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Yes they are of the same mentality, although I like the fights between the kid and his sister, plus the old man does like to swear back at people, but that idiotic son has to hide behind a bouncer every time, plus I dont like his face, egotistical little dickwad, he has the face that everyone wants to push in

I ask that myself at least twelveleven times a day,do a little math and say to myself "Manu...you're a rich man!",then fell prey to total depression when I think that I'll never,ever sell my junk and probably die broke in a cold alley dressed as a DAK soldier!

Here is a Soldbuch to a key player in Warsaw Uprising of 1944. There are many great award entries. He entered service in 1929 as an enlisted man, and worked his way to the highest NCO ranks by the start of the war. In 1940, he was commissioned as a Leutnant. He took part in the invasion of France, Norway, and Northern Soviet Union, where he won the Ehrenblattspange. After a serious wound in Leningrad, he was sent to become an instructor at the infantry school in Posen, Poland in 1943. IT was at this school he had a rough time conforming to the politically correct atmosphere, which impacted his officer evaluations. Despite this, he was a respected leader and was promoted to Major. When the 1944 Warsaw Uprising erupted, he was sent along with his students to take part in crushing it. He was on scene for the duration, earning the DKiG, CCCiS, and WBiG. His fame came from his part in the uprising, however, his war did not end there. After the collapse of Posen, he was transferred to the Western front where he fought the British, earning two tank destruction badges on the same day, in April of 1944. Shortly thereafter, he surrendered. After the war, he became a sales representative for a beer brewery. He lived a long life, passing away in 1998. Had he not been such a rebel in the garrison settings, I am sure that he would have gone a bit higher in the ranks.

Hi All, Here are some photos of my 1940 Lago Berlin made tropical peaked cap and it is about as DAK as you can get. The original owners name is written inside the cap. These early caps are extremely sort after and the prices are very high right now. This cap has an early type of tropical cockade and an not often seen smaller size early tropical cap eagle. D

"When they said I was going to be a drummer in the KM , i did,nt expect THIS!!!!!!"

You aint the only one Manu, I do love a salty DAK/tropical cap, and this one fits the bill in every form, plus good photography always helps, in particular the showing of the eyelet grommets which are textbook here

That is incredible! Cherish this and pass it down to the young ones!

No mate your not alone there, it used to happen all the time on WRF, then you would get insulted by some twat because he thought you were wrong

SS Soldbuck - Szegedi, he was a Rumanian Vol

Hi All, I collect SS stuff, almost anything SS related.. My pride and joy is my full SS Ernst Röhm dagger

Some of the 1/72 and 1/43 diecast models that are on the market today are more detailed and exquisite than ever. Just like this 1/72 Messerschmidt Bf110 from HobbyMaster

Hello all, Package 1 of 3 has arrived! This one has a very very nice American XM-793 TP-T projectile! Came from a gent in the US and cant be happier with it, great addition to my growing 25mm collection. As far as I can tell these are identical to the M973 TP-T projectile used for target practice by the army, except these are used for in-house testing and experimental use which would explain why I have seen various paint jobs on these projectiles, but always stenciled "XM-793". The complete stenciling on the projectile it "25mm TP- XM-793 ROH 77B D01-001". I have seen 2 other XM-793 projectiles, one with tracer markings along the bottom of the ogive, and another that was painted grey with the same markings. Completely inert, with empty tracer pocket. The casing it is in currently is not completely correct as the casing is marked for TPDS-T rounds but close enough! Hope you all enjoy! Rhys

Recently picked this up. Japanese Type 99 "A" or mite commonly known as the "KISKA" named by GI after the island of the same name. Where this little grenade was first identified. I was happy to add this WWII mini to my small Japanese group. *all ordnance and related objects are completely inert and 100% free of any energetic material whatsoever."-TM

