Companeros, Are there any close up pics showing the "drop system"?for the?fascines that were atop the cambrai Mark IV's? On some of the Cambrai pics?you can make out the fascine,chain, and?the improvised wooden handle, but they are poor quality and from far away.? Any help would be...
?Hello Guys, A friend has emailed me these pictures of a shell she has, it belong to her great uncle, can any?one give me some information on this shell for her. Her Question>> ?I am interested in finding out about an old WW1 shell that?I have . It resembles the? small cone shaped? tops of several s...
How were the official markings, such as WD numbers, "SUPPLY", W-R-W stripes,?applied to British heavies? Was it a spray on affair or hand painted or a mix of the two?
Dear All, I am on the moment restoring a German Traction Engine known as the KEMNA EM type. Our engine was build by Haubold in Chemnitz, but other makers buit the same engine, all to the original design of Julius Kemna. It is for sure that these traction engines were used for heavy haulage, like guns etc....
Hi partners, here is a challenge. I collecto artillery photos of diferent times but my preference is for the WW1. Y`ve got these pictures but without identification, all of it are french pieces of WW1. Y hope your help. Thanks and regards -- Edited by vesubius at 15:39, 2006-10-23
I've posted some "new" photos?showing 11th Hussars RR cars while they were still in England and then when posted to Palestine and Egypt during the 1930s. http://groups.msn.com/RAFArmdCarCompanies One of the interesting things I noted was the removal of the commander's cup...
Hi Peter,
I tried to send you an email, but it kept bouncing back, so I am doing it this way...
I have a few questions. I see on your site that you have an article of the 15cm Schiffskanone i.R. L/40. Now, I am looking for the dimensional information of this gun. I have the barrel le...
Hello, I was trying to compare infos about two similar tanks.. the German TreffAs Wagen and US "Three Wheeled Steam Tank".. about the US one there is an information that it was driving about 15 meters and then became stuck; about TreffAs i know just, that it was tested and because of product...
The attached photo may be of a Mk IV female sponson but there is an outside chance that it might be a Mk III late female sponson. I don't want to reveal more at the moment as I don't want anyone making a judgement on the lines of "its a photo taken on the nth of xmonth in the year 191x in Erewhon an...
I thought that the artillery buffs might like to see this. It looks as if its been lifted straight off the deck of a light cruiser. -- Edited by Centurion at 22:16, 2006-11-11
I am having a real busy spell at work right now so I can't answer e-mail, update etc, as much as I wish I could. So if you are waiting for some kind of response from me, please be patient: it will come!
Curse Peter Kempf. This little article on Belgium has turned into The Da Vinci Code, but without the vast remuneration. Anyway, I need some help. There are references to Belgian troops using a Berthier machine-gun. I can't find any pics of it, just the fact that it "pre-dates WW1" and...
Dear All, On the moment we are restoring a German type steam traction engine. These engines of the EM type were built between 1914-18 by various companies to the original design of Mr Julius Kemna. The type EM stands for "Einheits Machine", so all builders made the same identical engine. O...
Saw a neat pic of an autocar, cheap early truck with steel sides,
in action in Amiens 1918.
The Canadians used them to good effect to rout the krauts in the fall of 1918.
I think one still exists in Camp Borden.
A number of designs were produced during WW1 for large or medium artillery based on the Davis recoiless principle whereby a counterweight was fired rearwards out of a second barrel by the same charge that fired the shell out of the main barrel. These were much larger than the various Davis weapons tha...
Does anyone else remember these? I remember them as a kid, but they weren't as interesting as cowboys, knights, spacemen, etc. I am now much more mature?and able to?appreciate them in a scholarly way. They were made by Crescent Toys in 54mm. I've managed to get hold of the 4 riflemen, but I...
Take a look at this site. Covers the Vladivostok fortifications and artillery from about 1890 to 1930. Alost of WW1 vintage stuff
http://fortress.wl.dvgu.ru/eng/
I didn't realize old threads didn't resurface after a new post, until now. I updated my previous post about the Lusitania project with new picture and I found it awkward not to get any feedback from other MK. I admirers... Here is the old link with the new updates: http://www.activeboard.co...
Records at The National Archives show that following the First World War, the War Office received a request to sell three Mk IX supply tanks to a Mr A. Edm. Hansen of Berterbrogade 126, Copenhagen, Denmark for an expedition to Greenland. ? There was an issue about selling tanks to a non-allied power, b...
I have a few questions. I see on your site that you have an article of the 15cm Schiffskanone i.R. L/40. Now, I am looking for the dimensional information of this gun. I have the barrel le...
so I can't answer e-mail, update etc, as much as I wish I could. So if you are waiting for some kind of response from me, please be patient: it will come!