Ron Martin
Ron has been a reenactor for many years.  Ron and his life-partner Bob, used to reenact up east for many years.  However they were thorughly disgusted by all the snobby, insensitive people in the reenacting community up there.  Although they had several impressions that they did, they did have their favorite.  Ron was often seen as a bearded Waffen SS Gebirgsjager Obersturmbanfuhrer .  They recently moved to the south and ran into more of the same attitudes about their impression and their lifestyle choices.  The received several rude e-mails when they tried to make contact with established units in the south.  Ron  has residences in Arizona, Mallas, the Midwest, and Port Arthur. They recently parted ways, and Ron is doing the reenacting gig on his own.   His  efforts to establish a new unit are chronicled in this web site.

Yahoo Von Mock:   Yahoo is the most authentic reenactor in all the world.  He has been personally featured in all the whos-who reenactor and militaria magazines.  In fact, response  to his Godly, Nordic, Germanic features have been so great that they are working on a magazine just about him, (a pilot for a television show is also in the works, the show also features Yahoo's crazy neighbor whose poodle is always peeing on his uniform…).   There is a rumour that Yahoo is actually an original German soldier (probably an Officer) that was cryrogenically,  (not KRIAUSgenically) frozen and was accidentally thawed out during a power outage.   He has been spotted in the field, wearing  only the basic essentials of a combat soldier - Panzer kombi, canteen, and pistol.  He once took out a Sovjet tank with a Panzerfaust,and had a special piece of art commisioned to commemorate this feat.   He is so authentic that he even imports European butt lice for his impression and purposely gets
dysentery for all Eastern Front events.

KD Bren:  Formerly known as JC, he took on the next two corresponding letters of the alphabet.(J - K, C - D) He did this to pay respect to his favorite lesbian singer, KD Lang.  Mr Bren is one of the most knowledgeable reenactors in the country.  He knows anything about everything, as several members of his family served during the war, and he is genetically pre-disposed to having a comprehensive knowledge of all things WWII German.  There is a dark side to KD, though.  He has a fascination with the fact that he was never circumcised.  Many feel that his constant chatter on the subject is evidence of  a fetish for men who are "un-cut". While this has yet to be substantiated, with KD not commenting on the subject.  His looks are rather striking, and he is known as one of the most macho reenactors to appear on the scene. 
 

Candy BOZOinski
Candy BOZOinski has only been in re-enacting for a few years, but has  embraced both spheres of re-enacting heartily:  busting caps and living  history.  With his coke bottle glasses and his scoped K-98K Gerry rigged with  washers in the mount, he figures he has enough combined optics to spot the  footprints on the moon.  Unfortunately his prescription is not up to date and
he sometimes has to hand his rifle to Tom Gibletson (or another nearby soldat  who has spotted a target) in order to put his rifle to good use.  This has  earned him the nick name "The Blind Polish sniper" within his own unit.  He  has embraced the concept of ephemera with zest.  Especially in his food  stuffs.  Every good soldat should start the day off with a sugar rush and
bone strengthening calcium infusion that one gets from a bowl of Fruit Loops.   Hey…the Germans captured milk and cereal was around since the turn of the  century…original for sure.  Since canned food was making its debut in wartime  rations,  andy thought he would embrace this authentic concept, instead of  the usual farby MRE's.  But does it really matter what's in the  an?  Hey,  there's nothing more tasty and filling than a can of Campbell's Chunky Clam  Chowder to fill your stomach and get you ready to bust more caps.  Never mind  that it gives you rank breath.  The crowning jewel of Candy's ephemera (much  to the chagrin of Denny Neets) is the SS face veil.  He has tried a variety  of these in his quest for cheap camouflage, improvised from "materials easily  obtainable in the field".  Just as Denny was really going to slap the shit  out of Candy…he bought a  reproduction veil and the pissiness subsided.  But  never fear, Candy is always looking to expand his ephemera collection in his
quest to be a more camouflaged and authentic sniper.  His next project may be  a rifle cover made from a cut up pair of 44 dot pants.

