Militaria

[Fuchs]

Very nice! Does it work?

[Paythoss]

Yup . but need cleaning ... Probably Im gonna need someone good with that .

[GuinNess]

Maybe it is now a bit late to ask this question since I already ordered it but does anybody know if these ZF4 repros are any good?

http://www.zib-militaria.de/ZF4-Wehrmacht

[Pascucci the Whiner]

I would like to ask a huge favor from one of our resident Germans here. Zib-Militaria charges a ton for shipping to the US (50 Euro) for an Italian belt and neck strap. I am very sure that one of the guys here could easily cram it in a padded envelope and ship it to me for less. I'd be more than happy to paypal the funds to anyone who could help me with this giant favor. I am reenacting Italian here in the US and we have no sources for this stuff.

[sn00x]

My new bike and project!

This is a 1957 PLA Chang jiang 750 (bmw r71). The 1957 means that it is the very rare "M72" variant of the chinese army sidecars. Mostly all CJ bikes today are put togheter from old PLA reserves.

The bike itself has been upgraded from 6 to 12v with a "new" M1M engine that is more stabile, except for the points (ignition) that sticks out of the engine block on the left side, the engine is completly the same BMW. same goes for the gearbox and the rest of the bike minus rear fender pipes that goes down to the exhaust.

Progress, ordered allot of fun parts like the good old Bosch rear lights, full bmw r71 tag set, and so forth.
I hope you once again will enjoy one of my sidecar projects. (I have the bmwr71 fueltank, its just not on yet)

[Korsakov829]

Awesome! How does it smell?... how does it feel when you touch it?! And how does it sound?

[sn00x]

OH ill sniff it for you and i jizz my pants when i touch it.. and the sound is.. sexy.

[THeTA0123]

[PanzerKnacker]

What do you think, are these guys reliable?

http://www.thirdreichmedals.com/iron.html

[siben]

Finely found some cleaning sticks for my italian m38 carbine. these buggers are hard to find. All 3 pieces are stored in the stock of the rifle and screw together to get 1 big stick.

[Mayhemic.MAD]

Some days ago I went trough a old cigar box in my grandmas living room cabinet, filled with old photos and postcards and things like that. On the bottom was, among my grandfathers drafting papers and some other documents, a propaganda flyer "Volk am Abgrund" which the british dropped by air over germany from around september 1943 to june 1944. You can guess that any German caught with such leaflets would get severely punished, if not executed back then.
I already did some quick research but it seems that you can nowhere see the full thing on the internet, only two sites show two pages and explain something about it, all other sites sell it for up to 70€.

So I guess I will put it on the scanner and show it here soon, exclusive for the FH2 community 

[Korsakov829]

^I'll be looking forward to it, then.

[Mayhemic.MAD]

I scanned the "Volk am Abgrund" propaganda leaflet and put it all here:
https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/117350761908364432639/albums/5914273056513647841

thanks to www.psywar.org I know it is:

Published by the Political Warfare Executive (PWE) in 1943.
Dropped by air over Germany from about September 1943 until June 1944.

and there is also a explanation of the images with an English translation:

