ignore the bayonet btw i had my feldspaten cover tied too tight around it and it slid out of place and i did not notice 😢
also before anyone comments on the lack of a feldspaten in said feldspaten cover, soldiers often ditched their shovels
because it was unnecessarily heavy
@the_bald_ninja Surely that could be a part of it, but i’ve been experiencing restrictions since before I even started covering anything WW2 related. It’s genuinely just the way Instagram is ran by AI moderators
@CivilizedGuy303 Oh my god THIS the entire app is packed to the brim with genuinely purposefully rule breaking content.. But no, a girl can’t larp a little :(
Just a deactivation certificate, if it’s fully deactivated there’s no need for a permit
in certain eu countries you need a permit for airsoft but i also heard they don’t need permits for deacs over there either, because there’s usually no mechanism it’s just a solid welded slab of metal with the newest eu spec
A list of sources I used (because some people like to doubt that I use them):
De Vries, Guus, and Bas Martens. The K98k Rifle. 2nd ed., vol. 1, The Propaganda Photo Series. S.I. Publicaties BV, 2010.
Treaty of Peace Between the Allied and Associated Powers and Germany (1919). Table No. III, p. 69. Accessed via Internet Archive: https://t.co/Grxlf2sMjK...
https://www.k98kforum.... Kar98k Forum. Certain threads made by veteran users were accessed as a collector reference for niche technical details, including production variations, markings, and observed examples from original rifles.
Additionally, more collector research was accessed from https://t.co/CuBRcKNMnj, created by esteemed Kar98k researchers Bruce Karem and Michael Steves, whose published works are widely regarded as important references within the Kar98k collecting community.
A lot of points were also made using archival newsreels taken from these titles:
Ufa Tonwoche Nr. 506 May 15, 1940 Die Deutsche Wochenschau No. 597- 11 February 1942 Die Deutsche Wochenschau No. 748- 11 January 1945 Descheg Monthly Newsreel No. 8- Oct. 1942 M1 Garand - Principles of Operation (1943) Die Deutsche Wochenschau No. 593 - 14 January 1942
this isn’t an “SS officer” uniform, you sillies
This is the walking-out dress of an enlisted Army tanker (Heeres Panzerschütze). Not even an officer 😅😅😅 Aggh sometimes I forget not everyone knows as many details as I do. I don’t even blame people for assuming otherwise lolol
i now have TWO panzer wraps. one for a Panzerschütze with early piping and another with a later model for an Oberleutnant. I have an original first pattern eagle on this one :))
@EarthsR3sonance@schroeder_16842 it’s not SS nor is it an officer, lmao…
I do know enough history to be able to differentiate my uniforms. that’s the entire point of my account. this is the walking-out uniform of a Panzerschütze (enlisted army tanker.)