Spot Scoup
Spot is a well known reenactor all around the country.  Aside from his  constant ravings on authenticity,  he also teaches classes on aging your  uniform the Lipton Way.   He first got this idea after working in a  commercial for Lipton Tea  and taking the "Nestea Plunge" in full kit.   After getting out and drying off, everyone thought his uniform looked  original and at least 60 years old, exactly the age of the uniforms were  during the war (60 years old). After a long hard day of busting on everyones
authenticity at tacticals,  Spot likes to relax with a "lunchable" and some  bottled spring water that he hides in his gas mask cannister.    After  eating,  he kicks off his tennis shoes  and plays with his pet poodle that  he brings to many battles, and sometimes shaves his canteen cover and  breadbag

Yo motherfucker. I'm here to see to it you know what a real man can do in this hobby. My name is Willy" THE WAD"  Washington. I AM a Black SS general and you all better get used to a New stud in the house. The first thing I'm goin to do is fuck that little punk Rolland in the ass and then take all his bitches away from him and have them work for me. As far as the rest of you motherfuckers, I'm goin to whip youall into  shape. We gonna show these assholes what a real together group we can
be. The first training day will be 4th of July at Vances storage shed cause that's where he be stayin now. WE gonna DRILL, BEAT and WHIP you motherfuckers into what I want you to be. By the end of the day you all gonna SUCK my cock and lick my ASS. Then after that we gonna do some real trainin. We gonna have a platoon for the FUCKERS and one for the
FUCKEES. I want to give you all what you want and need. When thats done we gonna work on our uniforms. They gonna be all black with all black leather. Thats all for now you bunch of  pussies. PUT THIS ON YOUR SITE NOW or I gonna come to your place and bust you up. DO IT . WILLY "DAS BUNDEL" WASHINGTON

Joel Manicotti: One of the burliest of Ron's men, Joel is a serious reenactor. Keep him away from a GI wool shirt vendor though, as he will attempt to buy more mint-condition originals in order to rip them apart  to use as his new quilt his wife is making for him. Joel used to indulge  in pizza eating with his last unit, and is sometimes seen sneaking Pizza-licious Pringles into his mussette bag.  Joel is an amateur male model, and Bob tracked him down after seeing him in a magazine.

Mark Gallows: Originally from the Windy City, Mark couldn't stay away from Ron once he met him at a recent event up north and has since moved to Arizona in order to be "closer" to Commander Ron. Mark thinks of himself as a born leader, but truth is, he is better suited as a model for the new line of Swiss tunics coming out on the market. He made himself an Oberst in his 5-man army unit, and parties with them as if he were one of the boys, using his obvious postwar mess tin over the 10 originals he has stashed at home in a closet, which are next to many mint, un-opened Beatles LPs.  He has been known to argue with Bob over music, as Bob is the quintessential Morrissey fan, and Mark is a founder of The Smiths Defamation League.

Vance Argav - Vance is  relatively new to reenacting, but has jumped in head first.  He prefers to eat authentic rations in the field, which usually consist of a subway cold cut combo in the plastic bag, neatly stored in his gas mask container.  He has quickly moved up the rank structure of his unit, becoming an NCO almost overnight.  Vance likes to be a cop both on the reenacting field and off.  Ron would really like to hook up with this "hot cop", but Vance has spurned his advances.  Vance reminds of him of his favorite cop, officer Frank Poncharello.

Rolland F. Smertis - Rolland is one of the old timers of reenacting, having done this almost since the age of 4.  He is burned out reenacting, and will rarely go in to the field for any length of time.  He prefers instead to profit from whiny, crybaby reenactors so he can be well stocked with dough to run his many women with.  He learned his dating practices and received his nickname from a TV show set in the 50's that featured Ron Howard and Henry Winkler.  No matter how far the women are, it is not to far for Rolland.  He will travel across the world to run them.  He often indulges in the fruit of the vine to celebrate  the holiday season, and gets more drunk and pissy than Denny Neets ever dreamed of.
 

Dennis Hairless: Not to be confused with the 6th Cav leader although they have the same profession. He is 46, chronic hypochondriac, claims to "have more problems than a $10 car" The only hair on his head are his eyebrows, his mustache that he refuses to shave because he grew it in WW1, and the hair that grows out of his ears causing a certain amount of
hearing loss which he claims are from artillery bombardments. He maintains a different uniform for each month of the war, and which he sells them all off periodically at 10 cents on the dollar when he gets mad at the "Farbs". Herr Janke just loves him. He feels that joining Rons unit is his mission in life to make "The World Safe from Farbdom" He alternately laughs and cries while looking at Ray Mangos knee high jackboots worn with 44 dots. He feels there should be a place, perhaps a internment camp for farbs, he says "I don't want them hurt, just put away until they can be re-educated" He speaks glowingly of Harald,
saying "If I had a son, I would want him to be just like him" This causes some to speculate that he is Haralds dad, or at least perhaps they are both results of a Dr. Mengele cloning experiment.

