The crew of an 8.8cm K-Flak (K stands for Kraftwagen) battery pose beside their tractor and gun. I asked Dr. Hannes T?ger to give me his expert opinion on this photograph. Alfred Krupp could not have provided a more detailed response. One cannot see a lot of the features of the lorry but I am convinced th...
Second (and last) tank vs tank battle of the Great War, Niergnies/Seranvillers is much less known than Villers-Bretonneux, which many people think of as the only battle between tanks in WW1. I'm looking for articles and books which describe Niergnies/Seranvillers. What I already have is two book...
I just completed CT Ertz's Laffly Landship (available for download at Landships II) and thought I'd share a few photos. I did a minor repaint using Photoshop. No assembly problems to report. on my file, which I got from another source, 1 of the doors had to be flipped horizontally (hinges on wrong side...
Hi All, Whilst looking for references to lewis guns at the NYT site I came across this article in which Colonel lewis states that to date 70,000 lewis guns have been supplied to England, France, Belgium,Italy and Russia(23/12/17) by itself this doesnt mean very much except of course its from Lewis hi...
I have noticed a few kind people post things and specifically ask for my help, comment, opinion etc.? I find it very gratifying that people hold me in such regard and I try to reciprocate by providing you with the best of my knowledge.? Please be aware that I was recently taken fairly seriously ill, comp...
Does anyone know how many and what types of armored cars took part in the Feb/Mar? and Oct/Nov 1917 revolutions? Here is what I have: Armored Units of the Russian civil War: Red Army has for Oct/Nov 38 armored cars, 31 of them Austin 1st,2nd, and 3rd series in Petrograd (including the cars Proletariat,...
? There is a 15cm sFH02 howitzer at the Army Reserve Depot at Rockhampton. It's not easy to access because it's behind a security fence. However, one of the intrepid gun hunters in Qld got access recently and sent me a bunch of images. ?The howitzer was captured by 42nd Battalion AIF but there's no recor...
Hello friends,my name is Bruno, I'm joining of you today. I joined this forum to learn more about this subject.?My English is not very good, sorry any error.?If you want to see some posters of war visit my page:??http://migre.me/a5FK3
I have almost finished my model but have again ended up with what colour to paint it. At the moment its the colour that I saw in this site in another topic.? I think the colour is OK, but, I am sure you know better. Also, what to do about the machine guns, I know they were Hotchkiss guns but I have been unable to...
I know this has come up before but I can't remember and can't find the information. I know that flimsies came in three colours, red, black and ________ ? What was in the flimsies: was red for petrol, black for water, and ________ for oil? I know that often the colour code wasn't stuck to, because I have rea...
I week or so ago while surfing the web, I stumbled across a B&W jpeg of an undeveloped E-V/4 card model. So far, I haven't been able to find who the designer is. It looked promising, so I thought I'd play around with it and see if I could make a presentable model out of it. I resized the rivets, colored an...
A little while ago I made a posting on the axis history forum asking about the OOBs of the 1916 brusilov offensive, in the reply besides the divisions ect it listed the autopolemetaye platoons? which I believe are armored car platoons here are the platoons and what corps and army they were assigned to:...
Picture is from "Illustrated War News April 7th 191(?)5, found on google. Title says it is a car made for the Austrian Army and to be used on land and water. The little Txt I can't read, anyone knows if it is really used (in the army) or was it just an experiment? What type of car is it? DJ
While I have a little bit of knowledge, about WWI US Army heavy tanks, I am thirsting for more.As I understand it:The US Army had two tank battalions of British Mark V* tanks, with 45 tanks per battalion.? The tanks included both male, female and composite tanks.Once the war was over, the US Army scrapp...
Almost from the box - RPM and resin from Modell Trans. Painting-Bolshevik Russia 1919/1920.Dark grenn overall. ? -- Edited by plastikk on Saturday 28th of July 2012 08:23:32 PM
Well, i start to show you some good items that i have find on Skra the last 2 weeks Image1 (well here i have a M16 German Helmet of German positions on Skra di Legen) Image2 (Here some Bulgarian bullets of Styer Mannlicher 8mm and 5 on their clip m/95 Styer Mannlicher, and some French Lebel 8mm Bullets that...
So I was putting together another list for the strengthing of my Korps, and I noticed the following. ? -Tracks-n-troops website is down. -Also, Anybody know if the owner of unted-fun.com is out of town or something? ? If anyone else has tried to do some ordering lately, and also noticed these things, t...
i've just been looking through photos? I have and others on this site and it struck me that the Tank in the hole looks like The one taken when Deborah was excavated What do you think ? Or is this old news...!?
Gentleman, ? ... if some of you want to build your own German Tank .... ? .... here are the plans ..... ? Kind Regards Chris -- Edited by elbavaro on Wednesday 18th of July 2012 09:33:43 PM
