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There’s something funny about a juice barrel being fired out of a mortar. Imagine one lands next to you and explodes and then you just taste strawberry all of the sudden lol
*a mortor bomb lands next to you* *a cloud of red* *screams of horror* *you stand up, stagarring on your feet* "calm down everyone that's just strawberry jam!"
Years ago, an airshow I attended had a partial re-enactment of the attack on Pearl Harbor using restored IJN aircraft and American aircraft repainted with IJN colors. They simulated explosions with burning fuel next to the runway. The announcer recounted the timing of the waves, accompanied by air raid sirens. It was a way to show off a local air museum's collection of WW II era aircraft.
Great video especially for someone interested in getting into the hobby. I have been reenacting for over 40 years now. I have been "killed" by a German flamethrower at a WWII event. It was literally set up like a giant 'super soaker' using compressed air in one tank and water in the "fuel" tank, so I got wet. Ironically it was refreshing since it was quite a warm day at Atterberry. Only correction I would make is using 'flour' as ballast/markers for mortar rounds. Most organizations due NOT allow this as flour can, albeit rarely, flame up, as it is flammable. The correct ballast should be baking soda or other 'inert' powder.
I recently discovered someone who made an airsoft "flamethrower" based on the WW1 German Wex flamethrower, using compressed air in the tank and a rotating barrel hidden inside to shoot out the BBs in a cone shape pattern.
I was at the Elkhart Airport reenactment back in the mid 2010's- the 'Epic Battle Reenactments' clip was from that. What a gig that was- they catered and paid us in blanks, but the battle itsself was a CF. They had 'trenches' dug out by excavators that looked more like mass grave sites, you had guys rolling up in halftracks looking like they were reenacting touring with Van Halen and toting buck-rogers looking blank adapted 50's, and reenactors acting out their favorite war movie tropes. The best part was watching all of this and getting doused with a fine mist of unlit fuel as the airfield explosions went off. They had fuel drums go off and launch almost 100 feet in the air and almost clip one of the strafing planes at one point. What a time to be alive.
While I love WW2 reenactments, I think the WW1 reenactments are so fun to be apart of since it's really easy to get very accurate trench conditions and like said in this video, hand on hand combat can sometimes get insane
WW1 is fun...until you portray a kilted highlander and get the kilt hung up on a ladder from the trenches...causing you to fall upended and bearing your shame to the unit and spectators....Lmao!!
The cheapest way over time (most expensive upfront of course) to get blanks is to reload them yourself. You can recharge your spent brass with powder, reprime them, and either crimp or otherwise seal your brass and reshoot it, as long as it doesn't develop any defects from firing, you can keep shooting the same brass. Especially so because brass that has only ever been used for blanks doesn't undergo the same amount of pressure a live round would, meaning it will last longer. And you don't need super fancy reloading equipment like you would if you were reloading live ammunition, especially if you're doing wax or paper seals. Edit: As KermitTheGamer21 pointed out, you will need a faster burning powder. As a word of warning, if you reload you should already know this, you do NOT unless specifically rated for it, load faster burning powder behind a projectile of any kind, unless you want to blow up your expensive firearm or replica and cause yourself untoward injury. Unique by Alliant Powders is a good choice, mostly used with shotgun shells, Hodgdon Hi-Skor 700-X is another good option. Albeit messier to work with and fire, many black powders are good to use as well. But, it would do you good to do your own research to determine what best works for you and your needs. The end-all-be-all of blank powders is EC powder that used to be manufactured by Hercules Inc., it's no longer in production so it's hard to find and expensive if you do find it, but it does work quite well.
I will warn anyone considering this that you can't just use the same powder that would have been used with a regular bullet, it has to be a special fast-burning powder or the blank won't work right.
The MILITARY did have and use Atomic bomb simulators. They were 55 Gallon drums filled with military grade flash powder. Obviously, you would need a Federal explosives licence to build and fire one, and they would be dangerous up to a mile or more.
You do not need an ATF explosives license to fill a 55 gallon drum with flash powder. All you need is need is 55 gallon drum and flash powder which no matter what recipe can easily be made at home. Private citizens are allowed manufacture explosives for their own use free of any licensing. It is only when one seeks to buy, sell, import or export that they need an ATF license. Although I hardly doubt that a 55 gallon drum filled with flash powder would be dangerous for a mile (more like half a mile or less in my opinion and related experience), it is obviously a stupid thing to do. Mainly because most formulas of "flash powder" (whatever specific formulation you are talking about) is extremely sensitive and the ones that aren't are still very sensitive (By the standards of most explosives used in the world), and one would have a quite high likelihood of some going catastrophically wrong. TLDR: "Flash Powder" is for children, use cast PETN like a real man.
