There is a fair bit of information around on the FAMH (St Chamond) SPGs but I'm struggling to find anything much on the Schneider SPG. It seems that Schneider was of the view that an SPG should be self-powered unlike the St Chamond design. The gun fitted took the idea of fitting the largest gun possible t...
This picture isn't new, but I've never noticed the type of grenade before. IIRC we established that the uniform is the top-of-the-range one designed for the Belgian Armoured Car Division in Russia. I'd assumed the grenades were German Stielhandgranate, but on closer inspection they are very diff...
Boom, Boom Boom. Shell3 - coming soon. A view from the EWM work bench.
3 artillery barrage markers and shell holes all painted. The explosion markers are separate so designed to be removed at a certain point to leave a shell crater behind. A new approach to representing artillery shelling in miniat...
Dear colleagues, Would anyone identify this odd vehicules from a vintage?argentinian armed forces parade? The original newsreel (!) in the site "militariarg.com", an excellent site devoted to history of armed forces of my homeland, mostly. Thank you in advance, Best regards -- Edit...
It appears that Captain Robert Falcon Scott?took motorised sledges on his ill-fated Antarctic expedition upon the advice of Murray Sueter.?I think this indicates that Sueter?had an interest in caterpillar tracks even earlier than we already believed. The fact that they broke down and all the me...
Wed23 May, 8pmGreatest Tank Battles"A look at the epic tank fights of World War I. Unreliable and new, tanks had mixed success on the battlefield, yet heralded a new era of warfare."Length 1 hourNot sure if its a repeat or not !Paul
Just observed that Wikipedia says British Holts on the W Front were operated by "the Quartermaster Corps." Since there was no such thing, I wondered who it actually was. Artillery? ASC? -- Edited by Rectalgia on Wednesday 23rd of May 2012 07:37:54 AM
I've just read "Haig's Command: a Reassessment", by Denis Winter; it certainly seems to put a different spin on the course of the war, the state of the various armies, the significance of the armistice, and the suggestion made in the book "Somme" (by Anthony Beevor, I think) th...
The popular image is of him being dark-haired with curly mustaches, while the actual Baron von Richtofen was blonde and clean-shaven.? So why does the false image persist?
You may have seen these already, but in case not, there's a website which has a number of colour photos - apparently original, not colourised - taken by the French later in the war. No vehicles except for a Renault truck, which may be grey, blue-grey or green beneath an ample covering of dust - it's guess...
Does anyone know how many of the Motor vehicals the Russian Imperial army used during WW I were imported and how many were locally produced? At alexanderpalace.org in the Alexander palace time machine section there is an online book "Blodstained Russia" there is a picture of a group of am...
ECPAD seem to have made themselves more shopper-friendly. The book and/or DVD on the French tanks is now available here: http://boutique.ecpad.fr/collection-38.html *THE ABOVE LINK NOW DEAD* 22 December, 2022 -- Edited by James H on Wednesday 21st of December 2022 10:28:52 PM
For lack of a "uniform" section, I hope this fits into here. I've read puttees were found "unpractical", so most armies replaced them by gaiters before and in WW2. However I've also read the U. S. replaced their gaiters with puttees for the same reason in 1917. Could someone she...
Hello one and all. Well, here it is, my first large scale figure model... well, that's not quite true, I've built and painted MANY 120mm figures, I've just never finished them because I wasn't happy with them for one reason or another, the same can be said for this one too, but it's at least heading to whe...
Hello, I hope this isn't a bit too early.? I just stumbled across some interesting photos of a German military railway under the title "Feldbahn-Uebung, Uelzen-Celle, 1892".? This is how the photo collection is described: "This portfolio, held by Southern Methodist University...
Greetings one & all, Thought I'd post a few images of my latest project, It's the 1/35th resin Commanders Series Schneider CA1. The original images were sourced after doing a quick google search and are only included here for discussion purposes and to illustrate features I've tried to incorpo...
From pictures I've seen, it's not like the gray-green of the World War Two uniforms, but somewhat lighter.? Does anyone know which shade is right, and what paint to use?? Thanks.
This blogger has started a project to model WW1 with all miniatures painted in shades of grey, because "since our collective memory of the Great War is largely dominated by black and white imagery it may be interesting to portray a miniature version using the same greyscale palette. ?I also thi...
MOTHER TO MKIRichard Pullen describes the development of the first tanks used in WW1The link says no more than I have pasted there, ?http://www.militarymachinesintl.com/view_issue.asp?ID=2982
http://www.schipperfabrik.com/store/index.php I was looking up different uniform types and found this during the search.? I assume their reproductions are accurate.
Hi all, I'm looking for any books on Motorcycles. I want a book similar to the Blandford Press or I-Spy books, ideally. Something with a big, colour?picture on every page and covering every motor bike, from every nation, up to 1925. Does such a book exist? TIA
Am having an entertaining discussion with a gent in Holland about the above. It has been put to me that the first 20 or so Saint-Chamonds were delivered to the army without armament and were finished as supply tanks - in other words, they were never armed. I think Michel said that some Saint-Chamonds ga...
Bonsoir, On French Ebay, a beautifull photos album from an AS 12 Group's tank commander : MdL Brunet de Bonneville (Killed in October 1917 at La Malmaison). Inside this album, two photos from prototyp Schneider Ca2 Command Post in Champlieu (photo from March 1917) The two photos, with some commenta...
Finally, I've managed to finish something that I can post. The period images included here were found on the internet and are for discussion purposes only. The kit is the 1/35th Emhar Mk.IV male kit converted using plastic card and Grant Line domed head rivets. Paint is Tamiya XF72 JGSDF Brown, this i...