Hello, I'm Ray Mango and I am a Premier Reenactor. I portray a crusty old NCO that was in the Prussian Army in The Big One 1914-1918. I still wear my 17" tall jackboots that were issued in 1914, (They are really East German Officers boots I got 10 years ago for $20) The stitch nazis
laugh at me for wearing them with my 44 dots but what the hey, they were issued! They also laugh because I chain smoke filtered cigarettes, to which I tell them, Hello! The germans had filters on their gas masks which they breathed through, Right? Hello! Well I breath through my cigarettes too so get your head out of your behind!  They are such nitpickers, bellyaching about me wearing my P-38 holster like Marshal Dillion, hanging on my right side, quick draw fashion, Well Exccuuuse me! The germans were big fans of the old west and american cinema, didn't Galland have a picture of Mickey Mouse on the side of his plane? Hello? I enjoy Rons unit more than my old one, which was full of stitch nazis and people that didn't respect me, and I deserve it because I was in the real army. That is why I refuse to portray anyone other than a high NCO, my lowest rank I've ever had was Der  Spiess. I guess I'm just a natural born leader of men. Ray
 

Sal Schleppmann:   Sal is old school reenactor as well as a collector.  At one time he owned several dozen machine guns but sold them all to buy a  special vehicle to attract Bob and Ron's special affections.  Sal holds the coveted "equipment destruction badge" for getting drunk and pissy (like Denny Neet) and running over his own equipment. He has been known to hurl his waffenapmted Polish Radom in anger on occasion.   He also owns the unit record for catastrophic pass outs after drinking too much. Often when drunk, he will mumble the German language in his down home Texas accent as well as fall out of trucks, etc.  Like Krias Bee, Sal dresses up his cat "melbester" in German uniforms and takes him for rides in his converted motorcycle that he
bought from a Canadian Dealer in Dallas.

George Medward Bains:  Med is a old school reenactor from the dawn of time.  Although he works for a very reputatable company and makes a good salary, he has mastered the art of penny pinching. Med is world renown for his keen intellect and his fantastic book collection on the Second world war as well as his Barry Manilow album collection which Bob and Ron often come over to listen to.  He wears 30 year old old reproduction dot pants that appear to have been run over several times by a tank and uses blue jean iron on patches to cover the holes.  He also owns the coveted and very rare oakleaf reversible to white SS helmet cover with rocker clips that he bought from Krupper and refuses to give up even though he knows its wrong because he may need it for a winter battle some day.  Although he recognizes that he is the smartest man in Rons unit, he is at times outsmarted by his brillant Polish Tank Commander BOZOonskij. Obsessed with winning battles at all costs Med
has lead several successful campaigns with his Panzer Commander Candy BOZOonskij who blindly drives around in a US chaffee converted to a Mark III.  Although its authenticity is questionable mEd feels that winning comes first and has employed Dodge Mini vans painted field gray and armed with a
Finnish anti-tank guns in the past to help his team win. He is a welcome addition to Bob and Rons Unit.

  Harald Rashkin - Although he is new to reenacting, he is a violent, compulsive stitch nazi. He has been brainwashed by some Canadian members of his fraternity in to thinking that being ultra-authentic is the only way to go. He spends every penny he has on new and better gear. We all know that this is because he lives with his parents and does not have to pay rent. However his money would be better spent on the Hair Club For Men. He can often be found getting drunk and pissy with Sal Schleppmann or Denny Neets.

Brandeiis "king of the Farbs"-
    Doing his best to re-live his "hippie-days"  He will show up in an
almost converted "Kubel-Thing" and a shotgun in a tube he calls a PAK-Gun.  He has hair longer than his jump smock(made of Zelt Material).  He tries to keep it hidden in his Deion Sanders Dew(sp?)Rag.  He will preach the evils of cutting ones hair or doing a proper German Impression.  He will say he does not wish to be overall German commander but in the end will try to take over.  He belongs in a "Collective" and not a unit.

