Hi Worsham. I know what I would have done, but Jeff Davis was West Point aristocracy, so would not have done any thing as radical.
I think after failing to take Knoxville, Longstreet was no longer flavour of the month, so he who helped win Chickamauga would have to be discounted. He was needed with his Eadtern Corps to save the day in the Wilderness. He was much missed and needed back there.
Cleburne would have been an excellent anti establishment choice. He had the necessary respect within his own corps, but he would have had to jump two ranks. I would have given the job to him. He would have allieviated the manpower problem by arming the slaves too. (Not sure Forrest would have stoic for that.)
Forrest too would have done a great job, but again he was far too junior in rank. He would have required a staff that he respected and who could explain logistics to him.(He would have understood, given his civilian background, I think.) He would probably have had to duel half the generals though! I think I would leave him as a Cavalry commander, but promote him to its head, above Wheeler.
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My friend ,here in Canada, has a Lee Enfield Canadian iusse from WW2. Its not registered though.
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does the lee work
my grandfather had a ww1 ross rifle along with some 1812 muskets but he pawned them all before he died -
Yup, it works, His(my friends) grandfather-n-law hunted with it…lol sick.
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My Kar-98 works great I can keep a 1" group at 100 yards. It is more accurate then my M1 Garand.
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I would like to own a German MG43 (though I’d settle with a MG34) but you’ll have to pawn over a lot of dough in order to get one. For now I’m content with my WII Thompson submachine gun and Mauser which each cost me less than $200.
Also, does anybody knows what happens to weapons and vehicles after a war? Are the infantrymen required to turn over all their weapons and munitions even if they want to keep a pistol or rifle for personal reasons? Can you request to buy the plane you fought in if you were a high scoring ace?
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I always personally liked the German Africa Core uniforms. No real reason, just fits my tastes.
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The Afrika Korps uniforms are great too but I think that the tan blends in a little too much with British and American uniforms… But I do like their goggles and caps!
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something about that hat and kool afrika insgina.
i live in NY by the way.
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Wait… wasn’t the Afika Korps insgina a Palm Tree with a Swastika over it!?
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yup…it has that cool green yellow color.
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I started to build an Afrika Corp. Uniform but I never finnished. I have pants, shirt and hat, but no patches.
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I’m sure you can find replicant patches on the local internet store or auction.
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Oh, I have sources I just lost interest when I quit the reenactment thing.
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Nothing beats the Sovies in their White smocks.
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You should use paint ball guns when reenact WW2 battles.
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On 2002-04-12 08:36, Mr Ghoul wrote:
You should use paint ball guns when reenact WW2 battles.that’s a cool idea…but you know what would be funny? if artillary strikes happened by throwing gallons of paint off trees!
but playing paintball ww2 styles sounds very cool.
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Well in California, we have World WWII battles using “paintball guns” all the time. Last time I heard, there was a small scale D-Day invasion. The Germans ended up winning. :sad:
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