63rd Guards Rifles in Sweden

[Ben Rosander]

Hi all!

Seems like a great forum this!

I am Ben Rosander and I´m with a Swedish re-enactment group the "Military History Society" in Sweden. We portray the RKKA 63rd Guards Rifle Division and the WSS Nordland Regiment. Check out our website at: MHS

If you recall, Ade, we met at Beltring last summer (I was with my girlfriend Susanne). Say hello to Les from us! Unfortunately we couldn´t make it to Nikolskoye event this year either, but we heard it was really good - as always.

Some pictures from our recent events:










Cheers everyone!

Ben Rosander (Ljt. Sergej Ivanovitj Rossonov, 63rd GRD, Re-enacted)

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Ben, just seen your post. Lez says "Hi".

The photos are very good.

Will you be at Beltring again this year?

Cheers, Ade.

[Dimas]

Hi Ben, just seen your post. Lez says "Hi".

The photos are very good.

Will you be at Beltring again this year?

Cheers, Ade.

Hi Ade,
I want to go to Beltring, when it's started?

[Ben Rosander]

Hi Ade and Lez!

Yes, wouldn´t miss Beltring for anything! This year we will also go se Flying Legends at Duxford the weekend before War&Peace. Looking forward to seeing you again!

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Dimas, here is the show website:

War & Peace Show 2008 - Home

Lez and I will be there but only for two days. It would be great to meet up!

Hi Ben, we will be with the running T34/85 this year.

Cheers, Ade.

[Ben Rosander]

Great! I want to hitch a ride on that T34!

This is me and Sue beside it last year:



..and us having converted to the decadent west... (In front of beautiful B17 Sally B at Duxford):

[Dimas]

As I heard in Sweden is impossible to make re-enactment due of forbidden deactivated weapons?

This year I want to go to Beltring, and if I go with my uniforms, can I take a part in reenactment?
Only the problem that I will go without my gun

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Dimas, at Beltring there are lots of stalls and we do a small display but there is no battle re-enactment. I would recommend you come to "Military Odyssey"

Military Odyssey - Home page

This is the biggest and best LH event for RKKA re-enactment in the UK. You would be very welcome to display with 2nd Guards Rifle Div. We have comrades coming over from Russia and there is a mock battle each day.

Hi Ben, I think Sue sent us the pics of you with the B17. Duxford is great!

Cheers, Ade.

[Ben Rosander]

Dimas, in Sweden, you just have to a permit to own deactivated guns, but we use guns converted to blank-firers or live weapons with blank firing devices on (which also have to have permits for, of course).

Next week we will have a big event in southern Sweden including our group, a german group caller 2nd Panzers and some 25 "real" russians from Kaliningrad (who visited us last summer too).