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The (very young) child of one of those Black Brunswickers was asked in preschool "What does your dad do during his free time?" "Mein Patti schießt Franzosen tot!" ("My daddy shoots French people dead!") There was apparently a concerned phone call. Edit: I included the original because it sounded so good. It's perfect iambic quatrimeter. HEY GUNS fucked around with this message at 16:44 on Aug 19, 2014 |
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Bismark would have been proud!Arquinsiel posted:I shall oblige! Well, got to give them points for trying that up hill struggle at least.
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Arquinsiel posted:I shall oblige! They killed them and raped their corpses?
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It's not dicking around if you do it in period clothing and a tourist is watching you, it's educational. (And as such, tax deductible. If you think about it the right way, I'm being payed to drink beer and play dice.)
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Well poo poo, I'm off to become a historical reenactor then. But poo poo, now that I think about it, the only thing I could really be locally would be an RCMP officer, stuck with the depressing task of reigning in all the whisky traders who were robbing the natives blind. And god drat does that ever sound depressing, which I guess is why we don't do that out here. I imagine there's a lot of people reenacting War of 1812 stuff out east though. Related, from the wonderful mind of Kate Beaton: e: Her description of the war in general is pretty sweet: quote:Ah, the War of 1812 PittTheElder fucked around with this message at 17:54 on Aug 19, 2014 |
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PittTheElder posted:Well poo poo, I'm off to become a historical reenactor then. You could always become a refugee reenactor! http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...S-officers.html quote:A number of visitors were asked at random if they would consider dressing as refugees – but several were Jewish. Among them were Merton Paul, 65, and his wife Barbara, who said they were approached by a re-enactment member and asked to wear refugee outfits to ‘add another dimension to the experience’.
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I've seen that War of 1812 documentary Kate Beaton mentions. It was pretty shite, for some reason it was twinned with a much better less biased documentary about the war on YouTube. The change of tone between both documentaries was pretty hilarious though.
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HEY GAL posted:The (very young) child of one of those Black Brunswickers was asked in preschool "What does your dad do during his free time?" Yeah, Something like that would have the cops at the school to set up a barrier and a few at daddy's house arresting him here in the US. I've seen one where a few people wandered into the middle of the field. Apparently rope and caution tape don't apply to some. PittTheElder posted:But poo poo, now that I think about it, the only thing I could really be locally would be an RCMP officer, stuck with the depressing task of reigning in all the whisky traders who were robbing the natives blind. And god drat does that ever sound depressing, which I guess is why we don't do that out here. I imagine there's a lot of people reenacting War of 1812 stuff out east though. Why just that? There's Europeans that do US Civil War and Americans that do WWII, WWI, and medieval stuff. Reenacting stuff outside your territory is nothing new. V Honestly, I have had people ask what there is to be afraid of if we're just firing blanks. We happened to set up some log barricades in front of the battery for the event, they weren't very good logs, mostly been laying out in a field for years, so they were still solid, but decomposing. By the end of the show we'd fired about 30 times and the logs in front of the cannons were all tore apart from the muzzle blasts. I hope they hung around to see that. SocketWrench fucked around with this message at 18:39 on Aug 19, 2014 |
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SocketWrench posted:I've seen one where a few people wandered into the middle of the field. Apparently rope and caution tape don't apply to some.
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Nenonen posted:You could always become a refugee reenactor!
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Anything involved or associated with that paper is horribly painful.