Hello all, package 2 of 3 has now arrived, this one being the smallest. After looking for a couple years I have now been able to get a perfect 4.7x33mm G11 caseless rounds in my collection. I have written a small article about the rifle, the ACR program, and the cartridge itself, hope you enjoy it! A little on the ACR program, Phase I-II was started in 1986 and Phase III in August 1989. It was Funded by the US Army to find a replacement for the M16. 4 companies, AAI, Colt, H&K and Steyr came with new rifles. Other companies including Eugene Stoners Ares Incorporated was planning on putting the AIWS rifle in but withdrew due to complications, as did McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Systems. The ACR program ultimately failed even though the 4 designs worked well, but none could meet or approach improvement over the M16. the project was ended in April 1990 but led to the OICW project. The project ended up costing around 300 million. Now more about the G11 specifically. It was produced in small quantities by "Gesellschaft für Hülsenlose Gewehrsysteme", in English, "Corporation for Caseless Rifle Systems" which was a group of companies lead by H&K. Dynamit Nobel worked on the propellant for the cartridge and projectiles and Hensoldt Wetzlar for the optics. Production began in 1960 and went through until the 1980's. When it began it was funded mostly by West Germany and some NATO contries. It fired 3 round bursts and worked fairly well. They where able to overcome a number of technical issues and get a decent rifle working. Although a technical success, it never went into full production due to politics and the re-unification of Germany. Only 1000 rifles where ever produced, and the G3 was replaced with the G36 series. There was also a multitude of problems with the rifle, including the caseless ammuniton cooking off in the barrel after firing for prolonged times as there was no brass casing to absorb heat. Many different shapes and types of ammunition was tried, and the one here was the final design shape. Another problem was the very complicated firing mechanism and internals. Some have said to service the rifle you would have to be a very experienced German clock maker! The included cut-away rifle shows some of the complicated internals. Despite the problems there was some good things about the rifle too. Because there was no casing, there was nothing for the rifle to eject and no waste (casings). Another was the huge amount of weight saved as the ammunition weighed a significant amount less than the standard 5.56x45mm cartridge. This meant a soldier was able to carry much more ammunition despite weighing the same amount as a standard load of 5.56. The 3 round burst fired also gave a higher hit probability to the shooter. The round I was able to get came from a gent in Germany, and the round pictured is a variation of the DM10 dummy next to a 5.56x45mm as used on the M16. They have a hole through them to indicate dummy, and are made of plastic, and the bullet is metal. These would have been used for systems tests and tooling, although this one looks to have never been used! I have included a picture of a real dis-assembled round, which shows the propellant block, primer and ignition unit, bullet, and the plastic tab that keeps the bullet centered. I have included a number of pictures, also showing the other ACR rifles ammunition and an earlier design of the G11 ammunition. I hope you all enjoy this small article, and I couldn't be happier with this small little cartridge!

My Soviet canisters, or Ruskie Cans, L to R, RG-42V. ROG-43, with RGD33 frag sleeve, and RG-42. I believe I've found an RG-41, which is no small feat in the grenade world. Will post when in hand!

http://www.chocsforchaps.com/m36s-grenade/

Yes they are rather but why she,s with that ex gangster i dont know

Removed.

The only reason I watch it now is to see Brandies mahoosive rack lol

OOH yeah, he is that and a lot more, he,s been kicked off the show now for fighting with Dan the auctioneer, and assaulting his wife

They are a scourge on the collecting world, if you find items on the surface then its not too bad but these guys are digging into graves and disturbing history of a site, for the only reasons ...Profit and greed, they show no respect for anyone who fought in these positions and probably died there

Ok,they're a bunch of crooks but what about these ?

Following on from the dig at the weekend, my latest video is now ready for you to view Hope you like it...... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8AMSpxyixc

Joking apart,it's a beaut and it really,really makes me envious!

not sure whats up but I'm no longer auto signed in and when I do sign in its take 4 to 6 attempts to do so @Lenny

WOW!There's an OUTSTANDING selection of great pieces posted here!I think that if they'd be posted in their respective sections with one or more accompanying pictures for each thread this site would literally explode!Here they'll face the same fate as if they'd been posted on Facecrook! As said in the title...my 0,02 RS Cheers Manu

If I ever decide to sell it I will but right now for me I am okay with it Bought it for the helmet and the trench art not the liner I'd rather have a fake liner and original helmet then an entire fake helmet.

Hi Mav, Thank you and I agree with you D

As mentioned, I'd ditch the liner, it's really a horrible repro.

