Fog was actually smoke screen choking out all of the re-enactors at times, really bad deal if you have lung conditions, Fog would be welcome.

Don’t give them any ideas

@@someonerandomidk6075 NEIN!

@@thearchivestja

Sie werden sehen, was sie tun können

Uhhhh, what’s that loud buzzing noise???

I’d be more worried about cleaning. I don’t think breaking should be to much of a worry.

@@gabecollins5585 It depends on the battle. The second Battle of Ypres from April 22 to May 25, 1915 took around a month to complete (they usually wont last this long in re-enactments but some do), and the Battle of Mons on August 23, 1914 took well less than a day

They are gu ns, they are meant to be used, I crawl around in the mud with my mosin, ya I realize they aren’t expensive but it’s still over 100 years old and we irks like if was just made

Friendly behemoth inbound

I SO want to do next April!

We had taken it from the german lines during a night raid Friday

1918

Newville,Pa, at the great war association

@TheFlamethrowerExperts cool thanks I'm with Pacific Northwest great war 23rd Infanterie assistant mg gunner

What price glory or soldier of fortune

@@TheFlamethrowerExperts thank you

We own our own. Some people who own machine guns who have license to manufacture them have them to rent. Alot of money goes into this

The BAR's Recoil was from the bolt im no to sure about the MG But ik that the bar has some recoil from the bolt even if your using blanks

hey at 2:44 i noticed that the belt being fed into the machine guns have seemingly led tips? they dont look like blanks and its concerning lol@@sabbath-tage1358

@@fieldmarshalairsoft3200 Some blanks have an extended casing shaped to look like a bullet, still crimped just a bit longer. For certain systems, it wont work. Not sure if it would with the MG. They're probably wooden bullets. The barrel has a device in it made to shred the bullet and make it looks most velocity upon leaving the barrel, there are regulations to stop firing a machine gun when people get too close, but even if someone got hit they would probably just get splattered with some wood pieces and maybe a splinter.

It's blanks, we ALL Die if it's a clear shot or advance, no heroics.

thank you!@@jhooah1

From what I have seen, you are dead for that particular attack. There are many attacks over the weekend. I think the idea is that is how you can judge a sucessful attack. If enough attackers die then the defenders have won. If attackers resurrect then the defenders will mostly lose.

@@johnmoreno9636 How long does one reenactment take? A full day or couple of days?

Some have real registered ones, BATF is ever present to ensure they are papered.

You have to learn a secret handshake

If your interested, usually google or check on facebook for a group in your area. This ww1 reenactment ihas a website- google: great war association

​@@TheFlamethrowerExpertslooks very cool, I myself collect old WW1 and WW2 items. I currently have a Stahlhelm M16 and an American Brodie, with coins from WW2, an American minnow tin from WW2, and a Soviet GP-5 gas mask

I think these are supposed to be grenade launchers

Its a Vb rifle grenade launcher

its an annual event in a small town in PA, they own a huge complex of trenches

If you're out in the open and you hear a gunshot, or you see a muzzle flash in your direction, you have to assume you've been hit

Reenacting is basically an improv play so you just drop when you think you've been hit

Not bullets, they’re called ‘blanks’, so the casing is crimped together at the end so it’s just the powder going off in the cartridge.

We know this but im confused as the bullet seems to be still in the casing@@revere0311

Yeah

Its dummy rounds

Blanks.

no theyre really actually shooting each other

yes they are blanks

Nov of 1918

Boom, it’s the end of World War One, we don’t know what’s going on, but get the Hell out of the rest of Europe Germany!