A question for a German re-enacters!

[paddywhack]

iv seen a few reinacting units but they always seem to lose so do the germans EVER win when you reinact???

[J Melvin]

In public displays, the Germans never (well almost never) win. It in the eight years that I've done public battles, I am roughly 1 and 50.

[Craigob]

The Germans always won at Odessa Until the last one where the commanders decided to bring all sorts of new objecties into the event such as:

if the german are static for more than 15 minutes the allies can call in air strikes..

and thus we lost

[Von Lessel]

I think it must be norm when you play the stereo-typical 'BAD' guy. I re-enacted 7th Virginia Cav here in Blighty for 10 years and we out numbered the Yanks at every show by 3/4 to 1, along with our excellant Cavalry compared with their shabby blue coated muleskinners and we nearly always lost!??

I think its what the organisers/leaders think is the best thing for political correctness?
I think I must just have a thing for the losing side.

Lee (The south will rise again with a FJ helmet and smock!) Ha.

[paddywhack]

it just always seems that the germans can never win antything! its a wonder they won any battles!!!

[Ardennes]

Paddy -

What you've seen and read is pretty typical of Public battles - no one wants to see the good guys loose.

Now, as for tacticals, that's another story. These occur typically on private land or military training areas and the tide of the battle is determined by pre-set objectives and judges....not too uncommon to see Germans win those!

The thing I've noticed, and like to believe is that German units typically spend more time reviewing military strategy and perform better in the field at tactical events.