -5
Thanks for the reply majorjay. According to mapquest Im 2 hours and 38minutes from Albany. Are most of you games directly in Albany or in other areas? As far as impressions go, how strict are you on sticking to exact Fallshrimjager appearence? I was kind of leaning twords having a camo smock or a grey field tunic with field grey trousers and a field cap( possibly a helmet if im not short on cash.) I also though panzer tank crew uniforms looked pretty cool but I doubt theres many scenarios that envolve tank crewmen. As I said before, I just ordered an AGM MP-40 and Im on the waiting list on a web site to get a luger side arm. We only do the 3rd Fallschirmjäger impression. However, you are welcome to scrimmage with us! Also, most of our games are in Amsterdam or Schoharie NY. But if you have land out there or a place out in CT that you play we will drive out there. Especially if you have friends that do WW2 Allied Impressions. We are lacking Allied troops around us to play against or do scenarios. If you want to see what the uniform looks like here is a picture of two of us. Our ranks have been reduced since this photo however to better fit realism.
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