Thanks for the info Martin.
Had to ask about the adrien being the uniform tart I am ,should be fun being french resistence,not sure Ive the legs for the little white bobby socs though
k,
ps,Andy,all sorts of pre war/ may1940 kit seems to feature in photos of the maquisards once they were out and fighting,as the Polish eagled Adrien would date from the 1940 campaign it is concievable that it could have been worn...and the crowd are mostly accross two wide railway lines....now,if i combine my yank 41 kit with the french,keep my beard i could go ear hunting...

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"There is a war on,how is it you are going west?"
"Well we kinda face to the North and real sudden like turn left."

well it's not got a chin strap on it so it would probably just bounce off and knock one of my poor comrades out so i think i will leave it at home.

Cheers Andy

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Kitchen Bitch
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this is sounding better and better! so would i be able to go into battle(wearing early war uniform) but without the obr 35 and pilotka

what, your pants and vest????

k,

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"There is a war on,how is it you are going west?"
"Well we kinda face to the North and real sudden like turn left."

yeah actually

well, just got in after a four hour drive back from this little event .
good show , and well done to all who took part , and to all who did the two displays each day.
a very strange weekend , i have for some reason a lot of blank spaces in my memory , i think this was caused by the large amount of vodka which was drunk on the saturday evening

i do have some memory of a lot of shouting , drinking by command 1,2,3 drink , some fash running away to escape the vodka , walter being very drunk ............ and a drunk phone call to the boss ....... to all who were insulted , offended , shocked by my actions ........... sorry

if i had hair , it would have been very very let down this weekend

i will not get like that again .
to tank , i hope things get better .
to bob , sorry for telling you to go forth and multiply.
to martin , you use that look of dissaproval to devistating effect .
apart from all that , a nice weekend .

Phew , home too and bathed !
Thanks for the mention Colin and it was good you see you and Walter so relaxed .A mate of mine described it once as "easing springs".
I did my very best to drink in time to the 1,2,3 drinking-drills commands and I hope I didn`t dissappoint you.
Thanks too to Martin for the loan of the P-38; and of course to the fine woman in the grey shorts (on whom we tested all available optics) for bringing her legs !
I had a great time and am sorry I had to trot off before lunch and the second battle. Brum told me that it cost him about £80 quid to get to Peak Rail ! So the lift to Derby was the least I could do to help.
On the subject of clothing :Andy (big Andy) certainly sold me the concept of combat Pixies ,with the budenovka , and I learnt a lot about what is needed to look like a Partizan
(I am buying a blue dress and cute white sox next week!).
The footwraps were a complete sucess and having worn them without socks all weekend (and driven there and back with them on) I have happy feet and no blisters.
Glad the strawberry vodka was enjoyed and thenks for the compliments.
I have cherry for next week and will buy a vanilla pod to try out big Andys idea.
All the best to all.

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Rank: Yefreytor
Очын приатна - Эа вас !!
Drink Tea, Be Mellow !

ahhh, 1 2 3 drink!....dont worry Colin,I think we are all agread twas the dodgy water that did for us not the couple of dozan bottles of vodka/ vodsquashedkat.....
more tommorow,sg1 then bed for me:)

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"There is a war on,how is it you are going west?"
"Well we kinda face to the North and real sudden like turn left."

not long got back, kai your fab, thanks for the lift!
this event was just brilliant and i fired a ppsh and shot at germans with a ppsh .
and just a general thank you to everyone for your efforts especialy lez's cooking and just a big thanks for everyones support and concern during my emotional breakdown i am very greatfull!- it was just a lot of bottled up stress finaly being released and i fired a ppsh -that went BANG
and remember-thick pink wooly sock don't go with soviet uniform-as i found out-whilst preparing myself to fire a ppsh which i eventually did fire said ppsh

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- kirill mickailovitch pavlov - Radzymin august 1944

It might just be me but i have the feeling that craig fired a PPSh

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Just spent a very long time in a very nice bath,after an excellent weekend.Thanks to all who made it so.I've said this before I know, but of all the groups I've been in,and I've been in a few, the 2nd Guards is by far the best,so once again thank you all from the heart of my bottom,oops vodka residue kicking in time for bo's bo's.Oh! do I get an award for having my guards badge awarded twice. Next stop Kelmarsh.

I have had this tune going round in my head ......and it reminded me....it came from the sight of Andy singing a lullaby to a blissfully sleeping Walter...well done Andy ... that was really impressive the way you sang it all in Russian.

On another note..."Tank" , it was good that you got all that out of your system and it also shows how close a team we truly are.
Everyone was rooting for you.

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Name: Robert Fillipovich Soodyarov
Rank: Yefreytor
Очын приатна - Эа вас !!
Drink Tea, Be Mellow !

Ahhh! clean clothes and a warm shower. A good and somewhat surreal event. Most of which I enjoyed I think? and then it gets all blury.

i just wish i new where i went for all those hours-we must not tell any other group the second guards tank went missing
plus my peak rail pass arrived today

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"THEIR PUNY WHITE FLAGS ARE NO MATCH FOR OUR MACHINE GUNS!"
- kirill mickailovitch pavlov - Radzymin august 1944

I think it would be wise for us if ,when you put on one of those suits ,and thus dressed in the best cam known to man, and its dark ; we put one of those Cyalume tubes in your belt so we can find you again !!
How I could lose somebody so special and so large for so long Tank I will never know.

It shows how easy it must have been to be seperated from your unit in a war where there were no lights and no sound !
In future don`t be offended if we sit several people on either side of you or tie a string to your belt!

Is there a survival behind enemy lines badge ? I can see it all now.....you must have gone behind the Fash lines to do a recce for the mornings attack ; in true Razvedchik style.

Suffering from the earlier bombardment you were in shock and became disorientated.

But stealthily ,and steadily,without giving yourself away to the hordes of nearby Fash ,you worked your way undetected back to friendly lines and debriefed your commander?

There... that sounds a whole lot more like you doesn`t it?
Urrahh !!

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Name: Robert Fillipovich Soodyarov
Rank: Yefreytor
Очын приатна - Эа вас !!
Drink Tea, Be Mellow !

members of the 2nd guards drunk on vodka wondering through the woods asking the germans `have you seen our tank ? `

I can see it now.

comrade "tank" succesfully evaded capture by enemy patrols by lying in a ditch and pretending to be a small grassy knoll

Thanks to his actions his comrades in the 2nd guards were able to reach such a state of combat readiness that they were able to chase the faschists form there camp with only a bottle of vladivar and a cheeky grin.

I hereby recommend comrade Craig "tank" Palfrey for the order of Vodkat 1st class

Urrah Urrah Urrah

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Guards yehfreytor
Kitchen Bitch
PTRD gunner

kai , i hope you enjoyed using the sten during the french resistance battle

next , a stargate SG team reenactment

well it is true-when i woke up i was walking-yes walking unseen behind the second battle groups camp on my way back to camp! what reconaisance info i got and reported-i will never know

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"THEIR PUNY WHITE FLAGS ARE NO MATCH FOR OUR MACHINE GUNS!"
- kirill mickailovitch pavlov - Radzymin august 1944

if the fash dont notice a tank passing through their lines, they dont deserve to win the war

( not that they will anyway )