@billace90 its an M4a4 sherman with a french 76mm high power main gun. it is also fitted with a fire simulator that runs on propane. I was one of the American forces at this event and my unit was set up next to the tankers.
@2ndpanzergrenadier That was just a skirmish. The whole re-enactment was about 20 minutes long but unfortunately the memory card on my camera was full.
The battle was about to begin and a jewish lady flagged me down on my Indian and gave me hell about the swastika on the back rack. I was doing a Volkssturmn impression. I wish I saw her after the battle to see if she understood why we do what we do. You have to have Germans to have an authentic battle.Germans put their flag over the hood of captured vehicles so that they would not be straffed by their own aircraft when the german pilots saw the star. No hatred or disrespect intended! Tom C.
lol at all the reenactments ive been to the americans have always won...but i do like the germans for their camo smocks lol, i think they're awesome :D
lol wow you guys had a tiger!? here where i live theyve got a M3 Halftrack, a willys jeep or two, a german recon bike and stuff like that. its pretty cool but a sherman would be awesome! they also have full size replica spitfires, P51's and a corsair that all fly! they never fire the 50 cals on the vehicles though, they keep the vehicles behind the infantry and they hardly move lol =[ but yeah the allies always win probly cause the people would think the organisers suppirt the nazis lol
i can understand your frustration. however, it was brutally hot out last weekend, over 94 degrees. heat stroke was a very real danger, especially with all that gear. the guys did a great job considering the conditions.
Agreed, this video is good. My men were the ones in the foxholes and I was the Lt. commanding the ground infantry forces. Thank you for coming out and supporting our hobby!
lol that so reminds me of "company of heroes" fierce battle over distances of 50 meters. thats really cool. especially the vehicles
happosai27 7 months ago
hey i loved this fight...i was there and i wasnt far from the camera...i was wondering why they didnt do it this year....thanks again for posting
hockey37lax14 1 year ago
What tank is that? It looks like a modified Sherman.
billace90 1 year ago
@billace90 its an M4a4 sherman with a french 76mm high power main gun. it is also fitted with a fire simulator that runs on propane. I was one of the American forces at this event and my unit was set up next to the tankers.
stitches211 1 year ago
ahh ok.
2ndpanzergrenadier 1 year ago
was that the whole reenactment or just a skirmish?
2ndpanzergrenadier 1 year ago
@2ndpanzergrenadier That was just a skirmish. The whole re-enactment was about 20 minutes long but unfortunately the memory card on my camera was full.
jlfrank83 1 year ago
Great job guys.
tron2102 1 year ago
next year im bringin my freshly restored stuart tank to this event!!!!
boater1595 2 years ago
The battle was about to begin and a jewish lady flagged me down on my Indian and gave me hell about the swastika on the back rack. I was doing a Volkssturmn impression. I wish I saw her after the battle to see if she understood why we do what we do. You have to have Germans to have an authentic battle.Germans put their flag over the hood of captured vehicles so that they would not be straffed by their own aircraft when the german pilots saw the star. No hatred or disrespect intended! Tom C.
tchiricos 2 years ago
@tchiricos
18th Volks Grenadeere, Memphis Tn.
Some people just don't get why we do what we do , it's to bad realy .
Us Germans never get any love .
Herbymac0811 1 year ago
lol at all the reenactments ive been to the americans have always won...but i do like the germans for their camo smocks lol, i think they're awesome :D
JessesWarMovies 1 year ago
@JessesWarMovies
The only time we ever won was in Rockome Indiana .
Two battles and we took them both . But then again we also had a tiger with us =)
I'm not being political but people tend to forget the german army was at the time the best in the world .
Herbymac0811 1 year ago
lol wow you guys had a tiger!? here where i live theyve got a M3 Halftrack, a willys jeep or two, a german recon bike and stuff like that. its pretty cool but a sherman would be awesome! they also have full size replica spitfires, P51's and a corsair that all fly! they never fire the 50 cals on the vehicles though, they keep the vehicles behind the infantry and they hardly move lol =[ but yeah the allies always win probly cause the people would think the organisers suppirt the nazis lol
JessesWarMovies 1 year ago
i was one of the re enforecements that came in on one of the jeeps
boater1595 2 years ago
i was one of the aliied reenforcements from the 99th
stitches211 2 years ago
damn i wish i could have been able to come i didnt have alot of ammo though. Used most at previous event, but had school senior stuff.
HamburgerHill937 2 years ago
man looks like i missed an awsome event.. eh if they have it next year i will def be there
KILROY9THSS 2 years ago
man i hate to be a stitch nazi , but i hate when reenactors just cassually strut accross the field like there not getting fired at
treysmithrebel 2 years ago
i can understand your frustration. however, it was brutally hot out last weekend, over 94 degrees. heat stroke was a very real danger, especially with all that gear. the guys did a great job considering the conditions.
jlfrank83 2 years ago
yea well i mean its at every event it seems, yano even in winter man, but yea this lookied like a good event my friends with the 9th was there
treysmithrebel 2 years ago
yeah it was exaemly hot that weekend, somebody actually had to go to the hospital at the event from heat stroke
stitches211 2 years ago
awesome video. i was the german that died @ the fence
allmessedup882001 2 years ago
SWEEEET!
9thRekrut 2 years ago
Awesome video, I'm one of the two germans that made it the closest to the allied line
dannyboyj644 2 years ago
I'm the German Stug Commander. Good battle
ashbiz21 2 years ago
Agreed, this video is good. My men were the ones in the foxholes and I was the Lt. commanding the ground infantry forces. Thank you for coming out and supporting our hobby!
krizzby 2 years ago
Hey, great footage. I was the machine gunner on the american halftrack
kilroy2981 2 years ago
You guys put on quite a spectacular show! Does your unit have a website? I'd love to learn more about the reenactment community.
jlfrank83 2 years ago