There is another option for simulating grenades! Its called a Thunder B grenade. It runs off of a 12 gram co2 cartridge and produces a pretty good bang noise. They are made for airsoft and paintball but I am sure they would work great here too! the best part is that the grenade "core" is reusable, so it only comes to like 3ish dollars per use! hope this helps😀
Watching this video I get the sense WWII reenactors sit around the campfires at night telling stories about the absolute madlads that are WWI reenactors.
15:49 I worked in Props on many of the early 2000’s shoot-em-up TV shows (like “Alias”) We used non-guns only for interior work where even 1/4 load blanks presented too much ambient noise. Especially in the Sound Department’s cans. Nowadays federal law requires a licensed Armorer be on set but back then Props could handle all non-firing or non-gun weapons and Armorers were only necessary for actual brass/blank discharges. It’s a big job just sweeping brass in between takes on machine gun fights
i have a friend who did a Gothic Line reenactment, the pictures and stories were absolutely crazy and i would LOVE to do it myself one day. he and his squad were Canadian infantry and one night they were facing the germans and they came out with an Sd.Kfz.222 Armored car, said it was TERRIFYING at the time, especially because it was a night confrontation. funny part was after the whole thing they were talking with the german crew, who let him inside to take a look. the WHOLE INTERIOR was covered in Anime Stickers... Peak Wehraboos lmao, gotta love 'em.
Ok this is my favorite topic in re-enacting The weapons are my favorite part of history and it's nice to see a video about the weapons from my favorite setting to re-enact.
Wood tipped blanks are very commonly used in the Swedish military, in fact the picture you used was from a Swedish rifle. The biggest reason you use those is that you get more a recoil, even though it is a bit odd because it comes from a combination of the mass of the wood and when it hits the shredder, but when using smaller rounds like 5.56mm you do not think much about it. Another reason is that use them is that it allows weapons to cycle more easily without tampering. And you can use them at much closer range, if proper precautions are taken. And yeah, you would definititly not want to use those without the shredder, because you will basically have a wood shotgun, with a surprising long range. We have had some nasty incident troughout our history of people getting shot with those.
30.57 many years ago I was asked by an ww2 reenactment group to make British no 36 grenades for them for a house clearing demonstration. The army had provided them with cardboard flashbangs. It was a cardboard tube with a red part marked explosive and a green part marked with grip. It needed to be set of like striking a match. I made a two part rubber mould and filled it with brown coloured PU expanding foam. In matter of minutes I had a perfect looking British grenade. From the bottom of the "grenade" I drilled a hole were the tube fitted in. Made about 20 for them. The group cutt off the green grip part and put the explosive part into the foam grenades. At the stock of their Enfield rifles they taped a part of a matchbox were they could strike these flashbangs. We all expected after detonation the foam grenades would be blown to bits. Nearly all would survive! Turns out that the explosive part after detonation flew out of the foam! Two got some damage but they glued them together. I also made a replica grenade box.
Fun fact! There HAS been an atomic bomb simulator! In 1976 the Commemorative Air Force reenacted the atomic bombing of Hiroshima with their B-29 with a big (obviously not full-scale) pyro mushroom cloud. It ended up with a big controversy with the Japanese government. I think somewhere theres video recording of it.
I'm in a group that used to used our M1s for rifle salutes when we laid wreaths at the 10th Mountain Division memorial on Memorial Day. Several years ago we had a bad batch of red wax blanks and no ones' weapon cycled on the last volley. We just use bolt action '03s now. We can rack the bolt whether or not the weapon fires.
In the eu, ive seen highly coordinated flamethrower action, where a flamethrower cleared trenches, as the russians were laying on the trench floor or small dugouts to sides. Looked really dangerous, but wicked cool. And as I understood it, it was planned multiple days in advance with dryfire drills and flamethrower tests, to make sure those under the flame would not be burned alive...
WWW over here making completley unique, well edited, and long videos educating reenactors and onlookers. The reenactment world is advancing because of this guy.
In what state/country do you live? I might know someone or know someone who knows someone. I live in Colorado and reenactors/living historians are getting thin on the ground. Young adults don't seem very interested in group activities and the hobby is aging. I do everything I can do to help someone get started. I feel like most groups do.
29:00 there probably isn't a SAFE way to simulate dropping a dummy bomb from a ww2 aircraft, but if I remember correctly during training the USAAF would strap sacks of flour or some other powder to the mounting points and drop them just like real bombs
I do Civilwar Reenacting, Some of the most fun events are the ones that do a lot of innovating with the equipment. A few years back we did an event Where we the confederates were in Earthwork defenses and were attacked by the federal army. The federals had The group of guys who had built A bunch of Ketchum Hand grenades To throw at us while they were assaulting our positions Was so much fun.Really added to the Experience.
