Last Weekend saw the group at the Yorkshire Wartime Experience. We had a dug in display with a couple of trenches. The three inch mortar was sited at one end of the dry trench with a 57 mm antitank gun between the two. This was then complimented with Pete Cartner's 6 pounder which was squeezed in next to the 57 mm. By the time the parapets of the trenches were adorned with Brens, Stens Rifles and the P.I.A.T., we had a well defended position.
The Saturday was dry. The proposed early morning skirmish failed to materialise,so we spent the day watching an endless parade of vehicles circling the arena. The first parade was post-war vehicles. This was followed by War time vehicles with the Allied vehicles first followed by the Axis vehicles.
Eventually at 3.30pm we got ready to take part in the "Battle" which was delayed for the best part of an hour. The first part of the "Battle" was very confusing with vehicles from both sides just milling around in the arena. Explosions were going of all over the place and it was difficult to understand what was happening. Finally the Sarge got the thumbs up and deployed the section on to the field, only to have to un-deploy them to let the M36 Jackson out, then redeploy them. The fighting was very confused and the Allies were hopelessly outnumbered. This, combined with the organisers' failure to provide any ammunition, resulted in a convincing win for the Germans.
The Sunday was much the same as the Saturday except for the interest caused by the wheel falling of a German half track as it paraded around the arena. Again the battle was delayed and as it concluded with a dubious Allied victory, the heavens opened and that was sort of that. By the time we lined up in front of the crowd, there was no crowd. So it was back to the trench to rescue our kit and head for home.
Eventually at 3.30pm we got ready to take part in the "Battle" which was delayed for the best part of an hour. The first part of the "Battle" was very confusing with vehicles from both sides just milling around in the arena. Explosions were going of all over the place and it was difficult to understand what was happening. Finally the Sarge got the thumbs up and deployed the section on to the field, only to have to un-deploy them to let the M36 Jackson out, then redeploy them. The fighting was very confused and the Allies were hopelessly outnumbered. This, combined with the organisers' failure to provide any ammunition, resulted in a convincing win for the Germans.
The Sunday was much the same as the Saturday except for the interest caused by the wheel falling of a German half track as it paraded around the arena. Again the battle was delayed and as it concluded with a dubious Allied victory, the heavens opened and that was sort of that. By the time we lined up in front of the crowd, there was no crowd. So it was back to the trench to rescue our kit and head for home.
2 comments:
It's a new advantage about wartime experience.
They are surviving very hardly
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