An E J T Tapp observed tanks in action in WW1 and conceived the idea of a one man machine gun armed vehicle with the operator prone but able to raise himself and the machine gun for action (sound familiar?) He apparently documented his idea and sent it to the appropriate authorities who after due conside...
Some time ago, the question was raised about starting some sort of Library/Page/Link Collection for Scale Plans on WW1 equipment of all sorts. I haven't found the thread again - anyone here that can point to it? Some effort was made, but the whole thing just petered out, mainly because of me being too p...
I do not think the British ever used Carden-Loyd tankettes to pull ski-troops, yet I have seen Canadian, Swedish, and Polish (TK) Carden-Loyds used in this role.
It is interesting that all three countries developed this practice indepentently. In this role the tankette would be a true infantr...
Gentlemen!
For the artillery-freaks I've enhanced some interesting details on the German
"EinheitsGeschosse" or Multi-Purpose Projectiles with contruction-related
cross-section drawings.
For some reason beyond my knowledge the proponent word-document
was transferred to...
Browsing through The Devil's Chariots again a sentence struck my eye - "It later became routine for new types to be preceded by a few tanks made up in boilerplate for training use." (page 135)
In the case of the Mk II and III obviously for "few" one should read "all" but the implication is that so...
This is just a small trifle, but I have put some animated Avatars in the avatar Library - look under "Guys". I will put some more there, if there is real call for it!
And I have grabbed one of them for myself...
next may i am going to france for my photography class, 3 nights in paris, 7 nights in a roman villa in ners southwestern france (well, from paris, to avignon, to ners) and 3 days in an 18th century home 80km outside paris (which i am told was occupied by germans during both the world wars.) i might even be a...
Hello everybody,
in a few days I will start to sell WWI tank items on Ebay.
But to give the real tank fanatics the best change to buy these stuff,I will list the items a few days before I put them on Ebay.
So here is the list with items and prices(excl.ship.costs). If anyone have a question ,let me kno...
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.
I...
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...
Hello Gents
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.
Hello,
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.