This is the first time I've ever heard of wood-blanks, even though I own one. I have a 243 Winchester with the primer and powder removed, but it has a wooden part on the tip, and I was always confused as to what it was, but now I know
The PA reenactment you mentioned was the Bridge at Remagen event that used to be held in Tidioute, PA. Sadly they are not holding that event anymore, it was one of my favorites to attend and they always did a great job staging the various displays.
Have you been to Gettysburg? They have a new ww2 museum, the American experience, not much of a reenactment tho but on their military weekend they have all kinds of displays of different periods ww2, Vietnam, Grenada
@@outdoorvideoswithbrad I grew up in PA. We did field trips to Gettysburg when I was in school, I've been down to visit dozens of times, my cousin from New York used to participate in the reenactments they do there every summer to commemorate the battle there, and several of my ancestors names are engraved on monuments there. Lesser known is the Pennsylvania Military Museum just south of State College in Boalsburg where they have displays for the Spanish American War, WW I, WW II, Korean War, and the Vietnam War. My favorite memory there is from the late 90s when they had a WWII German fighter pilot (Hans Sennholtz, who became an economics professor at Grove City College in PA after the war) give a presentation with a Q&A afterward, very interesting stuff!
Love the video! I was wondering if you could maybe start making videos about different impressions for different operations and maybe say where you got your equipment. I think that this would be super helpful for people getting started with reenacting
Hey man, I always love your stuff and hope to run into you at D-Day Ohio this year. One event I was at there was a guy in another unit brought a K98 rifle grenade that fired tennis balls. So in the middle of the woods, all we hear is a FWOMP and the next thing we see is a neon green ball flying through the trees.
I love these videos. Its really nice to see that some people go such a long way to try and simulate everything as realistic as they can. Its shame there isnt more popular era's to reenact. There are many other conflic and veterans outside of world war 2 that dont get such recognition for what they did even tho it was very dangerous as well. But if we cant have everything, it is at least nice to have some reenactments going on.
Great video man, this answers a lot of FAQ’s most people always have, again GJ. Regarding the Italian made Bruni and Kimar blank pistols. And this is specifically for those here in the US market, Europe and other countries have different blank pistol makes which may be of better quality then that of said Italian companies. In all my years of reenacting I have a lot of experience with said pistols. I have owned countless revolvers and semi-auto’s in 8mm k, 9mm pak, and 9mm rk made by said companies. I found that the Bruni pistols are made of much less quality and made much cheaper then it’s counterpart Kimar. Bruni mostly makes top venting blank firing pistols, whereas Kimar equally makes both top venting and front firing blank pistols. In my experience I have found that the top venting pistols have a much less running lifetime than that of the front venting pistols and are built with much less quality due to less components making up said pistols. The front fire pistols use more components and are mostly built better internally. There are many companies who make blanks for said pistols, each with its pros and cons. I’ve ran many different ammo makes in said pistols and I have found that Umarex Walther rounds (which in my opinion makes the best quality blanks) run hotter than that of any other company which I’ve tested. These are perfect for front venting pistols for that nice blowback and front vent flash but not for the top venting. These will drastically decrease the life of top venting pistols if you use these blanks or any other similar blanks due to the pressure of said blanks. I’ve always had issues with Bruni and rarely anything from Kimar. If you are in the market for said pistols and are looking to purchase one I would always recommend Kimar front fire pistols over anything else on the market right now. Understand that your selection of pistols will be limited if you decide to purchase Kimar.
I'm not sure if affordable yellow/orange smoke grenades produce enough smoke for that, but simulating a flamethrower by setting one off inside the barrel and forcing the smoke out with compressed air from the backpack seems like a decent concept to me. Maybe you'd have to dial back on the pressure in order to keep the smoke thick enough.
Regarding the bayonets, the safety concern is not just about if the bayonet is too rigid whether rubber, resin or eva foam etc - it's about the primary concern of a loaded rifle even with blanks as mentioned in the beginning being dangerous, plus the weight of the rifle in a bayonet thrust.
Hey, I actually have a suggestion to try, this is coming from an airsofter who goes to Military simulations all the time. So there are a rare set of airsoft guns that actually use the actual blanks of the real version of the gun, but also use a specialty magazine to have a airsoft pellet loaded at the front of the magazine to be launched by the blank as if it was the projectile of the live round even though the round was a blank, I’m not sure if they do this for M1 Garand or 1911s or any World War II weapons but I know they do it for modern weapons, because I’ve seen it for AR 15 platforms, the military editions of course though, and of course, the non-American weapon counterparts of course as well. I am now curious if these exist for World War II weapons and I will actually look up if they do.
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Every year at WW2 weekend at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in reading, they do an Iwo Jima re-enactment, and almost every year they have a real M2 flamethrower. This year they had 4 of them.
