Just been hunting on the British pathe website and found a couple of nice films. One is of a presentation tank being moved into place in Yorkshire - a MkIII female, interestingly; the other is a combo of tanks - mainly US MkVIIIs and M1917s - and blimps. ? MkIII ? Tanks/Blimps -- Edited by TinCanTadpole o...
This topic might seem odd, but it does tie in with the monument tank project I described-after all the ceremony would require an audience.? What about suits, hats, womens' clothing etc.?
I am looking for more information on the Armstrong-Withworth Fiat armored cars use in WW I and the RCW. Here is what i have: RKKA: 9th Armored Car Detachment 11th Armored car detachment 24th Armored cat detachment used 2 "Chort" and "Revolutionary Hurricane" on the Southern f...
Can anyone identify the crewman seen in this photo, and hazard a guess at the identity of his unseen partner inside the vehicle? Just as a clue: I should have posted this yesterday.
The following piece of text about the St Chamond can be found on a number of web pages:
There are unsubstantiated stories about Poland using the tank against the Red Army in 1920. If true these specimens were in all probability not captured from the Soviet Army - the latter never having had any opport...
OK So my plans for the MK1 Male Tank are on the site... so who's going to be the first to correct the Airfix model? or something bigger!?! :) Sorry about the lack of plans for the Tail wheel and the Female Sponsons... may need someone to get the measurement of the sponsons for me at some point. MK1 Tank Plans...
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...
