re: #107 celticdragon
Stays give excellent back support, and they really do help when lifting buckets and firewood around camp (yes, we camp out during re-enactments. I dress out as a male soldier, since shooting and fighting in the battles is more fun IMO)
Yeah, I do SCA, and we do some camping, albeit our level of correctness about camping is low, and varies greatly.
My father, before he got sick, was developing an interest in a WWII reenactment group down in San Bernardino, who have a Soviet unit. Apparently they have their own tank.