Yohan "Ritter Kruez"-
   This mildly obese, mustached, Knights Cross winner will bore you to death with stories of how re-enacting used to be and how he has been to battles in every state in the Union. He will wear awards and medals that were handed out to only "dead" heroes,   He might show up with a Kubel thing if the Sheriff's department will let him have his stuff back.  Or if theGrand Jury decides all is well. His main tactical advantage is he is a Vietnam Veteren, even though he was 16 when  the war ended. He will wear a Swedish conversion that would have been ok back in the '70's or he will show up as a Luftwaffe Pilot and regail you with the stories of the real BF-109 in his back-yard.

Bill"Sgt. Schultz"
  Bill's ensemble will be topped off with the Sgt Garcia Lambchops as commonly seen in the Zorro Series.  He wears the Minty lime Green HBT set that Lost Orders(excuse me Lost Battalions) sells.  He wears the everpopular rubber riding boot used by equestrians to clean stalls.  These are further modified by adding leather laces at the top to accomodate his 300lbs
turkey leg he sticks in them.  He further adds to the overall impression with a laminated stock M1 Garand. Very Nice.  He wears the insignia of the Field Police and a ribbon bar that rivals Sepp Dietrich's which tops off the look rather well.

Arnie "They said it was good enough for out here"
    Arnie is a walking East German Militaria Mannequin.  But only if it is between 45 and 75 degrees any other temp and his little legs will give out from carrying his 250lbs  on his 5 foot frame.  Odds are he may even show up as a Highland Division Bag-Piper (insert Peffrey Joke Here)

Chuck 'Give me something to drink'
  A raving alcholic this particlular individual makes John the GK look like one of the most authentic soldiers in all of re-enacting.  He wears his dot pattern suit, with a splinter helmet cover, Wolverine Wedge Sole workboots(lace
up) and smokes cigars that even the most die hard of smokers would turn his nose up to.

Pat chase: always upgrading his impression(due to his ever increasing size) supports most reenactor supply houses(a guaranteed moneymaker) likes his Jager impression do to his aversion to good Sheffield steel. He believes that most women can do a better impression than men because they are skinnyer (and funner to share a zelt with!) His newest impression,obersturmbangeneralunterhaptgefighter, is a one of a kind complete with the proper red and blue twisted Waffenfarb!!!! A joy to behold: Mr.Chase believes himself one of the finest reenactors in the U.S. today.

Jerry -  I’m a collector. I don’t spend my money on reproduction stuff, I’d rather buy the real thing (although no one has seen my collection).  And why would I want to buy Janke when I could get my Swedish wools dirty for 1/10th the price?  As my good friend George says, “to look dirty is to look real.” I wear the piping of the artillery because I like the red, but I fight with the infantry (I tell them I am a forward observer for artillery that got caught in the battle).  I make special implements for my gear because “that’s what really happened anyway.” I’ve been awarded every award & ribbon approved by the OKW (and then some).  I’ve fought in the East, West, South, Right, Left, & Center.  I am truly a combat veteran.

T. Salerno - I like to wear Doc Martins and West German wools.  My unit commander made me stop wearing doc martins, or I would have worn them forever.  I prefer to eat turkey legs instead of authentic german potato soup.  I also wear my reproduction ss dagger in the field. Sometimes I will wear modern face paint to camoflauge myself. I enjoy placing pornography in the tents of the allies to give them a good shock.  Some of my friends call me a "farmer" but I am not sure why.  One day I will become a stitch nazi.

  Pill C. - I first became interested in WWII reenacting after attending a Cold War fantasy reenactment (Grenztruppen vs. Bundeswehr). I am an avid Star Trek fan, often dressing in a Kaptain Kirk uniform in bizarre sexual role playing situation. My Friend Mr. Salerno has introduced me to the world of male pornography, and I enjoy it very much. I have several impressions, preferring all of them equally.
 

Denny Neet An avid beer drinker with a bad temper, Den (or mini-me) shares an equal ability to know everything about anything you are currently talking about, and the ability to become pissy at the drop of hat. He is often seen at events wearing his 44 dot cap backwards and riding his motorcycle naked with his buddies Ron and Bob. He wears a cloth covered bottle of german beer rather than a canteen as well as a fraternity shirt in the field and enjoys telling others how much fun he had when he was a frat guy back in 1965...