Very interesting how its done, not being a military reenactor myself and my historical area (social/economic history in the 19th century) probably would have different challenges to re-enact since Victorian scullery maids didn't usually use rifles or hand grenades. Still, good to see this video, especially given concerns people have, at university they had a ban on periods after 1900 which was moved to 1930 as the centenary of World War One was coming up but still, good to know that people do it authentically and safely.
I have an idea for how to simulate dropping bombs from an aircraft at a ww2 reenactment. Use big balloons filled with air, so they fall, but not going to hurt anyone. They would hit the ground and probably burst from the sharp grass or trees and that would simulate the explosion. Not perfect, but definitely an idea
I do 19th and 20th century stuff. Making one's own blanks is the great thing about doing Napoleonic or US Civil War, but firing a full en-bloc clip or rifle grenade from a Garand is a bunch of fun too.
@@svenhillring3275 That i can imagine. and yeah making your own blanks is fun, you can even do it when reenacting because people back then would also do that between skirmishes / battles when they weren't marching.
@svenhillring3275 ive done it dozens of times now. But of course i did not mean that you have to do it. In my reenactment group a few people also don't do it as many times as i have.
Very nice video!!! In Brasil we have a strong legislation against Guns, so we have to use airsoft, but it doesnt mimic the sound and the scene at all!!! But its the closest we get at the weight and the look of a real one.
Fun fact: flamethrower tanks would not explode when you shoot them, the bullet does not have enough heat to ignite the fuel. Same for the gas powered weapons.
32:53 "Smoke grenades aren't really dangerous" Actually, they are, from what I learned at Army AIT, smoke grenades are very dangerous to inhale, they are on a list of chemical weapons that a gas mask is advised to be used when using smoke grenades, that is if you are to be traveling through the smoke.
Its funny how over here, in eu, it requires a licence and reason to own any gun. Amd likely a police inspection of your home and safe. But, if all the paperwork is done, a original mp40 that can fullauto openbolt livefire is about 2k in price. Cause the war left those everywhere in crates and piles and every farmer and their mother has one to scare the wolves ;)
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There’s something funny about a juice barrel being fired out of a mortar. Imagine one lands next to you and explodes and then you just taste strawberry all of the sudden lol
One guy in my unit uses them for grenades
Emergency hydration
*a mortor bomb lands next to you*
*a cloud of red*
*screams of horror*
*you stand up, stagarring on your feet*
"calm down everyone that's just strawberry jam!"
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Pretty easy to tell if you get hit though lol
As a Civil War reenactor of 19 years, I don't know other eras of reenacting that well so this was an awesome video. Thank you
My first reenactment was a WWII event. It was a Pacific island invasion reenactment in 1997.
My Civil War reenactment was in 2003.
Years ago, an airshow I attended had a partial re-enactment of the attack on Pearl Harbor using restored IJN aircraft and American aircraft repainted with IJN colors. They simulated explosions with burning fuel next to the runway. The announcer recounted the timing of the waves, accompanied by air raid sirens. It was a way to show off a local air museum's collection of WW II era aircraft.
Great video especially for someone interested in getting into the hobby. I have been reenacting for over 40 years now.
I have been "killed" by a German flamethrower at a WWII event. It was literally set up like a giant 'super soaker' using compressed air in one tank and water in the "fuel" tank, so I got wet. Ironically it was refreshing since it was quite a warm day at Atterberry.
Only correction I would make is using 'flour' as ballast/markers for mortar rounds. Most organizations due NOT allow this as flour can, albeit rarely, flame up, as it is flammable. The correct ballast should be baking soda or other 'inert' powder.
Thank you! That’s great to know
I recently discovered someone who made an airsoft "flamethrower" based on the WW1 German Wex flamethrower, using compressed air in the tank and a rotating barrel hidden inside to shoot out the BBs in a cone shape pattern.
I was at the Elkhart Airport reenactment back in the mid 2010's- the 'Epic Battle Reenactments' clip was from that. What a gig that was- they catered and paid us in blanks, but the battle itsself was a CF. They had 'trenches' dug out by excavators that looked more like mass grave sites, you had guys rolling up in halftracks looking like they were reenacting touring with Van Halen and toting buck-rogers looking blank adapted 50's, and reenactors acting out their favorite war movie tropes. The best part was watching all of this and getting doused with a fine mist of unlit fuel as the airfield explosions went off. They had fuel drums go off and launch almost 100 feet in the air and almost clip one of the strafing planes at one point.
What a time to be alive.
Anyone else worried about that super full canteen cup being knocked over? I kept an eye on it the whole video 😬
Same bro had me stressing out 😂
another thing to watch is a cigarette with the ash getting longer and longer, wondering when it will drop
Same dude
Bro the suspense was crazy
Same Imao
While I love WW2 reenactments, I think the WW1 reenactments are so fun to be apart of since it's really easy to get very accurate trench conditions and like said in this video, hand on hand combat can sometimes get insane
exactly! always a pleasure to find others who enjoy WW1 reenactments a bit more
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WW1 is fun...until you portray a kilted highlander and get the kilt hung up on a ladder from the trenches...causing you to fall upended and bearing your shame to the unit and spectators....Lmao!!
