Looking at a web site produced by the French Defence Ministry I discovered an echo of the 1918 Skeleton in a French design study of 1937! As I've mentioned in the thread - Another odd Schnieder - in 1937 the French Defence Ministry requested innovative tank design studies. One of these was speci...
i was reading about these hedi tanks, id imagine since there were 2 known cargo a7v's (forgive me for not using the proper german name, its quite a bit for me as an english only speaker to wrap my mind around) that the 2 hedis were built on them, now, i noticed a variation in the paint schemes:
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In 1936 the French government came to realise that France might find herself at war with Germany again. Whilst there was a school of thought in the Fench military (including the a certain DeGaulle)that followed what might be called the Liddel Hart school of tank strategy there was a body that feared t...
I recently aquired the 1945 book "Tanks And Armored Vehicles" by "Icks and Andrews Duell Sloan and Pearce".
The book is by Lr. Col Robert J. Icks, a well known armor author we must all be familiar with by now. It is edited by Phillip Andrews, and published by Duell, Sloan, and Pearce of New York.
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In 1917 a tank was built to the design of M. Boirault. It was built from two CA1s and was articulated. Tests were carried out but it did not prove a success and was abandoned. (source Les vehicles blindes Francais 1900 -1944). These is no photo that I can find - does anyone have any further info (like a draw...
I've found a reference to a Schnieder tank with following characteristics
Crew 28 Armament Four 75mm guns and nine machine guns Max speed 5 mph Suspension Spring Dimensions Length 40ft, Width 10ft 9in, Height 9ft 8in Weight 141 tons Special features Three turrets
Date some time between...
If you would like to visit a website that has the story with a heap of pictures of the restoration project we have been doing on a WW1 10.5 cm German Howitzer, an Aussie War trophy, then the link has been changed. The link on the Landships WW1 Artillery page heading is still connected to the old link.
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Gentlemen!
I'd like to draw your attention on the following book:
Rheinmetall
Handbook on Weaponry
Second English Edition 1982
printed at Broenners Druckerei GmbH, Frankfurt am Main
750 pages thus printed reason to buy a German book understandable to
Britishers:smi...
lots of great books on the recommended reading page, but one is missing, perhaps the only book on the first world war that has remained a classic of literature, erich maria remarque's "all quiet on the western front" i am currently reading it, it is a wonderful book based on remarque's own experiance a...
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I thought I would share an Old Italian Drawing form 1916 of a very Sci-Fi looking Italian Tank, it came from a copy of LA DOMENICA ILLUSTRATA (ILLUSTRATED SUNDAY) that I own.
ATB
Tim R
A quick question about the Mk III female that was awarded to Maidstone as seen in this photo at Phil's website. How and where did the tank end up being displayed i.e. was it in a park or similar location? on a stand? etc.
Thanks for any advice.
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Some years ago, I've bought the whole Palmer/Emhar Series of 1/24 artillery pieces for bargain price in Paris. One of them them is the US Model 1902 3inch field gun. I think it's the only big scale turn of the century field gun model in plastic. However I can't say that I'm happy with producer's...
After the bad news about Airfix and the need to stock up on its Mk. I there is more bad news from the WW1 smallscale front: Il Principe Nerohttp://www.network54.com/Forum/47210/message/1161956945
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I'm trying to track down a couple of articles on Rolls Royce armoured cars that appeared in Classic Military Vehicle magazine several years ago. The first was on page 18 of the November 2001 issue and the second was on page 56 of the August 2002 issue. One of these articles is supposed to be ab...
I have finally posted the excellent article by James Reeve, on one of the two surviving 57mm A7V Guns in the World, and the only one still accessible for scrutiny.
Don't miss it!
This means that I'm back again. Sorry about all delays etc. I have a back-log of mail and contributions, but will eventua...
I found this photo in the midst of a series of WW2 shots on a Polish web site. I think it might be part of the Gustav line in Italy. Its our old friend surviving from WW1. Given the German penchant for embedding surplus tank turrets (including FT17s) in fortifications one ought not to be too surprised.
I need some help with the soldiers. I am just starting off and I was wondering how do you get the soldiers in the displays to look so good? Do you have any tips for me and what should I do about the soldiers that have stands on the bottom of the?
A little while ago I posted a photo of a one man Carden Loyd vehicle armed with an Mg. The caption on the photo was Carden Loyd Light Tractor (and like so many captions it was spurious). I now have more on this little throw back and a better photo. It was in fact the Carden Loyd One Man Machine Gun Carri...
Recently I've noticed that if I attach a photo and then modify the text before posting the text mods made after making the attachment sometimes are left out of the posted message. This is now happened twice to me recently. I also note that increasingly attachments come in two forms with two different m...
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I thought since we were on the subject of trench excavators, I would post some early drawings of a French Trench Excavator dated 1916, designed by Jules Legrand, This version was actually built, on a number of different chassis.
Also, Centurion spoke brief...
All the Rhomboids, right up to the Vickers 1921 were designed to be built in two versions - male and female, MG and Canon. The Medium C is known to have had a male version at least in the planning stages, we are all by now familiar with the plans for it.
However, after reading my Tanks Of The World (Chamb...
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I'd like to ask about the chassis of two armoured cars: french charron and hotchkiss automitrailleuse. Were these two vehicles built on existing commercial chassises or&n...
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Having learned about the survival of the 1914 Rolls Royce armoured car in India, one can't help but wonder if other 1914 cars survive in some hidden nook or cranny of the world. Has anyone attempted to track down the ultimate fate of each of these cars?
To try to gauge the magnitude of suc...
There have been recent endeavors to create huge shot-shell type rounds for the main gun of some current battle tanks, to increase their effectiveness in combatting infantry.
Now, in this day and age, rarely is an idea entirely new.
I was wondering, were there ever similar ideas in WWI? I cou...
I'd like to ask about the chassis of two armoured cars: french charron and hotchkiss automitrailleuse. Were these two vehicles built on existing commercial chassises or&n...