Here's a few pic's from old postcards, showing Dutch infantry around 1915 with Schwarzlose MG's on dog carts. During WW-1, the Dutch army slowly changed uniforms from black to field grey. Both uniforms could be seen together. all the best, Michel.
The databases of surviving WW1 artillery suggest there are 3 FK 96 guns in Australia. There are at least 4 - one of which is a couple of km from my place. I've done a small walkaround of it at www.ammsbrisbane.com/reference.htm. The gun is fairly complete comparing it to the diagrams on this site. The gu...
Came across this image on the IWM Collections website showing a 3 ton lorry with an 18 pounder in the back - has anyone come across this before, either in photographs or books etc? Would make an interesting model - also, can anyone ID the lorry from what can be seen? http://www.iwmcollections.org.uk/...
Started reading C.R. Crutchley's Machine Gunner 1914-1918 (an excellant read, by the way) today.? In several instances it mentions guns being taken forward by transport.? Can anyone provide some insight as to what vehicles were used?? I presume that many were by horse drawn wagons . . . would this h...
I just aquired the new DVD set of this series, and by all accounts, this is a very good series - but I was wondering if it was somehow historically innacurate, or ratially biased.
Throughout much of the first episode there is mention that Germany is out to conqour the world, and that is the reason the...
First Estonian armored car was built in December 1918 in Tallinn Harbor factory under engineer Saukas and Johan Pitka (later rear admiral and commander of Estonian Navy).It was named Estonia. It was built on the Federal 3 ton lorry. Second armored car named Tasuja was build soon after. Unfortunate...
Didn't know this had gone on. Memorial to the Tankers who fought around Poelkapelle has recently been inaugurated. From what I can gather, a fairground truck has already backed into it or something similar and damaged it. http://www.tankmemorial.vpweb.co.uk/default.html http://www.tankme...
I just bought a new and fantastic book about the Breda firm. The books mentions artillery production at Breda during the Great War (1915-1918) as 687 210 mm mortars and 480 14,9 cm howitzers. The last one of course was the Krupp 15 cm Haubitze. Kosar mentions this weapon as produced by Vickers in Italy,...
Going through the info on the Mk's 1 - 3 this morning looking for inspiration for my next model. On the info page for the Mk 1 there is a link which takes you to a film of a Mk 3 female performing for the camera. The sponsons are definately right for the later marks but the exhaust, when you can see it through th...
Two photos here.? Can anyone tell me where the colour photo was taken?? Incidentally, this is a wartime photo and?not a modern one - note the Wehrmacht soldiers.? All I can say is that there were a pair of tanks?in Kharkov, Leningrad, Kiev, Archangel, Rostov-on-Don, Smolensk and Voroshilovgrad, bu...
Can anyone tell me anything about this weapon which was apparantly supplied to the Turkish Army...... "Maxim light machine guns (M1908) had a caliber of 7.92 mm and they weighed 14.6 kg. They had an automatic rotating bolt fed by a 50-round drum." Cheers
Does anyone know where good, close-up pics of Great War barbed wire can be found, to illustrate the difference between that and what we see in the countryside today? It's for educational purposes. I thank you.
Hi all. I am currently looking for information concerning bulgarian infantry. I would especially like any information relating to uniforms, infantry weapons (machine guns, rifles and pistols), trench mortars, helmets and caps. Any photo or drawing is welcome. Regards from Spain
Citizens, I think this is new. While looking into the matter of equipment, I noticed quite a bit of stuff about grenades that I hadn't before; in particular, the presence of stick grenades in the British and French armies that pre-dated the German Steilgranate. I've come across several pictures of F...
Greetings, Attached is a copy of a real photo?postcard labeled "A nest of baby?tanks". Interesting group showing some camouflaged examples. There is writing on the back of the turret of a tank in the foreground, but I haven't been able to make it out. John
Greetings, Attached is a photo and details of a group of FT-17s, some of which show unit markings.? The format of the photo is a 'Carte Postale', so am assuming it was taken in France. John