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SocketWrench posted:V Honestly, I have had people ask what there is to be afraid of if we're just firing blanks. We happened to set up some log barricades in front of the battery for the event, they weren't very good logs, mostly been laying out in a field for years, so they were still solid, but decomposing. By the end of the show we'd fired about 30 times and the logs in front of the cannons were all tore apart from the muzzle blasts. I hope they hung around to see that. Edit: It's also dangerous to be on the pike, of course, but the tourists recognise that because it's, you know, a big fuckoff spear (possibly: the biggest spear?). Not "just blanks." HEY GUNS fucked around with this message at 19:37 on Aug 19, 2014 |
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Arquinsiel posted:It's just plain painful. Oh you say? "One man's an armband identified him as playing the part of Hermann Goering." Pictured below: Hermann Göring And this is Theodor Eicke
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HEY GAL posted:About five years ago, when I was still doing ACW reenactment, a guy got a hole blown in his thigh the size of a silver dollar when his pistol went off in his holster. Now that I do 30YW reenactment the thing we're all afraid of is what'll happen if one or more of a musketeer's charges go off. Whoever decided that it was a good idea to make those guys hang explosives around their chests while they're handling poo poo that's on fire, thanks a lot. Yeah, part of the reason we don't use bayonets or rammers to load rifles, the chance someone's gonna get shot/stabbed rapidly increases to 100% the more people that get involved. I thought one of the Berdan's I met was some nutjob when he was using one of those Colt revolver rifles. I prayed I'd never see the day the cylinders went off together
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HEY GAL posted:About five years ago, when I was still doing ACW reenactment, a guy got a hole blown in his thigh the size of a silver dollar when his pistol went off in his holster. Now that I do 30YW reenactment the thing we're all afraid of is what'll happen if one or more of a musketeer's charges go off. Whoever decided that it was a good idea to make those guys hang explosives around their chests while they're handling poo poo that's on fire, thanks a lot. Slightly inaccurate, he was making miniatures for a living before that. Nenonen posted:Oh you say? Exactly. It's nice that the Nazis made little customised armbands for everyone so you'd never forget someone's name!
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Arquinsiel posted:http://www.ospreypublishing.com/authors/michael_perry/
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He's now a cyborg with a cool sculpting arm. It's pretty awesome is why.
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Arquinsiel posted:He's now a cyborg with a cool sculpting arm. It's pretty awesome is why. SocketWrench posted:Yeah, part of the reason we don't use bayonets or rammers to load rifles, the chance someone's gonna get shot/stabbed rapidly increases to 100% the more people that get involved. I thought one of the Berdan's I met was some nutjob when he was using one of those Colt revolver rifles. I prayed I'd never see the day the cylinders went off together
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To be fair, when you're a fat slob, playing Hermann Göring is pretty much the best way to do reenactment I guess.
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ArchangeI posted:To be fair, when you're a fat slob, playing Hermann Göring is pretty much the best way to do reenactment I guess. Reminds me of the Hitler Auditions.
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On the mention of Osprey, I'm getting to read quite a few books from them thanks to a Scribd subscription. Anything I should look out for? They seem to be pretty good books, well illustrated, if a bit dry and very technical.
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gradenko_2000 posted:On the mention of Osprey, I'm getting to read quite a few books from them thanks to a Scribd subscription. Anything I should look out for? They seem to be pretty good books, well illustrated, if a bit dry and very technical. I really like the ones that basically cover all the smaller wars of the 19th century barely anyone cares for now. Helps fill in some mental gaps.
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HEY GAL posted:Ah, neat. Do you know what in particular led to the loss of the arm? From the man himself: quote:MP: It was so authentic, it was actually where the guns were in the real battle. It was the first time the
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Speaking of, anyone know if black powder is explosive enough that standing near a cannon when it's firing would give you some sort of brain injury? I am suddenly quite paranoid.
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HEY GAL posted:Speaking of, anyone know if black powder is explosive enough that standing near a cannon when it's firing would give you some sort of brain injury? I am suddenly quite paranoid. Where did you hear about this? Honestly it sounds like a military legend, I've heard a ton of similar tales and they all are bullshit. But on the other hand, I have never met an artilleryman who didn't appear to be brain damaged, so...
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Nenonen posted:Where did you hear about this? Honestly it sounds like a military legend, I've heard a ton of similar tales and they all are bullshit. But on the other hand, I have never met an artilleryman who didn't appear to be brain damaged, so... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120516152440.htm I am thinking specifically about a time the entire square lay down while our own pieces fired behind us. The unspent powder spattered onto my jacket like rain.
