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Ghost Dad said:
marchal davout said:
stfu. There are so many groups out there who represent the whole regiment. How are they bad at history? The ******** reenact it

I appear to have struck a nerve, so I will end this. Right after I leave you with a rather simple question, the answer to which I shall forever judge you by:

What is the primary reason for the shape of the triangular bayonet, and the function of the grooves in the blade?

It's not because of the wound it could cause, and the grooves aren't "bloodlets." If either of those was your answer, you're wrong! And if you're a reenactor, you should really do some more research on the period you claim to represent. If you aren't a reenactor, I wouldn't expect you to know the answer to this, so you get a free pass! You lucky dog, you.
why do i need to know that. it doesnt help me at all so why know it. And the guy above me just answered it
 
marchal davout said:
why do i need to know that. it doesnt help me at all so why know it. And the guy above me just answered it

Fwoosh


That's the sound of the point I was making flying right over your head
 
If your re-enacting which I will soon be doing once I hit 18. You should know that so if a little kid comes and asks you that question you can answer it.


damn ninjas
 
gaham1 said:
If your re-enacting which I will soon be doing once I hit 18. You should know that so if a little kid comes and asks you that question you can answer it.


damn ninjas
sod that, we just go to the beer tent
 
So you just re-enact for the hell of it and then go inside a tent instead of seeing if the onlookers actually learned anything from your hard work?
 
gaham1 said:
So you just re-enact for the hell of it and then go inside a tent instead of seeing if the onlookers actually learned anything from your hard work?
No. Most groups have a couple of people  that are hardcore napoleonic know-it-all's who usually prefer to hand out the knowlege to the public instead of others incase something said is incorrect. And after marching, drilling and fighting for hours, what would you rather do, Ice cold refreshing beer or talking to the public that most of the time don't come and talk to you cos they feel shy or intimidated. And also you get these bloody wards that walk around thinking they know it all giving people the wrong picture saying "don't go to them because they are french and are rubbish. Instead go and talk to the British as the know everything" so a lot of the time we never get asked anything. This is just my experiance in the 21e and because we are one of the biggest french regiments in the UK, most of our members never get the chance to answer anything.

And also, the people who do know it all can be very snobish and unpleasant so you let them get on with it so their nose can go just that bit further up their own arse
 
Vincenzo said:
Actually I rather talk to the french re-enactors, with some luck their also re-enacting the french cooking and you could taste something delicious :smile:
onions bread cheese garlic wine steak and crates of beer is all we usually take for food :grin:. There was this one guy who hunted rabbits with his musket and made this stew which was one of the best thing i have tasted. Nothing he used was modern, all periodic
 
marchal davout said:
Ghost Dad said:
What is the primary reason for the shape of the triangular bayonet, and the function of the grooves in the blade?
why do i need to know that. it doesnt help me at all so why know it. And the guy above me just answered it
Not that this conversation needs to be prolonged any further but, I doubt many French soldiers themselves knew why their Bayonets were triangular, they probably never gave it a second thought; and since those are the individuals reenactors attempt to imitate, then why should that be required knowledge?

Did he actually shoot the rabbit with his musket? I wonder if there are any adverse affects of eating meat which has had a lead ball lodged in it. :razz:
 
Stevon said:
Did he actually shoot the rabbit with his musket? I wonder if there are any adverse affects of eating meat which has had a lead ball lodged in it. :razz:
Silly. A .75 cal shot will go straight through trees, forget about rabbits.
 
Stevon said:
marchal davout said:
Ghost Dad said:
What is the primary reason for the shape of the triangular bayonet, and the function of the grooves in the blade?
why do i need to know that. it doesnt help me at all so why know it. And the guy above me just answered it
Not that this conversation needs to be prolonged any further but, I doubt many French soldiers themselves knew why their Bayonets were triangular, they probably never gave it a second thought; and since those are the individuals reenactors attempt to imitate, then why should that be required knowledge?

Did he actually shoot the rabbit with his musket? I wonder if there are any adverse affects of eating meat which has had a lead ball lodged in it. :razz:

You don't eat the musket ball..
 
A round of that size hitting the cute little 'bunny' will make it well not be much of a meal, the force of that weight hitting it at the high velocity will make it explode/implode, hence why you want to use something like a shotgun to take down a rabbit (not point blank of course) because you will only hit it with small balls in the case of a very large one fired from your India Pattern Brown Bess.

For example a modern 50.Cal handgun effect on a rabbit, not for the fair of heart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbkrGGM54o0

Of course the lead ball of the Napoleonic era will not be flying at a high speed as the modern 50.cal but the point still carries over. Even if the bunny did survive the hit from the ball, if it stayed in there you got lead poisoning to think about.

Don't hunt with large calibre weapons! Unless your going for a deer or something :wink:
 
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