ORIGINAL: pzrwest

Well the officer above has me wondering to what he's trying to be.... Oh Oh! nitpick time .... lol
He's wearing a Heer panzer wrapper with an SS cufftitle(left sleeve, Heer was right sleeve) white piping on the collar is incorrect. He's wearing an SS peaked cap with the Heer wrapper
But still it's cool

ORIGINAL: pcomm1

I think the WWII German military uniform presence will clearly increase most US tank club memberships, mostly with FBI and ATF Agents though.

I wonder if the agents will build their own model tanks or out source the work?

ORIGINAL: pzrwest

It is cool thought to see them dress up and battle.

ORIGINAL: Ern

ORIGINAL: Ern

Harold, I'm really shocked that someone would dress in a US uniform and fly around in a RC B-29... do they not think that they may offend someone of japanese heritage because of what we did in Hiroshima and Nagasaki? They must have been asleep in their HS level class as well...

"HS Level"... I guess PComm thinks he's more educated than everyone else here. Let me guess... Berkeley?

ORIGINAL: pcomm1


Another and my last 2 cents.

"While you are one that, I am sure, would rather stay at home and play with yourself". Well Erin, you just told the forum "way" to much about yourself, but nothing to feel to bad about, seek medical help and or move to Berkley, Northern California where it may be alright.

The issue, this "WWII German military uniform costume stuff" is political, no escaping that point and it does not belong with rc tank model building and TBU battle games.

And I see the problem now, Erin, you've never studied any form of WWII history.

WWII Nazi SS and or German Tanker Army WWII "death head gear uniform costume display" at rc private/public events is not at all supportive of the rc tank hobby in general and nor is it harmless fun.

Those WWII uniforms and uniform symbols have very clear meaning and purpose and are completely political and evil and offensive in almost all nations.

Perhaps, your lack of a true understanding of WWII history causes you to brush these costumes off as harmless fun, but most would suspect far worse of your beliefs, and that is another inescapable point.

Even in Germany wearing WWII Axis death head gear is frowned upon and most often against the law for good reasons.

Again, there is a big difference between donning WWII "evil" military gear and the good/fun/skill found in model tank building and playing TBU tank backyard/tank club skill battle games while using "both" Allied TBU Pershing/Sherman tanks vs Axis TBU tanks.

I run/build both types of tanks and true it is fun to fight the bad guy tactics, but again, donning the bad guys evil symboled uniform does take matters, unavoidably, into the political and legal world. Bad idea.

Plus, if you have ever worn a real uniform on military active duty, for any nation, you would understand just how stupid this fake soldier dress up thing is, while playing with "your rc toy".

As to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, your either to young and or worse, to understand what drove WWII and the bitter end results for both Allies and Axis sides.

And if you had done any reading on the subject, you would know the giant Mitsubishi Corporation (Samurai code based WWII trading export company) apologized to the "world in 1985" for starting WWII in the Pacific and took responsibility for the outcome.

Let me help you here, that means you have no point and no need for a worried conscience, anymore.

Truly, in that decade, both nations, Germany and Japan received their just retributions from the armies of Russia, the UK, the USA and all the other allied armies.

But, I respect your 50's era "Ern the Peacenik" lets get along thinking, it just isn't valid.

pswest is a lost military costume wearing cause, but at least he does build nice models and is a pretty good armchair uniform historian. Anyway, I think I read most WWII German Sailors were "Mischlinge", so, perhaps he isn't all that bad, just confused.

John