Oberflieger Precious - is a dedicated if not obsessive fallshirmjager reenactor. He does not enjoy the flirtatious musings of his cohorts, nor their insistance on uttering his name during orgasm. He has no interest in the extra curricular activities of his comrades- he wishes only to find the one, truly perfect para helmet...one small enough to fit his head. He takes most abuse as well as anyone, but bristles at the mention of his Pooh-bear cushion, which he sits on in the JU52 while in transit to the DZ, in order to see out the window. (Don't tell him, but we know his jumpboots are blocked 6 cm so that he can reach the static line cable).

Jerald: After switching impressions 8 times a year Jerald finally settled on German Infantry Hauptmann. Jerald is the most highly decorated German Reenactor in the U.S. and the only Heer officer leading a 5 man unit to recieve the coveted anti-partisan badge in gold (even though all of these were actually awarded to Waffen SS troops during the war). After falling at an event and impaling himself on all of his medals (over 20 pounds worth) at an event, he awarded himself the gold wound badge of july 20 1944.

MAttS: He is the biggest but cutest reenactor I have ever seen! He is literally a ton of fun. MaTT does SS and Luftwaffe Fallshirmjager, and does them to a "T" (for toaster-strudel that is). Many have been witness to his unwavering ability to carry both a rifle and a Panzerscheck in the field, and often a pistol in the other hand; is he not the epidomy of "ready for action"? MaTT is our main man now that he has finally joined, but I need to make sure he keeps his political ranting down to a dull roar. We love you, FaTT MaTT!
 

Mandell Weenscram:  While Mandell is not a WWII reeactor per se, he still feels that he is better than all of them combined.  His authenticity is  excellent except for the diaper he has to wear to keep from soiling his para  pants from eating too many WoW! brand tater chips. He also carries a good
supply of burritos in his musette bag to make his impression even better.   His passion for British made collectibles has lead him to "give in" to Ron  and Bob's constant demands for "personal attention" in order to get items  from their Extensive British made collection.

Kriaus Bee:   Kriaus is one of the founders of WWII reenacting and has  written extensively on the subject.  He agrees with Ron and Bobs  philosophies that everyone is welcome and this is why his fills his books  with pictures of guys with beards, handle bar moustaches and swedish wool.
He has furthered the effort in educating the masses that they too can  reenact with a full mountain man beards.  "Hey If I say it in Kriaus' book  then its good fer our unit"  said one reenactor.  Kriaus is suspiciously  obsessed with his cat Herbert Von Gotz and draws pictures of him in every  German uniform possible.  He often puts copies of these lovely hand drawn  creations in his books to show everyone what a dedicated cat lover he is. He  feels that even a well dressed cat has the god given right to reenact, as  reenactments should be open equally to all persons, and even animals.

Barrel G-man:   Barrel is also an old school reenactor and feels that this  is America, Dude, and he can do what he wants  and when he wants. He is  often seen cooking breakfast tacos on a coleman camp cooker in the morning  outside of his Austrian zelt tent, while drinking from his plastic
divisional beer mug.  When questioned on this he explains that the Germans  had flatbread and eggs as well as sausage so this is authentic enough... He feels that the MG34 is the holy grail of all guns ever invented even though his mg34 never works except when held upside down.

Hi. I am Steve Michael. I know you know my brother George, but I am nothing like him. I like to reenact the german ww2. I started this cause East Germanie collapsed under the wait of communism. I can by my equipment reel cheep., I like to use the AK47 cause it looks like the MP44 and blanks is cheeper. I prefer to do the officer empression cause i like to wear the hat. I do panzer cause it looks cool.too. I got a good deal on the pants, which are almost original ww2. cause they are west german. I want to look authentic so i ttook off of the cargo pockets. Many guys wont go so far, but I feel that if you can do it for free then do it. all germans had jackboots so do I. My ammo pouchesa re russion, but i was in russia  and picked them up there so i can use them reallisticly. You cant tell in the picture but the belt is Dickies brand, and the buckle from WW2. Looks the same in pictures. i use Tasco binoculars cause they look the same and they were cheep. And remeber- water pattern camo from west german  is just like ww2. look in the books! I have a mustach because i got a scar on my lip that looks bad of i shave it.thats wy I join Rons Unite. Great guys!!@1. I have a dummy MP40 that i am making a scope mount for and maybe nite vision like the germans used Vampir. It wil be in the field  soon,I like carrying my mp40 with a big piece of nylon string rather than one of those expensive slings!. and I got my iron cross on the same day as T. Salerno.and I will post pictureds on rons page."
 

