Mauser C96 leather holster

I managed to acquire a very beautiful replica of a leather holster designed for Mauser C96 ,regular size.A tad dearer than the "Bolo" type,but this is exactly what the doctor's ordered :-).

"Ostasi,va ordon:TRECETI PRUTUL!"

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Russian War films

These are but a few of the best Russian movies of WW2.Mainly filmed during the Communist regime (pre-1991),they miss nothing of the typical "Motherland and Stalin" attitude to the war.

http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0073488/
Oni srazhalis za rodinu (1975)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0057717/
Zhivye i myortvye (1963)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0212194/
Goryachij sneg (1972)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0063333/
Na vojne, kak na vojne (1968)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088777/
"Batalyony prosyat ognya" (1985) (mini)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167900/
Dom, v kotorom ya zhivu (1957)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091251/
Idi i smotri (1985)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0151852/
"Osvobozhdeniye" (1970) (mini)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0067517/
Ofitsery (1971)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068161/
A zori zdes tikhiye (1972)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0144111/
Blokada: Luzhskij rubezh, Pulkovskij meredian (1974)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0315844/
Blokada: Leningradskij metronom, Operatsiya Iskra (1977)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0069628/
"Semnadtsat mgnovenij vesny" (1973) (mini)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052600/
Ballada o soldate (1959)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0326450/
Zvezda (2002)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0070861/
V boj idut odni stariki (1973)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053628/
Baltijskoye nebo - 1 seriya (1960)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054659/
Baltijskoye nebo - 2 seriya (1960)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0059529/
Obyknovennyj fashizm (1965)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0053317/
Sudba cheloveka (1959)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0055181/
Mir vkhodyashchemu (1961)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0050634/
Letjat zhuravli (1957)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0175809/
Khronika pikiruyushchego bombardirovshchika (1967)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049001/
Bessmertnyj garnizon (1956)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0141666/
Normandie - Niémen (1960)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0067625/
Proverka na dorogakh (1971)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0062523/
Zhenya, Zhenechka i 'Katyusha' (1967)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0262052/
Torpedonostsy (1983)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0209212/
Otryad (1984)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0089828/
Porokh (1985)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0314947/
Zhavoronok (1964)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065507/
Byl mesyats maj (1970) (TV)
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0040601/
Molodaja gvardija (1948)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051541/
Dobrovoltsy (1958)

Brestkaya Kreposti

Just had a glimpse of this excellent Russian film a few days ago,while in Belarus.It is the story of the Brest Fortress,stormed by the German troops in the early hours of the 22nd of June,1941.

Excellent movie,very well made and actually extremelly accurate,in my opinion.Not just the actual facts,but it misses the whole communist mumbo-jumbo that goes usually with Russian WWII film propaganda.Besides,the story line is accounted to a real survivor of the siege,16 years old at the time.

The fierce combat scenes and ireality of the carnage is hard-hitting the eye of the viewer.It makes you understand somehow the hate that later drove the Red Army in creating the havoc which it did in Germany.In short,this film is worth viewing by those who wish to get a view of what hapenned in the first WW2 days in Russia,Barbarossa plan and all.

For those who wish to download the film,see this link.Enjoy!

Mauser C96 HFC field strip

After I bought my HFC C96,I was pretty stuck on how to dissasemble the darn thing.The reason behind such an operation would have had been the change of the barrel with a tight bore and the hop-up / air chamber upgraded.However,none of these found their way into my busy schedule,so I will leave it to the future (nearest,I trust).

Finding a field strip schematics / exploded view of parts and such proved a pain in the proverbial backside...scarciest information do exist,and I was lucky to find it on the internet.I am addign it here,for any C96 owner to not waste precious little time we have for this good fun which is airsoft.Feel free to use it or disseminate the image as per your liking!

Who was she ?

No comment...but I cannot help to ask myself on who was this young woman?Was she a friend of a German NCO?Was she a "colabo" and been spit upon after the war by her fellow citizens?Was she dressed in her daddy's uniform when he got a reprieve from the carnage of the Ost-Front?



Well,I will never know...but this cannot dim the fragrant difference between her youth and the uniform she wore.A world of difference...

BW3 Photographs

Lots of international reviews and photographs.Enjoy!

Airsoft2day review of BW 3

Some pics

BW 3 forum pics

Czech TV program

Youtube slideshow

More pics

And the best of the rest...our own portfolio :-)



Bacau squad at BW 3

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