The cheapest way over time (most expensive upfront of course) to get blanks is to reload them yourself. You can recharge your spent brass with powder, reprime them, and either crimp or otherwise seal your brass and reshoot it, as long as it doesn't develop any defects from firing, you can keep shooting the same brass. Especially so because brass that has only ever been used for blanks doesn't undergo the same amount of pressure a live round would, meaning it will last longer. And you don't need super fancy reloading equipment like you would if you were reloading live ammunition, especially if you're doing wax or paper seals.
Edit: As KermitTheGamer21 pointed out, you will need a faster burning powder. As a word of warning, if you reload you should already know this, you do NOT unless specifically rated for it, load faster burning powder behind a projectile of any kind, unless you want to blow up your expensive firearm or replica and cause yourself untoward injury. Unique by Alliant Powders is a good choice, mostly used with shotgun shells, Hodgdon Hi-Skor 700-X is another good option. Albeit messier to work with and fire, many black powders are good to use as well. But, it would do you good to do your own research to determine what best works for you and your needs. The end-all-be-all of blank powders is EC powder that used to be manufactured by Hercules Inc., it's no longer in production so it's hard to find and expensive if you do find it, but it does work quite well.
I will warn anyone considering this that you can't just use the same powder that would have been used with a regular bullet, it has to be a special fast-burning powder or the blank won't work right.
@@KermitTheGamer21 Good point that I failed to mention, I'll update my comment.
The MILITARY did have and use Atomic bomb simulators. They were 55 Gallon drums filled with military grade flash powder. Obviously, you would need a Federal explosives licence to build and fire one, and they would be dangerous up to a mile or more.
A 55 gallon drum of flash powder sounds scary... but I guess anything is safer than the real thing.
The US military also used atomic bombs for atomic bomb training, believe it or not.
@@johndolenc7658Ah yes, our nuclear force. They all got cancer lol
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You do not need an ATF explosives license to fill a 55 gallon drum with flash powder. All you need is need is 55 gallon drum and flash powder which no matter what recipe can easily be made at home. Private citizens are allowed manufacture explosives for their own use free of any licensing. It is only when one seeks to buy, sell, import or export that they need an ATF license. Although I hardly doubt that a 55 gallon drum filled with flash powder would be dangerous for a mile (more like half a mile or less in my opinion and related experience), it is obviously a stupid thing to do. Mainly because most formulas of "flash powder" (whatever specific formulation you are talking about) is extremely sensitive and the ones that aren't are still very sensitive (By the standards of most explosives used in the world), and one would have a quite high likelihood of some going catastrophically wrong.
TLDR: "Flash Powder" is for children, use cast PETN like a real man.
There is another option for simulating grenades! Its called a Thunder B grenade. It runs off of a 12 gram co2 cartridge and produces a pretty good bang noise. They are made for airsoft and paintball but I am sure they would work great here too! the best part is that the grenade "core" is reusable, so it only comes to like 3ish dollars per use! hope this helps😀
Watching this video I get the sense WWII reenactors sit around the campfires at night telling stories about the absolute madlads that are WWI reenactors.
15:49 I worked in Props on many of the early 2000’s shoot-em-up TV shows (like “Alias”) We used non-guns only for interior work where even 1/4 load blanks presented too much ambient noise. Especially in the Sound Department’s cans. Nowadays federal law requires a licensed Armorer be on set but back then Props could handle all non-firing or non-gun weapons and Armorers were only necessary for actual brass/blank discharges. It’s a big job just sweeping brass in between takes on machine gun fights
i have a friend who did a Gothic Line reenactment, the pictures and stories were absolutely crazy and i would LOVE to do it myself one day. he and his squad were Canadian infantry and one night they were facing the germans and they came out with an Sd.Kfz.222 Armored car, said it was TERRIFYING at the time, especially because it was a night confrontation. funny part was after the whole thing they were talking with the german crew, who let him inside to take a look. the WHOLE INTERIOR was covered in Anime Stickers... Peak Wehraboos lmao, gotta love 'em.
Ok this is my favorite topic in re-enacting
The weapons are my favorite part of history and it's nice to see a video about the weapons from my favorite setting to re-enact.
Wood tipped blanks are very commonly used in the Swedish military, in fact the picture you used was from a Swedish rifle.
The biggest reason you use those is that you get more a recoil, even though it is a bit odd because it comes from a combination of the mass of the wood and when it hits the shredder, but when using smaller rounds like 5.56mm you do not think much about it. Another reason is that use them is that it allows weapons to cycle more easily without tampering. And you can use them at much closer range, if proper precautions are taken.
