I dont hold anything bad in peoples views at all i just think that ruling out 'anything in living memory' is a bad idea as there are groups that portray other time periods and as such cant be ruled out of the grand scheme of things.
Yes there are some very deranged people out there that spoil it all for the masses of re'enactors that purely do this represent the fighting man be they french, german, itallian, english, dutch whatever i do feel that it takes a certain amount of courage to understand what happens in war and accept that the SS or whever did do some horrible and nasty things but not all germans in a SS uniform are evil and wrong infact i have met german veterans who were in the SS and are nice people who were never part of any killings etc they were the elite of that time period and without someone showing this then why bother even keeping vehicles that were designed to kill? Isnt that the same as putting on a uniform? The uniform does not make you evil, the vehicle is not a weapon its all down to intent if there intent is to show off the uniform and state this is what a SS soldier wore so be it same as showing the fact of a tank designed solely for the purpose of killing other tanks and the crew
Now yes i have rambled but i think it important that every aspect is discussed and from all what i have read its all a case of intent, i like many of my friends where a british army uniform with the intent of showing the fighting man NOT what the regiment/force/squadron did in times past'