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HEY GAL posted:http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120516152440.htm Apparently blast-related concussions are a thing the military is worried about, and some study (looks at least decently legit - was published in the Journal of Neurotrauma) is claiming that problems with impulse control might be related to explosive-caused concussions. There's some conjecture this might be a biological cause for a lot of the problems returning vets have that have previously been filed under PTSD. As for your re-enacting I have no idea if you guys are getting close enough to be getting concussions. I suspect that this is the sort of thing that you'd have to be pretty drat close to a sizable explosion to really need to worry about. Think more "surviving a live mortar blowing in the middle of your square" than "guys 30 feet away amusing tourists with blank charges" Now, as for your research . . . this might help explain the general behavior of some of your subjects. Something to at least throw in the intro or conclusion as a throw-away conjecture, eh?
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Cyrano4747 posted:Now, as for your research . . . this might help explain the general behavior of some of your subjects. Something to at least throw in the intro or conclusion as a throw-away conjecture, eh?
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HEY GAL posted:http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120516152440.htm I glanced the article and didn't make much of it but I figure it discusses the effects of IEDs, is this correct? My understanding is that being hit by an IED can be an extremely uncomfortable situation, as in people become disoriented, nauseous etc. and these are symptoms felt immediately, not years later. I presume that your experience hasn't been that extreme?
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Nenonen posted:I glanced the article and didn't make much of it but I figure it discusses the effects of IEDs, is this correct? My understanding is that being hit by an IED can be an extremely uncomfortable situation, as in people become disoriented, nauseous etc. and these are symptoms felt immediately, not years later. I presume that your experience hasn't been that extreme? and then having everyone walk around them and lie down in front of them was a bad idea.
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HEY GAL posted:My subjects drink wine by the quart.
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Arquinsiel posted:It's not a question of how much brain damage, it's a question of how they got it?
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Just don't join an Iraqi occupation reenactment club and you should be okay. Since we're stuck on reenactment, what are the most marginal topics you're aware of? All I ever hear of are WW2, WW1, ACW, Napoleonic Wars and such. Are there any Golden Horde reenactors? Aztecs?
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Nenonen posted:Where did you hear about this? Honestly it sounds like a military legend, I've heard a ton of similar tales and they all are bullshit. But on the other hand, I have never met an artilleryman who didn't appear to be brain damaged, so... Most of the artillerymen I've met just can't hear anymore, especially if they stuck it out for any length of time. I fondly remember a SGM who could hear gently caress all if you were speaking in a normal inside voice.
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Rhymenoserous posted:Most of the artillerymen I've met just can't hear anymore, especially if they stuck it out for any length of time. I fondly remember a SGM who could hear gently caress all if you were speaking in a normal inside voice. We call it Gunner's Ear. Even with ear defenders, howitzers and mortars are loving LOUD. Most gunners have some sort of tinnitus.
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They should use silencers: I hope the designer got some kind of prize for that.
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MA-Horus posted:We call it Gunner's Ear. Even with ear defenders, howitzers and mortars are loving LOUD. Most gunners have some sort of tinnitus. I always wondered why we're doing all the fancy robotics whiz bangs at the infantry level, when it seems like field artillery would be a great place for automation to step in. Computer controlled firing platforms with some form of autoloader.
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Rhymenoserous posted:I always wondered why we're doing all the fancy robotics whiz bangs at the infantry level, when it seems like field artillery would be a great place for automation to step in. Computer controlled firing platforms with some form of autoloader. Expense, ease of moving the guns as the front advances/retreats, and ease of transport would be my main guesses. You're basically making an argument for going all in on SPGs.
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Rhymenoserous posted:I always wondered why we're doing all the fancy robotics whiz bangs at the infantry level, when it seems like field artillery would be a great place for automation to step in. Computer controlled firing platforms with some form of autoloader. Its on the way in a big hurry. They're doing experiments next month where they run a howitzer with a crew of 4 thanks to combination of robots and "strength enhancers".
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