I have what I think is a jeffrey quad, though? somewhat diffrent to what I have seen online. It is 4 x4 but not 4 wheel steer unlike photos I have seen the axels are kinked rather than straight with the diffs on top the wheels have a dimand cast into them. any imfo would be of intrest.
Hi to all of you :) I am going to build a 75mm field gun replica at the 1/10 scale. I am seeking " even being in france..." the external dimensions of the gun. So thanks in advance to whom would be able to provide me accurate dimensions avoiding me to take them on photos or else..... Then I will mak...
I am a new recruit to the Lanships WWI Forum so please excuse me if I am not proceeding correctly - and let me know how to do it better. I'm interested in learning whatever I can about German Leichte Motor-Kanon gun batteries with the artillery regiments in 1916 - 1917.?? Rick?? aka? grenate "Kanon...
Hello everyone, ? The book "The Canadian Emma Gees" by C S Grafton describes how at Amiens, August 1918, tanks were used for the first time to carry MG crews forward in the attack.? It proved a failure as only 4 of 34 guns/crews reached their Blue Line objective. ? My father was a machine gunne...
If you scroll down, this chap has some interesting photo's. Also if you click on'Tanks' on the left their is more photo's/postcards ( 2 chinese whippets) in his collection http://www.4600n200e.com/4436.html Paul
Hi there. I just wanted to add some photos from my collection: Finnish Renaults in the beginning of the twenties. Finland bought 32 FT tanks in 1919. 14 were gun armed and 18 were with machine guns. They were formed as a regiment consisting two battery groups of 16 tanks, each one had three batteries of f...
Couldn't find the previous topic on this new release, but thought it worthy of starting a new one - received the WD Models Austin a/c in the post a few days ago as well as some other bits and had to give a short preview of it before I start building whenever I actually get the chance. The kit can be completed a...
Although it's not disputed that a 38cm mortar was developed during WW1 there seems to be little or no information on the the use of this device. Was it deployed? If so how many were built? Regards, Charlie
Has anyone on Landships built a WWI era armoured train, be it a engine or carriages? If so do you have any images of your project? I have a train project on the back-burner for next year and I could use help with ideas and design. -- Edited by Thylacine on Tuesday 7th of December 2010 03:14:48 AM
Bearing in mind the role of railways in the War, I thought this might be of interest. Came out last month. By rail expert Christian Wolmar . Engines of War: How Wars Were Won and Lost on the Railways Plenty of reviews on t'Internet. FYI, it sounds as if there is plenty of info on the War and development lead...
I just noticed something amusing.? The ACE model of the 10,5cm lFH 1916 took the photograph of my unrestored 10,5cm lFH 16 for their box illustration (without permission).? Notice that it has the wrong number of spokes (14 not 12) and the hand spike is frozen in the up position.? I wonder if they also in...
DOES ANYONE KNOW OF ANY INCIDENTS WHEN PREVIOUSLY CAPTURED BRITISH TANKS WERE RECAPTURED AND REUSED BY THE BRITISH ? ?WERE THERE ANY MK1V VS BEUTETPANZER MKIV BATTLES? WHEN WERE THE FIRST BEUTEPANZERS USED -WE'RE THEY CAPTURED MK1'S AFTER THE SOMME / YPRES OR ONLY EVER MK1V'S? I WOULD BE GRATEFUL FO...
Hello everyone, I've come to this forum to seek your help in order to identify a World War I Artillery Gun. My reenactment group is acquiring a WWI Artillery Gun. However, things are going quite slow and the people who are handing it over to us haven't provided us with a lot of information. All I know so fa...