And yeah, you would definititly not want to use those without the shredder, because you will basically have a wood shotgun, with a surprising long range. We have had some nasty incident troughout our history of people getting shot with those.
We do have enough wood to produce these types of blanks
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30.57 many years ago I was asked by an ww2 reenactment group to make British no 36 grenades for them for a house clearing demonstration. The army had provided them with cardboard flashbangs. It was a cardboard tube with a red part marked explosive and a green part marked with grip. It needed to be set of like striking a match. I made a two part rubber mould and filled it with brown coloured PU expanding foam. In matter of minutes I had a perfect looking British grenade. From the bottom of the "grenade" I drilled a hole were the tube fitted in. Made about 20 for them. The group cutt off the green grip part and put the explosive part into the foam grenades. At the stock of their Enfield rifles they taped a part of a matchbox were they could strike these flashbangs. We all expected after detonation the foam grenades would be blown to bits. Nearly all would survive! Turns out that the explosive part after detonation flew out of the foam! Two got some damage but they glued them together. I also made a replica grenade box.
Thanks for the info! Enjoyed reading
Fun fact! There HAS been an atomic bomb simulator! In 1976 the Commemorative Air Force reenacted the atomic bombing of Hiroshima with their B-29 with a big (obviously not full-scale) pyro mushroom cloud. It ended up with a big controversy with the Japanese government. I think somewhere theres video recording of it.
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Blank Rounds used in M1 Garands were also used in combat to fire rifle grenades in World War II.
Hey World war Wisdom you're my favorite WWII US reenactor and historian maybe one day I'll meet you in person 😁
You mean in prison
I'm in a group that used to used our M1s for rifle salutes when we laid wreaths at the 10th Mountain Division memorial on Memorial Day.
Several years ago we had a bad batch of red wax blanks and no ones' weapon cycled on the last volley. We just use bolt action '03s now. We can rack the bolt whether or not the weapon fires.
Thank you so much for this! I was always wondering how reenactments worked. Great video keep it up my friend!
In the eu, ive seen highly coordinated flamethrower action, where a flamethrower cleared trenches, as the russians were laying on the trench floor or small dugouts to sides.
Looked really dangerous, but wicked cool. And as I understood it, it was planned multiple days in advance with dryfire drills and flamethrower tests, to make sure those under the flame would not be burned alive...
I actually saw a mock nuke set off at one of the Tankfest reenactments in Bovington some years back.
WWW over here making completley unique, well edited, and long videos educating reenactors and onlookers. The reenactment world is advancing because of this guy.
I'd love to see a video on that massive anvil you call a typewriter!
I’m curious about getting into re-enactments but man does it look daunting
In what state/country do you live? I might know someone or know someone who knows someone.
I live in Colorado and reenactors/living historians are getting thin on the ground. Young adults don't seem very interested in group activities and the hobby is aging. I do everything I can do to help someone get started. I feel like most groups do.
@@svenhillring3275 midwestern US
@@svenhillring3275 I live in Colorado as well, could you give me some pointers for that?
29:00 there probably isn't a SAFE way to simulate dropping a dummy bomb from a ww2 aircraft, but if I remember correctly during training the USAAF would strap sacks of flour or some other powder to the mounting points and drop them just like real bombs
Great Video. Also just got my 1st M1 Garand! 1941 pre pearl harbor receiver and 1950 Barrel. Love that Thing!!
I do Civilwar Reenacting, Some of the most fun events are the ones that do a lot of innovating with the equipment. A few years back we did an event Where we the confederates were in Earthwork defenses and were attacked by the federal army. The federals had The group of guys who had built A bunch of Ketchum Hand grenades To throw at us while they were assaulting our positions Was so much fun.Really added to the Experience.
This is the first time I've ever heard of wood-blanks, even though I own one. I have a 243 Winchester with the primer and powder removed, but it has a wooden part on the tip, and I was always confused as to what it was, but now I know
The PA reenactment you mentioned was the Bridge at Remagen event that used to be held in Tidioute, PA. Sadly they are not holding that event anymore, it was one of my favorites to attend and they always did a great job staging the various displays.