TRANSLATION OF G.97, VOLK AM ABGRUND
(PAGE 1)
A PEOPLE ON THE BRINK
(PAGE 2/3)
[Picture of German retreat]
Then, as now: retreat.
France, October 1918 Ukraine, November 1943
(PAGE 4/5)
Allies
[Picture on page 4 of Kaiser Karl of Austria with Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria, 1918]
[Picture on page 5 of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy with Regent Horthy of Hungary]
For years they have been Germany’s allies. They know the secrets of the German General Staff. They know
Germany’s chances of victory. They draw their own conclusions.
(PAGE 6/7)
[Two cartoons from “Simplicissimus”, last war and this war. They show England starved
out by the U-boats. Also two pictures of U-boats being sunk in this war and the last]
Then, as now: The back of the U-boat war has been broken. In the 22 months of unrestricted U-boat warfare from
February 1917 – November 1918, a total of 132 U-boats were sunk. In the six months from May – October 1943 150
U-boats were sunk. In the three months August – October 1943, more German U-boats were sunk than Allied
merchantmen.
(PAGE 8/9)
[Pictures of American troops arriving in this war and the last]
Then and now. The Americans are coming; millions of fresh troops, the best equipped in the world.
(PAGE 10/11)
[Pictures of German prisoners]
Then. Now. German armies are dwindling. The Allied prison camps are filling up.
(PAGE 12/13)
[Pictures of dead Germans]
Then and now. Day by day, and hour by hour.
(PAGE 14/15)
[Newspaper cuttings and cartoons on the theme “Victory or destruction”]
The same phrases – then, as now.TRANSLATION OF G.97, VOLK AM ABGRUND
www.psywar.org
(PAGE 16/17)
[Tragic picture of German women and children]
And then, as now… the same misery. The husband at the front or dead. Day spent in the factory. Hours of waiting in
queues on the way home for the mere necessities of life. Overwork to the point of exhaustion. Misery, tiredness,
bleakness, fear. Then, as today. Was once not enough? Last time the Russians were beaten…
(PAGE 18)
The Russian Peace Delegation at the signing of the dictated peace of Brest-Litovsk.
(PAGE 19)
[Picture of Russian advance, 1943]
The Russian Army moves inexorably forwards.
(PAGE 20)
[Lists of Germans executed for high treason; superimposed on this, the eyes of Heinrich Himmler]
That, too, did not exist then: the terror at home.
(PAGE 21)
[Picture of German atrocities]
Bestiality in all the occupied territories – in Poland, in Yugoslavia and Russia.
(PAGE 22)
[Picture of Flying Fortresses]
Four-engined bombers. For every aeroplane that Germany builds, England and America are building four.
(PAGE 23)
[Picture of smashed up German airfield]
German front airfields are being turned into aeroplane cemeteries – two-thirds of all German fighters have been tied
down in the West in the unsuccessful attempt to ward off the Anglo-American air offensive. Only one-fifth of all
German fighters are available for the Russian front and only one-ninth for Italy. The German soldiers are fighting
with hardly any fighter protection.
(PAGE 24/25)
[Air view of destroyed Hamburg]
“Germany has 90 centres of war production, 40 of which are vital to the German war effort and 50 that can be
termed considerably vital to the German war effort and 50 that can be termed considerably important. We propose to
emasculate them entirely. We are well on the way towards their destruction.” – Air Chief Marshal Harris, 7
November 1943.TRANSLATION OF G.97, VOLK AM ABGRUND
www.psywar.org
(PAGE 26)
[Picture of German workers in factory]
Then. This is how the returning German soldier found his work place when he came back in the winter of
1918/19, when Germany put a timely end to the struggle before she herself became a theatre of war. The
work of reconstruction could begin immediately.
(PAGE 27)
[Picture of smashed factory]
Now. This is how the German soldier will find his place of work; this time, if Hitler continues to prolong
the already lost war.
(PAGE 28)
[Picture of German troops returning into an intact town – last war]
Then. The Germany army was beaten, but it returned to an undamaged Fatherland. The home of the
German soldier waited for him, just as he had left it, because Germany had called a halt in time.
(PAGE 29)
[Picture of bombed German street]
This is how the German soldier will find his Fatherland if Hitler continues to prolong the already lost war.
Every month more German industrial towns are reduced to ashes.
(PAGE 30/31)
Germany stands on the brink of an abyss, just as she did 25 years ago. The German armies, bled white,
are once again retreating. The U-boats have again been beaten. The millions of Americans are again on
the march. Germany’s allies are again leaving her; and, worse than then, the skies over Germany belong
to the vast air fleets of the enemy. The war is lost. Twenty-five years ago, Germany stepped back at the
last moment from the gaping abyss. She had lost the war, but had saved her national life and future. This
time, Germany has a leader who wants to force Germany to fight on despite the fact that every possibility
of victory has gone and that to continue the struggle means total self-destruction.
Hitler knows the end of the war is his end. This is why he prolongs the already lost war.
As long as the war continues one German factory after the other will be razed to the ground. What is
destroyed today in the German war industry will be missed tomorrow for Germany’s peace industries.
Every day that is won for Hitler is lost for the future of the German people.
Only Germans can save Germany!TRANSLATION OF G.97, VOLK AM ABGRUND
www.psywar.org
(PAGE 32)
[Pictures of Hindenburg and of Hitler]
1. “The situation is becoming more critical every day and may force the High Command to take
decisions involving very serious consequences. Under these conditions it will be better to cease the
struggle, in order to avoid useless losses to the German people and their allies. Every day lost is costing
us the lives of thousands of brave soldiers.”
– Hindenburg to Max von Baden, 3 October 1918.
2. “The then Kaiser laid down his arms at a quarter to twelve. I have always stopped at five minutes past
twelve.”
– Adolf Hitler, 8 November 1943.

[sn00x]

Sneakpeak!

[THeTA0123]

Found a nice boys .55 casing in an old man's house!

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