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rdking647

(5,113 posts)
Mon Nov 10, 2014, 07:24 AM Nov 2014

WW2 re-enactment

i went to a ww2 close assault re enactment over the weekend.
complete with tanks,machine guns etc... for teh most part i though black and white was better for these shots


speaking before the battle




sherman tank firing




attacking a german pillbox








bazooka at the moment of firing


moment of impact


after the re enactment a group of the re enactors started chatting with a 100 ur old WW2 veteran

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WW2 re-enactment (Original Post) rdking647 Nov 2014 OP
excellent photos! handmade34 Nov 2014 #1
Great pics Dyedinthewoolliberal Nov 2014 #2
Very well done photographs. Mira Nov 2014 #3

Mira

(22,382 posts)
3. Very well done photographs.
Mon Nov 10, 2014, 08:00 PM
Nov 2014

They show that war is hell.
I know these tanks well. They were in my streets when I was a tiny girl, and also under my windows. I was in the American occupied zone of post war Germany. To this day tanks and their color make me crazy.

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