"Weekend Nazis", a BBC docu on WWII recreatonists....

[Dentonboy]

I saw a MARPAT wearing group, an obligatory Multicam wearing group, a 'Black Hawk Down' Delta group and a couple of UK Gulf era Desert wearers with mags in, guns up and posing like soldiers in a 'liberated' Middle-East town...all were airsofters. If that includes your group, then I apologise, but if you were mags out and guns down, it wouldn't seem to be. I am not some Mary Whitehouse charactor, just someone who likes to see airsoft being portrayed in a positive light, and flaunting site rules at a major even can only be a negative.

 

If they have permission, then of course, no worries. But I doubt they have even heard of Rex, let alone asked permission to have weapons in the public area.

 

For me, the Nazi apparel issue is a bigger concern. I have been going to Beltring's War and Peace show since I was 4/5 (1986/7) and seeing this show host stalls of dubious content is like seeing a favourite aunt on a porn site...

 

There is a place for the weapons, and that is in and at the frankly awesome displays.

[HaVoC]

Last year (and again this year) we're all wearing ACUs with tan gear - pretty current US Army SF fare. This was us last year, for the record:

 

 

We have mags in (and we're allowed this), but with absolutely no ability to fire, and like I say, weapon safety kept in mind at all times. We've never had any issues.

 

We haven't had a static display before (and probably won't this year either) due to the money it takes to make a really great one. We want to sometime, we just haven't managed it yet, so roaming is the next best thing. The public seem to like it, anyway.

[Dentonboy]

If only other airsofters shared your outlook and responsibility.

 

Others just want to ponce about - looking like extras from 'Generation Kill.'

 

Fair play. The Nazi issue must be sorted though. That is the problem.

[HaVoC]

Yeah, it has a bit of a reputation as a 'place to walk around in gear, in public' and that's just way off. It's a reenactment show, for reenactors - people who put in the time and effort to achieve a specific look accurate to real soldiers, not people who throw on some Multicam and grab an MP5 and shout "I AM SOLDUR LOL!". It's annoying.