I see a lot of you americans going into WW2 reenactment comming from Civil War Why is that? is it better? more fun? whats up?
better more fun authentic cheap Better - its better in quality since you can do research very easily, not uncommon for unit to research downright to the toothbrush their company use. its easy to find!
More fun- Its more fun in battle because marching in line and firing volley for hours do get dry fast. Especially farbs who wont take hit. You're going to feel real dumb afterward. WW2, its really intense, skirmishing, machine gun, tanks pouring in, and non stop flanking. Tons of activity in WW2 than ACW. Most of time you sit in camp clean the musket and prepare dinner or nap. In Ww2, you go back to your foxholes, keep watch, clean your rifle, enjoy fine german dining, patrolling the area, when it get dark, we do night assault or solo suicide mission where we sneak into allied camp in search of 1st ID HQ.
Authentic - like i said, research are easier to be done
Cheap - a entire soviet kit cost you 500, even mosin. German - 1k-ish, US (original items - 500-600) (reproduction 1k-ish)
there we go.