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Post by patterson on Jun 15, 2020 17:24:55 GMT -5
The American Civil War reenacting community uses the terms/classifications “mainstreamer” and “campaigner”. Do WWII reenactors use the same terms. If, not what are the equivalent terms? Thanks.
Feel free to share other terms and definitions used in the WWII reenacting community.
Patterson, out.
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Post by fusilier1944 on Jun 16, 2020 17:03:52 GMT -5
The Campaigners mentality has started to adapt to ww2 in the last few years. With the advent of “campaign” type events such as Stalingrad Ohio and The Drive on Caen, there has been a shift in focus from units showing up & group camping. Instead the events are setting the impressions and you are supposed to come fully prepared with what you need & can carry on your person. Anyone can attend so long as they meet the standards and impression regardless of unit affiliation. Just don’t expect to show up with an awesome, perfect impression that has nothing to do with the event & expect them to fit you into their event. (I’ve seen this, had a guy show up to my unit’s event as a pilot asking for us to change our scenario so he could get pictures to use in a semi-historical book about a vet family member of his).
There are numbers of private tactical events that allow all kinds of reenactors to enjoy themselves. A group who wants to camp & drink with their buddies can still coexist at an event with the “zoney” types who will go full immersion. The Zoney guys exist in differing levels of seriousness including German reenactors who speak fluently for days and those who just make sure everything they bring into the zone is period correct. Including attitude & mindset.
There are personalities in all the perspectives of this and there can be conflict or ideological clashes but in general we all get along & play nice. Very few events have Provost Marshal equivalents wandering around tearing people a new one about modern anachronisms. But those of us who care do our best to present our best for the sake of everyone else. Ww2 reenactment lends itself to the unit impression really well. With the best of the BofB boom years long behind us, most are focusing on quality impressions now. So the campaigner mindset is becoming more common, if still adapted to our specific era.
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Post by patterson on Jun 16, 2020 22:40:58 GMT -5
Good info! Thanks for the comment. I was almost taken up in the BofB boom. Caught myself before I got too far down the rabbit hole though. I have owned an M1 since carrying one in bootcamp and I’ll never let it go. Love that rifle. Mine’s a good shooter too.
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Post by Kashikov on Jun 28, 2020 0:05:12 GMT -5
I was a reenactor with the Green Devils (FJ Pionier), which are now defunct, but we had only period correct items in our camp, we spoke German out in the field (commands, etc), and when in camp we sang German songs. It was a blast. We were voted most authentic unit in 2003 or 2004, I forget which. We also did drill, tactics training, fire and movement, etc.
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