World War 2 Rifles and weapons
Video demonstration
We were pleased to welcome a World War 2 re-enactment group to our 2009 Village Theme Day. The following video shows a demonstration of the World War 2 rifles and other weapons that they brought with them.I confess to knowing very little about the guns of the 2nd world war, but I learnt a lot from his display which included the British Pattern 14 and Lee Enfield Mk. IV bolt action rifles, the semi automatic M1 Garand used by the USA from 1936-1957, the German Mauser Karabiner K98 bolt action rifle, the British Bren gun, a machine gun used right up to the Falklands war in 1982 and the Gulf War in 1991 along with many more.
Considering that I pointed my video camera at him and asked him to talk me through his collection, he did an excellent job!
It was a real pleasure to have the group join us for our special day.
If you would like to see what else we did on Sunday July 5th 2009 please click on the following links...
World War 2 Evacuees
Street Party and Rounders Matches
The Red Arrows Display Team
