I am looking for information on Fiat 1/2 ton trucks used in Russia during WW I. This is the sort of vehical that was used to transport the bodies of Tsar Nicholas II and family after they were murdered by the cheka (Soviet secret police) to the burial sites. I understand the bed was 6 ft by 10 ft. Photos, pla...
Currently reading 'Steel Chariots in the desert' by SC Rolls, a Rolls Royce amoured car driver with the Duke of Westminster's Squadron, and he mentions Fiats, originally designed for mountain work, used by Italian troops in the desert alongside the British against the Senussites. Does anyone kno...
Anyone know of a reference for when and how the M1917 was phased out? I know about the ones sold to Canada, but that leaves hundreds unaccounted for. Treat 'Em Rough isn't very specific. The U.S. Tank Corps was slashed immediately after the War, and cut to the bone in 1920 - 154 officers and 2,500 other ra...
archive.org has the following books by Stanley Wasburn a newsman from the times who covered the war on the Eastern Front in WW I. note: they are somewhat sugarcoated the Russian Army fighting bravely ect: but the first 3 do contain a number of pics: "Field notes from the Russian Front 1914-15&qu...
Has anyone else noticed an error on Landships 2 (carried over, I think, from landships 1)?? I'm referring to the tank projects 1917-19 page, where under Medium MkB male, we have an illustration (kindly drawn by Centurion) of a Medium MkC male.? Does anyone have any idea for sure what the Mk B male would...
Hi, been a while since I've posted here... - two countries later, one toddler?son, several jobs and a whole lot of other stuff later,... I'm getting back into WWI by way of my growing Blandford collection. I've always loved the U-wagen/G-wagen and am pleased to see so many good photographs of it [and t...
http://www.hansasystemsusa.com/ They have a lot of street and building components in plastic, and I've had good service from them.? No, I'm not connected to them except as a customer.
Is anything known on its organization? I'm particularly interested in whenever they used light machine guns, rifle grenades and if they had a speparate hand bomb section.
As I said on a post elsewhere, I'm hoovering up Blandford 1st editions of all the old Military titles at the moment and am doing VERY well on getting 40yr old books in absolutely spanking condition... that is with the exception of the above title : ( I'm finding a lot of US Macmillan examples but all the pr...
Hello, On a Dutch WW1 forum (www.forumeerstewereldoorlog.nl )?I found the picture below. Members of the forum think ist is a (pre) WW1 canon used to clean "nomansland" from barbed wire (make paths). Way to do was to shoot the hook direction of the barbed wire and then?pull away (by men??)...
I was reading about the organization of the american expeditionary forces and they have these crazy sections with 12 man for hand bomb section, 9 men for rifle grenadier section, 17 men for rifle section and 15 men for auto-rifle section. Does anyone how they were used in practice? -- Edited by Morgot...
I may have got this all wrong, but I have heard from a couple of sources now and found on a German site on the web that it was announced at Nuremburg that Emhar are due to release their Mark V and Tadpole in 1/72 this year. Has anyone else heard about this? Emhar haven't been doing much of late so it would be ver...
I put up here about a year ago a ?Lancia armoured lorry from the Anglo-Irish War 1919-1921 and now I would like to show the second half, a 1919 Crossley Aviation?Wagon like this. St...
Mika's very kind offering from Heigl appears to throw new light on this topic. David J. Childs (Tanks; A Peripheral Weapon?) quotes Kenneth Macksey in The Guinness Book of Tank Facts and Feats: "Two wireless sets per company were delivered in July 1916, but they were soon returned to Woolwich A...
The site has been given a new look, with the option of commenting on the clips. Some of the descriptions are horribly misinformed, and I've been going along doing a bit of correcting/improving. Feel free to join in. It's well worth a trawl through. Some items that have emerged: A parade for the Shah of P...
Can anyone point me in the direction of any maps of 3rd Ypres showing disposition of Tanks? Failing that, any documentation that would enable me to form a picture in what remains of my mind?
Hi all,
Hope anyone can help me? I'm looking for good scale drawing of the 8" and 9.2" British Howitzers so that I can hopefully make models of these guns?
I would also be grateful if anyone could pass on any tips on the making of artillery models.
