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re: supposed 9.2 inch Mk. 1 Howitzer
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 "Redleg" here again. The toilet is for the first three wartime photos in the entry. They are British and they are howitzers alright, but that's about all, because what they are not is the 9.2 inch howitzer. The first one in the group is of a 15 inch BL (Breech Loading) siege howitzer as is the third weapon in the series; the second photo is of a 12 inch BL Mk. 1 or 2 railroad howitzer (can't tell definitively on this one as the barrel was cut off by the photo, but it is probably the latter weapon as the Mk. 1s barrel was pretty short. Please compare these pics. ladies and gentlemen with the genuine article from the IWM collection in London that is depicted below, a beautiful 9.2 inch BL Mk.1 siege howitzer, which is extremely well preserved and may still be in firing condition. Imagine this thing on the firing line at a machinegun shoot or other such extravaganza that periodically takes place in the gun crazy US of A.



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Wesley Thomas


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The three pics have now been flushed down into the big cyberspace toilet...


Thanks for pointing out the error!



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You are welcome. Thank you so much for tolerating, so far, my annoying carping, but I am a stickler for accuracy in photo captioning and weapons identification. Spreading around incorrect info. could be fatal to a site like this. See my article on French artillery on lemairesoft.be. Wesley 



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peter

did you notice that a lot of your early articles on your site and many of the links dont work

like gilles 1/35 hedi scratch built links dont work, a lot of right now stuff . . . as well

and in some articles the photos have misteriously disappeared (although they were there when you just posted the article)





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RE: supposed 9.2 inch Mk. 1 and Techie issues with the site
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Peter: I don't want it to seem like we are piling on about purely techie issues, but I found out to my chagrin that while I was writing something earlier today and needed to refer to an another part of the site, I lost everything I had written! Needless to say it annoyed me greatly and almost caused me to use the computer for target practice with my vintage 1908/09 S&W .44 Special Hand Ejector 1st Model ("Triplelock") in the street outside (something that no doubt would have caused the cops to at the very least ask me lots of questions I don't know the answers to). Is there any way at all that this annoying trait could be addressed so that it does'nt throw everything out when you try to go to a different part of the site while still writing or if for example you inadvertently fail to title an entry?



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Wesley Thomas


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Please report all broken links to me. I've switched to a new version of the Web design-program, and - I guess - it sometimes, quite inexplainably, messes up the links on old pages, som you have to redo them manually - very annoying, believe me, and time consuming!


Regarding the disappearing text: no, I have no control over that, I'm afraid. I guess that is a limitation on the part of the Forum program, which I have no way of interfering in.


And regarding pointing out errors: I only WELCOME that, because it can only enhance the value of the site. I abhor errors, and feel genuinly ashamed for each and every one of them. So: bring 'em on!



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