Have you been to Gettysburg? They have a new ww2 museum, the American experience, not much of a reenactment tho but on their military weekend they have all kinds of displays of different periods ww2, Vietnam, Grenada
@@outdoorvideoswithbrad I grew up in PA. We did field trips to Gettysburg when I was in school, I've been down to visit dozens of times, my cousin from New York used to participate in the reenactments they do there every summer to commemorate the battle there, and several of my ancestors names are engraved on monuments there. Lesser known is the Pennsylvania Military Museum just south of State College in Boalsburg where they have displays for the Spanish American War, WW I, WW II, Korean War, and the Vietnam War. My favorite memory there is from the late 90s when they had a WWII German fighter pilot (Hans Sennholtz, who became an economics professor at Grove City College in PA after the war) give a presentation with a Q&A afterward, very interesting stuff!
i saw "during registration" in the description before i saw world of warships so i thought you got sponsored by a gun shop
Love the video! I was wondering if you could maybe start making videos about different impressions for different operations and maybe say where you got your equipment. I think that this would be super helpful for people getting started with reenacting
Hey man, I always love your stuff and hope to run into you at D-Day Ohio this year. One event I was at there was a guy in another unit brought a K98 rifle grenade that fired tennis balls. So in the middle of the woods, all we hear is a FWOMP and the next thing we see is a neon green ball flying through the trees.
I love these videos. Its really nice to see that some people go such a long way to try and simulate everything as realistic as they can. Its shame there isnt more popular era's to reenact. There are many other conflic and veterans outside of world war 2 that dont get such recognition for what they did even tho it was very dangerous as well. But if we cant have everything, it is at least nice to have some reenactments going on.
Could listen to you talk about these kinds of things for hours!
If you've seen Oppenheimer, you've seen a atomic bumb simulated lol
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Great video man, this answers a lot of FAQ’s most people always have, again GJ.
Regarding the Italian made Bruni and Kimar blank pistols. And this is specifically for those here in the US market, Europe and other countries have different blank pistol makes which may be of better quality then that of said Italian companies. In all my years of reenacting I have a lot of experience with said pistols. I have owned countless revolvers and semi-auto’s in 8mm k, 9mm pak, and 9mm rk made by said companies. I found that the Bruni pistols are made of much less quality and made much cheaper then it’s counterpart Kimar. Bruni mostly makes top venting blank firing pistols, whereas Kimar equally makes both top venting and front firing blank pistols.
In my experience I have found that the top venting pistols have a much less running lifetime than that of the front venting pistols and are built with much less quality due to less components making up said pistols. The front fire pistols use more components and are mostly built better internally.
There are many companies who make blanks for said pistols, each with its pros and cons. I’ve ran many different ammo makes in said pistols and I have found that Umarex Walther rounds (which in my opinion makes the best quality blanks) run hotter than that of any other company which I’ve tested. These are perfect for front venting pistols for that nice blowback and front vent flash but not for the top venting. These will drastically decrease the life of top venting pistols if you use these blanks or any other similar blanks due to the pressure of said blanks.
I’ve always had issues with Bruni and rarely anything from Kimar. If you are in the market for said pistols and are looking to purchase one I would always recommend Kimar front fire pistols over anything else on the market right now. Understand that your selection of pistols will be limited if you decide to purchase Kimar.
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Great presentation
Can't wait to see you at conneaut
I feel like I've held one of those before, that odd looking RPG is very familiar, probably just from a game/movie
I have an entire belt of the waxed filled blanks. I believe it's 30.06.
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I'm not sure if affordable yellow/orange smoke grenades produce enough smoke for that, but simulating a flamethrower by setting one off inside the barrel and forcing the smoke out with compressed air from the backpack seems like a decent concept to me. Maybe you'd have to dial back on the pressure in order to keep the smoke thick enough.
4:03 literally JUST finished watching Full Metal Jacket 😂
Just an fyi there is a pretty big difference between blanks and real rounds with how loud they are
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Regarding the bayonets, the safety concern is not just about if the bayonet is too rigid whether rubber, resin or eva foam etc - it's about the primary concern of a loaded rifle even with blanks as mentioned in the beginning being dangerous, plus the weight of the rifle in a bayonet thrust.
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Hey, I actually have a suggestion to try, this is coming from an airsofter who goes to Military simulations all the time. So there are a rare set of airsoft guns that actually use the actual blanks of the real version of the gun, but also use a specialty magazine to have a airsoft pellet loaded at the front of the magazine to be launched by the blank as if it was the projectile of the live round even though the round was a blank, I’m not sure if they do this for M1 Garand or 1911s or any World War II weapons but I know they do it for modern weapons, because I’ve seen it for AR 15 platforms, the military editions of course though, and of course, the non-American weapon counterparts of course as well. I am now curious if these exist for World War II weapons and I will actually look up if they do.
NEW SUB thank you for your support of us veterans. I too love WW2…well everything. I have collected many articles mainly because I was stationed in Germany.
Every year at WW2 weekend at the Mid-Atlantic Air Museum in reading, they do an Iwo Jima re-enactment, and almost every year they have a real M2 flamethrower. This year they had 4 of them.
Gotta say, i love the set
Very interesting how its done, not being a military reenactor myself and my historical area (social/economic history in the 19th century) probably would have different challenges to re-enact since Victorian scullery maids didn't usually use rifles or hand grenades.
