New article on the Mark VII tank which featured the Williams-Janney hydraulic transmission first trialed in the Oldbury trials in March 1917. Only two Mark VIIs were completed and performed quite well on test but they were superseded by the Mark V** and Mark VIII. Charlie
I'm getting a 403 error with the URL landships.info (Landships II) - the Dutch text from the hosting company says its a 403 error which is "Forbidden access" Last attempt was at 1:02pm Australian Eastern Time 27/9/26. Anyone else seeing the same problem? The FTP access to the Landships website stil...
I'm printing some models of these guns, hoping to make a diorama of a battery. One thing I have a query about is in various contemporary images of these pieces the strakes on the wheels seem to point in different directions on different guns, ie In-up-out or vice versa. Was there any reason for this or wa...
I guess many people are aware that trials of different transmission systems for rhomboid tanks were carried out in March 1917. The winner was Wilson's planetary gear transmission which was installed in the Mark V and successors. Has anyone found the write up of the trails? Both Daimler and Westing...
Hello, I'm new on this forum. I'm doing research on one crew member of section 9, 21st company, 1st brigade who was active on 31st July 1917. Can somebody interpret the data in his service book. You have a date and then 'In the field'. Does that mean that this crew member was operating in a tank, only on tha...
News from New Penguin 1/72 Scale, resin + 3D print. Unfortunately, I can't upload the images and will try later. -- Edited by Alpha Six on Tuesday 22nd of September 2026 03:37:06 PM
In response to a question about scotches (recoil ramps) used on Mark I - V howitzers I found an old thread (2006) with diagrams of the Marks II & III howitzers. These seem to have come from a handbook or manual for the howitzers. In spite of a fair bit of searching I have been unable to identify the ha...
Another question if I may - as the title suggests does anyone know of some dimensional information or indeed drawings for these items? I know that firing platforms were also used but the photos I wish to base a diorama on show scotches in use. I could probably guesstimate from this images but would pre...
Inside the World's Rarest Tank | Mephisto A7V For those who have not seen it yet, though it has an amazing 498 000 views in a couple of months, the Australian Armour and Artillery Museum team crawling in, out and under Mephisto. well worth a watch
Hello, Is anybody familiar with the Vickers-Crayford Rocket Gun, formally known as the 1.59-inch breech-loading Vickers Q.F. gun, Mk II? From what little information I can find it was designed to use in the trenches... and was later adopted for aircraft... and they seem to have all vanished at...
Does anyone know how to get in touch with the author of the excellent Landships Google site? There is no name and no contact information, and the owners of Google sites are hidden. I have found 2 images of presentation tanks matching numbers that site has listed as "no information" and I would like to p...
People may remember Rob Brassington - notable for his website on Victorian era guns and the videos on his website where he describes how they worked. He has done a video showing how the 12inch Siege Howitzer of 1916 was assembled in considerable detail with the loading and aiming sequence. https://...
Hi all During my holidays I visited the little town of Ripatransone (AP, Italy), and found this, close to a war Memorial: Here is the plaque of the gun: Some more close-up shot The footprint on the seat is not mine Regards Luca
I'm slowly getting to the end of a build of a 1:25 papermodel Mark IV Female (and yes - it's a big model - 315mm long). The build is based on a 2005 model by Modelik of a Mark IV male. I was thinking about my next project and thought - "I've figured out how to build a Mark IV Female, I found plans of a supply sledg...
I came across some images of a strange looking gun, that most of all looks like a homemade minenwerfer. The images are taken in St. Quentin in may 1916, when the German kaiser visited von Below. Original images can be found on the website: https://kenniscentrumhuisdoorn.nl/collection. -- Edited...
Tankograd has taken delivery of World War One Special N° 1016 "Hedi and other Rare and Unusual Vehicles" - the title should be available at all major deailers at the official release date of 02 September 2026! The tracked transport vehicle chapter comprehensively covers the Überlandwagen, Dür-Wa...
We have taken delivery of World War One Special N° 1016 "Hedi and other Rare and Unusual Vehicles" - the title should be available at all major deailers at the official release date of 02 September 2026! -- Edited by Oberfeld on Tuesday 4th of August 2026 03:46:52 PM
Hey guys, Does anybody have any references or good photos of the modifications done to HMLS Excellent during WW2? I can't find any really good pictures of the AA gun installation that was added to the roof... although it appears to have replaced the original lookout tower completely. The tank was...
I'm happy to share that my new book, Krupp Guns in the Tropics: Dutch Colonial Artillery, 1900–1923, will be published in a few weeks. The book examines the modernization of Dutch colonial artillery in the early twentieth century and places it within a wider international context. Far from operati...
Tankograd World War One Special 1016FAHRZEUGRARITÄTEN – ‘Hedi’ and other Rare and Unusual Vehicles----Coming in September 2026----Foreword by the Author: This book is a special project dear to my heart. The main weapon systems of the Imperial German Army in World War One have been covered in pa...
In 1926, after a fund raising campaign, the alumni of Cornell University purchased a Mark V from the British Govt for $15,000. The tank was #9128 or T9128 in 1920's notation, it had been in action in August 1918 and presumably was retained until replaced by the Vickers Medium tanks. It sat at the ROTC h...
I have been working on designing and printing parts to correct, as far as possible, the venerable Airfix ‘Mk 1’ tank. There is plenty of threads on the why’s and wherefores of errors apparent in the kit and my parts aim to correct those. I thought I would start this thread to give you some idea as to the wo...
Hello everyone, I have several vehicles to build in 1/72 and I would like to know if there is some generic colors to use for their camo. I am not looking for an absolute color reference, but for directions. --> Schober armored train --> Armored train PZ IV, V, VI --> Artillery tractor Daimler...
In missing-lynx.com World War I section they have a recent post on Austin Armored Cars. It mentions there use in Russia and contains some good info, pictures plans ect on them. They have another post which deals with Russian WW I era armored cars which is in Russian only. One hopes this is of some info
