Well Mr.Laidlericon, I'm a re-enactor myself and try at every turn to dispell these myths as the utter nonesense that they are. I hear this gubbins from so many other re-enactors, that I feel i'm facing an uphill struggle.

I even had one Germanicon re-enactor tell me off for daring to dispell his Sten bashing myths in front of a member of public. He couldn't back up what he said with any scientific theory or hard evidence. Funny that.