Buster Hymen, I think he is from Arkansas, he has a room temperature I.Q., If the room is in an abandoned igloo on the north pole. He has a old school bus that he is converting to a JU52, says the yellow is just right for DAK, is making the wings from the corrigated tin from his  neighbors shed that blew down last storm. It has a door in the back so all the SS Fallschirmjagers can really get jump qualified. He has even  hung his mamas clothes line down the center inside so they can simulate
a static line when they jump. His uniform is woodland cammo with SS  insignia stenciled on with liquid paper. He really would be an asset to  Rons outfit, so if you can get in touch with him, tell him to get with  Buster. As Buster says "I'm running on jet fuel while everyone else is running on kerosene" P.S. He wants a rank equal to his talent.

Special Spotlight

I have decided to devote a large part of the unit members to a very special new unit member, here is his bio:
JimBob: - I live in West Virginia, but have no problem driving my car to events (you'll like my car, its an old Dodge Dart painted ordinance tan)...  My Uniform is great...  I'm what I guess you'd call a bit of ado-it-yourselfer, and made a lot of my gear myself.  I have a Bundeswehr tunic, and swiss trousers (I really love the side pockets, they're great for carrying extra bottles of coke and moonshine)  I also wear some really cool Timberland boots that i hopnailed myself using furniture nails, they look just like the german ones.  My equipment is excellent...  I have a pair of Austrian cavalry Y-straps, a US Army Kevlar helmet that I painted panzer gray (looks dead on), I had a hard time finding a belt that would fit me, so I made my own..  the buckle is an old "The South will Rise again" buckle that I managed to carve "Gat mit UnDs" over...  I did a damn good job too, it looks like the real thing, and I also have a flectarm smock with an Afrika cuff title that I made myself, its sweet, and real easy to do, just a little strip of felt, and a black sharpie pen....  my gas mask can i made from an foldgers coffee can, a little spotwelding, and an old khaki belt for a strap.  I made an e-tool from a garden shovel I cut it down and painted it, you can't tell the difference...(my wife got a little mad though when she couldn't find it to dig some coal out of the mine out back.. haha)  I made my bread bag out of a cloth grocery bag that I dyed.  I also carry a gas operated MP40 that I made from an old paintball gun, its awesome!.  Besides that i converted an old daisy pellet gun into a k98, and camoflaged it...  No need for blanks now, i can just pluck people with pellets!  A little about myself, I'm 38 years old, married with 9 kids...  I'm 5' 6" tall and weigh about 307lbs....  I have a full beard, and I just had some major dental work done, and they managed to save about 8 teeth in the back.   I tried to send a photo along, but it wouldn't fit in the disk drive.  I work construction mostly, but I am currently taking a mail order course in the do's and dont's of petroleum transportation.
Strengths: I can outdrink any man alive.  In addition, well, lets just say that I am an expert shot...  I once shot a coon sittin on my wifes head at 6 feet...  while drunk on bootleg and smokin a cigar!  So perhaps I could take the roll of a Sniper...  I could build a tree stand, say 2 feet off the ground... Then I could camoflage myself as a bear due to the similarities in our appearance, and then crawl onto the stand with a bag of pork rinds, and a beer and when the enemy comes by, (provided I'm still awake) I could take out their General   Weakness:  Due to my diet of mostly squirrels and chipmunks i sometimes get bouts of explosive diarrhea which causes me to have to carry a few extra depends in my backpack...  my doctor told me to put a cork up there, but it ended up shootin out of my ass from the pressure, and i hit one of my young uns in the head with it, (poor boy had a welt on his head for 2 weeks) but if you want, i could be used as a deadly anti-tank weapon... in addition i often
have horrible hemorroids making it difficult to ride a bike,  also some people find my odor offensive, but damn it, it's hard to get skunk off ya especially if you don't get a chance to bathe for a couple days... you ever been sprayed by one of them suckers?  This is like the fiftieth time, and I swear to God above, it gets worse ever time....   Bonuses: I have a big ole tent that I got from K-Mart that I painted panzer gray (can't tell from an original) and we can have a hoe down after the battle!  Did I mention that I am also quite the Tuba player?  yep, sure am, in fact I won the Knights cross w/ oakleaves when I was in my old Unit the 13th SS Fallschirmjager Forrestry Abtielung. That was a good ole Unit, we had to break up though after our commanders poodle got syphylis...