Hi all, I'm looking for any books on Artillery. 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 gun and howitzer, from every nation, up to 1925. Does such a book exist? TIA
Been having a look at photos of the dummy run. David Fletcher says the Tank tracks were fitted with "special claws" or "sharp metal teeth" which "dug into the fabric of the (sea) wall". I have to say that I can't see any such claws or teeth in the photos of the rehearsals...
I am building a mark 1 male tank. The tail wheels fitted to these but later removed as they did not help with the steertage. Can anybody help with info or drawings of said wheels and structure that they hung from ?
In the Book Battle of the baltic Islands" There are a couple of references of german troops encountering Russian armored cars. Does anyone know what type of armored cars they were? The book does mention one being destroyed but no references to one being captured. Thanks in advance.
? Hello I'm new here, so I hope that ?you don't mind me asking for help in my first post. I picked this cut down 10.o cm casing on the weekend and I'm a bit stumped. It is stamped 10.0cm, 1917 which I have no problems with. Then 125, M14,? Opposite is wdf then some kind of symbol followed by 16? There is a large L...
I could be making a fool of myself here, but I've only just discovered that replica Tanks appear in this film, and AFAIK they haven't been discussed on the forum. Haven't seen the film, but have a horrible feeling that the list of inaccuracies of all kinds will be lengthy. I enclose a still that suggests...
Popped into Waterstones the other day. Six stacks of Warhorse-related books on display, including Jilly Cooper's 1983 Animals in Warhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Warrior-Amazing-Story-Real-Horse/dp/1908216107/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_b...
Im aware of the experimental 1911 "detallie" helmet but how often was it really used in the great war? i know it was used by the horse artillery early in the war ?but ?i have seen drawings/photos of french cavalry (converted to infantry) wearing something similar with either a khaki or dull...
Recently I had a discussion about incidents during the Kapp-Putsch in mid-march 1920 in Dresden. During a battle between Reichswehr and left-wing protesters a Panzerwagen or Panzerauto with name "Siegfried" was blown up. One report claims "Siegfried" was blotch camoufl...
I was recently at the Studebaker Museum in Auburn, Indiana, researching the Model A. ?They had this photo on exhibit, but apparently not in the archives. Does anyone have a source for a high resolution image of the Model A? ?The archives had a few shots showing an original Model A on exhibit ca. 1938.? I...
Hello, I am still searching for an LK-II kit in 1-72/1-76? and it is as of yet nye unattainable. if anyone has one unbuilt extra? and doesn't need it, I would be willing to buy for a reasonable price. PM if interested. ? Greetings, Josh
hi guys, ??????? trying to identify a movie made in the 1920's or '30s about WW1 POWs held in a Castle -- very similar story to "Colditz" but no-one got out (hero was shot just outside the castle wall).? The prisoners were a mix of all nationalities -- brit, Canadian, French Belgian.? I'm sur...
Hi, ?a friend has one of these and would like to know more about is, it's chrome plated, 1/72 scale? on a black plinth, heavy, cast iron?? Any idea of when it was made etc. Thanks in anticipation, Chris
I have seen this specific camo suit represented a few times by this (rather spooky) period sketch ? but where are the photographs to prove these tenues grenouilles were actually worn by French commandoes during the war ? Beside is there any indication of the colours used? The wording tenue grenouill...
I love old popular science magazines, and have downloaded images and pages from the internet over the years on a very random basis. However, I've just discovered how to download whole pages from Google Books, and what a treasure trove of old popular science magazines it is! Here, for example, is an ar...
According to an online encyclopaedia that anyone can edit, Tanks were deployed on 15th Sept. 1916, and, amongst other things, "were even driven through houses to destroy machine gunner's emplacements." I don't recall hearing of that. Anyone substantiate?
My first posting with pictures attached so please be patient if I don't get this right.?I attach a scan of a picture (IWM Q2005) which, according to the caption, shows the 22nd West Yorks, a labour battalion, in a mine crater at Beaumont Hamel in November 1916.?I also attach a couple of details from thi...
? Hello everyone! As I have received excellent help here before, does anyone have a closer picture of the door lock mechanism on the rear door of the Mark IV? My search on the internet has not been very successful so far. It would be of great help, as here is a picture of what I am up to at the moment.. ? Any hel...
I am about to start building models of the Reviresco Schneider and St Chammond tanks. I am planning on painting them both green. Does anyone have any tips ect on building them? thanks in advance.
Hello everybody, Ive recently come into some battlefield relic shell cases. And Im no expert on the subject. I can spot the British 18pdrs and I think the German 77 and French 75 shrapnel cases. But have no idea on the others. So was wondering if anyone could help me out?
Here's some photographs taken over the past few months using a Kodak No 2 folding camera and appropriate film, as used during WW1 and available from 1908-26 (my camera has been dated as the 1917-19 model) Cross of s...
Hello, Found this picture of a Mk I (?), Google explanation (I don't believe them always) says it is taken in Toronto (Canada) in 1916. Is this possible, first tanks were "secret" weapons, used for the first in summer 1916 so, can it be that there was already a "show" tank (drivin...