Cracking tunic @DAK D.

love chocolate

When circumstances change in a persons life, hard decisions have to be made, one of them has to be family first, if I had,nt sold a lot of my collection we would have been on the streets long ago, and even now because of a long term illness, I cant afford to get back a 1/4 of what has gone, so every item I see now is a bonus, and perhaps a little envy as well

I do have a campaign map that Gen. Patton gave to his Special Operations Officer, Maj. Melvin Helfers after the war in the ETO ended. It was one Patton used in his mobile headquarters. I interviewed him in 1976 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He also gave my one of the three original photos of him with Generals Patton and Gaffney. The Major said it was the same map as in the picture. I've yet to get the thing mounted.

@PmMeYourCats Been there, done that, had them... I've had a few Lugers over the years, shot them live when we could do that, and as for the deacts, once I dry fire them a few times, strip them, etc. etc. they just sit on my desk. I traded a lovely example along with a P-38 for a really nice Les Paul guitar a year or so back, and was happy to do so.. Lugers come and go, but sweet Les Pauls are hard to find. Saying that, I now have 18 mills bombs so who knows...

id sell anything including the dog, but you would have to prise my collection from my cold dead fingers

I think its been repainted posr war, probably by the Vet, but what spoils it is the brand new fake liner, I would take that out, but are the liner pins the original ones??, or were they replaced as well

Unfortunately I have to make do with old pictures on film but I hope to break out the uniforms sooner or later and take better pictures of them!Anyway,more LW tropical uniforms;one in tan and two in blue and green HBT respectively...with matching trousers,which are way rarer than the tunics themselves!

Green HBT tunic.I've added the sport /defense badge because there were loops already and I saw one pinned on a LW FD fliegerbluse in a picture.The "gullwings" came with the tunic and they've been pinned in a very peculiar way,i.e. between the prongs and the fabric there are two small squares made of thick cardboard to protect the fabric.The EK ribbon is original but no boards were on the tunic. This way of securing the gullwings would suggest use on behalf of a FD member,as a German historian has told me.Many soldiers pinned the ranks straight thru the denim without sewing patches.We'll never know,though,the owner could have been everything from a "kanonier" to a Fallschirmjager or even a pilot!

Needless to say,these uniforms weren't strictly for "tropical use" but were used in Italy,Southern Russia and Southern France as well,or wherever the climate was a warm or temperate une! Blue HBT tunic with trousers:

Like all these "reality" programmes, theres a false impression that what people are seeing is how its happening there and then, but like all film crews you have to stop, re adjust camera angles, sound , lighting, question and answers, make up , piece to cameras etc

YES, I knew there was something wrong with this guy from the beginning , in fact theres something wrong with all of them, bunch of money grabbing rednecks, they will con anybody out of money and laugh about it, plus the whole thing is a sham. I,ve got nothing against anybody making money but do it honestly and with some dignity,without scamming people, also why would anyone employ this guy, thick as two railway sleepers laid end to end and a constant twat , he would,nt last five minutes in a normal job

Photos from my past reenacting events. I reenacted a Panzer Grenadier with Panzer Lehr in Florida. I was also fortunate to have the opportunity to drive an OT-810 converted to an SdKfz 251 replica.

Pair of mint,un-issued size 25 WH Bergschuhe (mountain boots).They still had a loop of hemp tying them together which broke under the weight of a boot. Emoticon frownThey've been made by Solidus,i.e. one of the main supplier of this type of boots along with "Rieker" and "Poliky & Rieker".They could be of interest because it's one of those rare cases in which you can see the name of the producer AND the "secret code" that was allocated to it!If you have a pair on Bergschuhe in your collection is worth checking if it carries this RbNr or this one; 0/1255/007, which was allocated toPolicky Rieker!

I know it's not a military model but I am now trustee of my late fathers ships that he built over a forty year span ,and total in number 8 ships and I now display three of them within my military museum. The cutty Sark ,followed by the Danmark, With theThermopylae,and unfortunately he was to ill to finish two more hulls that he started of the cutty Sark again and Hms Victory,but will take them.on one day

Hi All, My other hobby is connected to my career as a Cellar Service Tech for Breweries. Here are a few examples of hand painted ones i have. All to be mounted in the workshop when im arsed.

Great film..