Still, good to see this video, especially given concerns people have, at university they had a ban on periods after 1900 which was moved to 1930 as the centenary of World War One was coming up but still, good to know that people do it authentically and safely.
The biggest thing I learned from this is that WW1 reenactors are just built different
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i love your videos you should get way more views
Nice Iver Johnson Safety Hammerless double action revolver!
Fascinating video thanks for the deep dive
Dude, you’ve got enough coffee in that cup to piss through the end of the war!!
Keep the history alive!
Hell, I've seen BFONG Thompsons/M3s running for like $3,000, while the genuine article runs close to $60k. Seems like a good deal to me.
Rounds are 50¢ a piece. That’s $300 a minute!
You’re so awesome. You’re lucky to have a collection like that
always wondered this
I have an idea for how to simulate dropping bombs from an aircraft at a ww2 reenactment. Use big balloons filled with air, so they fall, but not going to hurt anyone. They would hit the ground and probably burst from the sharp grass or trees and that would simulate the explosion. Not perfect, but definitely an idea
Maybe using a heavier gas would work better to simulate weight?
@@kaibowman4803 good idea
For Napoleontic reenactment we use just paper cartridges filled with gunpowder.
I do 19th and 20th century stuff. Making one's own blanks is the great thing about doing Napoleonic or US Civil War, but firing a full en-bloc clip or rifle grenade from a Garand is a bunch of fun too.
@@svenhillring3275 That i can imagine. and yeah making your own blanks is fun, you can even do it when reenacting because people back then would also do that between skirmishes / battles when they weren't marching.
@@Just_Nix I think I've made cartridges once or twice at events. Usually I'm too preoccupied or tired to even think of making them during an event.
@svenhillring3275 ive done it dozens of times now. But of course i did not mean that you have to do it. In my reenactment group a few people also don't do it as many times as i have.
Very nice video!!! In Brasil we have a strong legislation against Guns, so we have to use airsoft, but it doesnt mimic the sound and the scene at all!!! But its the closest we get at the weight and the look of a real one.
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This is very useful information, WWW. I'm helping plan a tactical WW2 event, and so this gives some good ideas on how to do it safely and fairly.
❤ Great video, love your work and the edits 😂
Top notch episode. By the way, that is my kind of office/ desk. Ammo and grenades sitting around. ❤ it. HORRAH
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I have used both plastic and wooden blanks to hunt small game
I think I can speak for all of us you need to post more bro!
If you have a 1911 you can buy an extra barrel and weld a plug about 1/2 inch down the barrel.
30:54 im very curious to find out what happened to that guy. completely missed the window and bounced off the wall
Very nice video’s wisdom, keep up the good work👍
Fun fact: flamethrower tanks would not explode when you shoot them, the bullet does not have enough heat to ignite the fuel. Same for the gas powered weapons.
Enola Gay makes very loud grenades......they sound and react like the real things. FYI..... civilians cannot get Willy Pete grenades......
Being an Aussie reenactor, a bit jealous of some of the equipment you guys get to use over there.
Bro really had to bring up the Hiroshima incident
Incident?
@@thenerd1502 I'm failing to understand your question. If it's rhetorical I was also joking btw
@aaronlillard3880 I'm joking too
The city of Nagasaki has some questions….
If you are looking for Grenades Look at the Thunder B airsoft Grenade they even have a pineapple shell for them.
I have nothing to use this info for but i like to hear you yapping
You do great work. Please keep it up.👍👍
It doesn't hurt and from a distance it looks real
I love your videos, and it would be awesome if you could link where you purchased your weapons and equipment
I don’t get how no one during re-enactments don’t get hearing damage. Unless they do but it’s just something they’re willing to sacrifice
We, wear ear plugs. I mean its your choice, some of my buddies got ear damage but that's their fault.
@@ReillySulser-bt3dlthey're just being extra historically accurate lol
Ear-Pro in combat is a remarkably recent thing to my knowledge
i have been to a reenactment where they used a firework on a zippline for a panzerschreck shot
32:53 "Smoke grenades aren't really dangerous"
Actually, they are, from what I learned at Army AIT, smoke grenades are very dangerous to inhale, they are on a list of chemical weapons that a gas mask is advised to be used when using smoke grenades, that is if you are to be traveling through the smoke.
love your videos mate
Its funny how over here, in eu, it requires a licence and reason to own any gun. Amd likely a police inspection of your home and safe.
But, if all the paperwork is done, a original mp40 that can fullauto openbolt livefire is about 2k in price. Cause the war left those everywhere in crates and piles and every farmer and their mother has one to scare the wolves ;)
you kinda look like the sniper in saving private Ryan
The DOD stopped making 30/06 ammo and blanks in 1969.