Available here as a free download includes much usefull information on tactics organisation and ability of British armour.... Reprint by the US army from an official British Document dated 1/12/17.. Tank Training Instructions This secound manual is on Co-operation bettween Tanks and Infantry...
Most of the images I have seen of 527 have been from the other side so far, so I thought you might like this one. 527 "LOTTI" was lost on the 1st of June 1918 at Font de la Pompelle/Reims under the command of Lt. Bergemann. Bogged down and hit by artillery after she was evacuated, she remained the...
I've just found this company. Does anyone know what the quality or size is like? So far I've seen that they make (in 20mm): Rolls Royce armoured car 1dr?m1904 and crew Vickers mk1 mg & crew Renault FT cannon & MG the famous 75 the not-as-famous 155 C17S obscure 75 another 155 ack ack 75 A7V 77 fk16...
Hi guys I'm Patrick Mondria and I do some sculpting work for Retrokit. Now I have being ask to sculpt a couple of Germans with a flamethrower. What type of flamethrower was more used the cylinder type (same as the m.16?) or the round type. One early war other late? Used at the same time. thanks Patrick -- E...
Just had my newsletter from a v good bookshop in Manchester, UK. Amongst items in stock are: D. Fletcher's Landships (the HMSO one) ?16.50; H. Jager German Artillery of WWI ?15; Gibot/Gorczynski Following the Tanks a crippling ?125; Hogg/Thurston British Artillery Weapons & Ammunition 1914...
Hi Guys, Just read on the 1/35 kit list that ICM are bringing out a 1/35 Russian 7.62cm field gun M1902.? There is nothing at the website for ICM.? Does anyone have any more info? Also, does anyone know of any other 1/35 kit of this gun? Regards Greg
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I know this is a bit off topic, but I am perplexed by this question,
Austro-Hungarian empire was quite ambitious in their colonial desires, they played a part in the Boxer Rebellion crushing and they had some claims to Algier, I am wondering if anyone has a more complete picture of the em...
Some time ago there were requests for dimensions of flimsies. My late father was a restorer of motorbikes of C 1912 -1922. These included an ex WW1 WD Royal Enfield. As part of his search for accessories etc he aquired a number of flimsies of the period. As I had the opportunity &nbs...
Hi ? I thought I would tell everyone about a website that was passed on to me that has all sorts of downloadable books etc including osprey titles. It is free to join. Its at,www.scribd.com -- Edited by Paul Bonnett at 21:58, 2009-02-02
Over the last few weeks I have disassembled, sand blasted and Osphoed (chemical coating to neutralize rust) my German 9cm C/1873 Kanone.? Sheet metal parts with rust-through were also replaced.? The breech is a replacement made from an original as a pattern.? The wheels are the wartime 7,7cm lFK 96...
Over the last few weeks I have worked to organize my technical drawings of German WW1 Era Field and Foot Artillery.? I have posted many of them to my web site.? I have made a good start of it but have a great many drawings and photo images to go.? ?These should be useful to identify different patterns of Ger...
Hi all, I'm new here and already got some questions. But first of all, sorry for my poor English and I may not all the time have the right terms. I'm converting the?Verlinden's MkIV in 1/16 scale to a MkV as used by the US troops in 1918. By looking at some contemporary photos I noticed that some MkV ahd the s...
If you - like me - built models during the 80-ies, you certainly saw the beautiful plans of Ken Musgrave in different Forums. Now I'm glad to announce that I've been contacted by mr Musgrave, who sent me a number of his plans, with the permission to post them on this site. This is really great news, as his W...
I only know very few Russian words, includs the word "China". So I was really excited when I saw this word on this picture. It shows an artillery wagen of an armored train. http://zhurnal.lib.ru/t/tonina_o_i/we_306.shtml The picture with the word "China" on it is the fifth p...
I am searching for dimensional data for the following:
Forugon Mle 1887
This was perhaps the most numberous GS vehicle is use during the war, and remained in use with the French military long after. I would think an example may have survived somewhere in France, but I haven't located any in my visi...
The finished article is now on display: http://www.armorfortheages.com/Ft18page11.htm Garry Redmon at the Museum sent me this very kind message: The FT17 (Berliet) has now been reassembled, painted and placed in the World War I exhibit hall in the museum. I will post photos of the finished piece...
