A recent news article in Ukraine is saying that the remains of an AV7 have been located in Ukraine. The location is said to be in what was pre war Poland. A Ukrainian businessman Mr Paul Casini is quoted to say "This is 100% the real thing" I will monitor this with interest. I have Mr Casini's co...
Not sure if this should be under tanks or artillery. An article, presumably translated from the French, has been circulated within the Gold Reef Scale Modellers' Club (Johannesburg) about the above-mentioned vehicle giving the history of the four FCM-built SPGs with 305 mm guns up to the destruct...
Hi, after some times of absence I want to show a little progress for my scratched lorry, the Thornycroft J Type. Some of you perhaps will remember, I mean this one. Well my 14 figs for the lorry are fin...
Apologies to those easily offended by non strictly WW1 stuff. It seems a couple of German AA guns of 1931 Rheinmetall design have surfaced in Afghanistan. How they got there is much debated, but I am posted the link here because the cammo pattern reminds me of the one seen on German WW1 guns: http://www...
Hi all I have an Archive of WW1 books on Scribd all of which are as far as I know out of copyright, they are all free to download. there are around 1500 books on there but there are a few duplicates, and I have another couple of hundred to upload shortly. if you find them useful? you can post a file of your own on...
Just a quick post.... on looking at some of the pics of BB on the landships site Ive come to the conclusion that the wheel boards/pads are actually a seperate endless track somewhat similar to those used on early traction engines... Any comments? Cheers
Tim's book arrived yesterday and haven't been able to put the thing down.OK trucks of this period are of great interest to me anyway. 200 pages with 396 photographs.Very high quality paper and the quality of the pictures is brilliant with very informative text. I can't think of much else to say only th...
(Apologies to non-British friends. The name Paxman will not have the same significance.) Short reference to the Tank in Jeremy's account of the War. Not very enlightened - Germans surrendering in droves, etc. A British invention, of course. Florid description. And I'll have to listen again, but I...
Acc to PSR: Art of Tactic World War I6900 - British Infantry 19166901 - German Infantry 19166902 - British 81mm Stokes Mortar with crew6903 - German 7,58cm Mortar with crew6904 - British Vickers MG with crew6905 - German MG08 with crew I thank you.
I recently picked up a Russian non-recoil artillery sight in Latvia.? The sight likely is from the 1880-1918 period.? See attachment for the marking.? I think the 3.3 is 3.3 inches or 83mm.? The problem is this does not correspond to a gun that I have notes on.? Any ideas about the markings or which arti...
? I don't think this one has been posted previously - 14 mins of narrow gauge railways: http://www.ecpad.fr/les-petits-trains-de-la-grande-guerre-2#more-12305 Regards, Charlie -- Edited by CharlieC on Tuesday 11th of February 2014 12:00:47 AM
Last year I bought (second-hand) a copy of "British and American Tanks of World War II" by Chamberlain & Ellis, Arms & Armour Press, which has some technical data for the vehicles covered and lots of photos of unusual variants. On the back of the dust jacket, this book advertised a...
As the centenary approaches, British Pathe have kindly brought all their Great War clips under one roof and listed them by category. Index is here. Tanks section (not especially revealing, but worth a look) is here. A bit of a find is this clip showing, amongst other things, Belgians in late 1914/ear...
A fellow forum member asked me for pictures of this Russian gun used on an anti-aircraft mount by the German Army. I have some pictures from Bucharest and Sofia, here you can see the gun in Bucharest: I zipped all my pictures into one single file, available from download here: http://www.massimocorn...
Hello, I am planning to scratch build an Rolls Royce Armoured Car 1914 or 1920 pattern As base I will be using the 1/16 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow Ballooncar I Like to know if there are any detailed scale drawings for the 1914 and /or 1920 pattern car available which I can use. I've seen some posts which men...
I learnt recently that a De Dion-Bouton Auto-Caisson[url]http://www.lunion.presse.fr/index.php/cms/13/article/112141/Record_de_frequentation_battu__pour_le_salon_du_vehicule...
This last week I was able to return to the restoration of my second 7,7cm lFK 1896 n/A.? The main problem with this gun has been that the trail was cut off and disposed of by the former owner.? I have reproduced a new rear trail, spade, and pointing lever mount for the gun.? The elevation gear has been rebui...
Hello everybody ! ? Like many modellers who are interested in WWI, I already know quite well Landships. I visited it many times and I do appreciate it ! Thank you all ! I came back to modelling only 2/3 years ago, and still didn't?build any WWI stuff, but I'm now working on some 1/72 diorama projects (now o...
Hello,There are six German artillery pieces - two 15cm field howitzers, two 17cm trench mortars, and two 25cm trench mortars - on display at the Maryland Memorial Building.? All are war trophies presented to the City of Baltimore by the War Department at the time the building was dedicated in 1925.?...
This appeared in the London Gazette. So by the time Stern et al came to decide on the armament for the Tanks, one assumes the Rexer was no longer available. Am still looking into the exact relationship between Madsen and Rexer. Haven't yet found anything to establish that it was a licensed copy or a rip-...
Hello!? I'm a new member to this forum, although I have perused the Landships site on and?off for some years.? What a great site for the Great War!? I retired from my career?three-months ago and am returning to the hobby - finally with a bit?more free time than before. All?the Best, Don Gerber??
The Schneider CA1 didn't use the classical Holt suspension as the St-Chamond (and A7V) did. The suspension was somewhat similar to that on the later FT. Attached are a couple of images of the Schneider at Saumur showing the springs and what looks like a fairly substantial framework supporting the ca...
Hello, everbody! My name is Luger (as I'm owner of such a perfectly balanced gun) and I'm living in western Germany 50 miles as the crow flies east of the dutch border. My learned profession is gunmaker and my hobby is artillery and WW I-Tanks. Besides, I'm a lot out hunting and motorcycling. It is a pity...
From the Illustrated War News, Wednesday 19 July 1916: Propaganda? For use by impatient muleteers?? From what I can make out, the German field punishments were similar to the British, or milder perhaps.? For instance the equivalent of the notorious Field Punishment No. 1, being shackled or bound t...
