Arising out of thre discussions re supply tanks Forage et al I've been taking a hard look at the general subject of call signs and numbers. Its proving to be a significant task. I am posting the first fruits which consist of an examination of the call signs and names of F battalion - much more to follow.
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I read on the now-defunct "www.battlefield.ru" website that:
"In Russia, the very first tankette project was independently developed in 1919 by the Russian engineer I. Maksimov. The tankette was named "Sh'itonoska" which meant "Shield Carrier." The vehicle was armed with one machine-gun...
Were the Mk IV Beute tanks camo all similar to the one that Peter has modeled or of the type without the outlined patches? Need to paint up six for gaming and don't want them all to look the same unless that is the way they are suppose to look.
Thanks,
Chris
Bit of a blast from the past, as it were, in the form of the Fowler Armoured Road Train. Peter Kempf posted an excellent article on Landships a while back, and I've just found some more information and, most interestingly, more photos, including Peter's 30cwt 6-in howitzer loaded aboard one of the arm...
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I ran across some very interesting information about German Artillery in Africa, I thought I would share it, it's quite long, but interesting.
All the Best
Tim R
PART ONE:
Military History Journal - Vol 3 No 2
GERMAN GUNS OF WORLD WAR I IN SOUTH AFRICA
Major Dar...
Hello Guys
I am searching for information, pictures and drawings if possiable of the Krupp 77mm, I am not sure of its correct name?????
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
All the Best
Tim R -- Edited by Tim R at 02:05, 2006-07-13
Hello,
I'm trying to find out wich machine guns were fited on the British male and female tanks.
This is what I know already , maybe someone can tell me more about these guns.
MKI ......
MKII female .....? (watercooled guns)
MKII female lewis guns (replacemet for the broken down ol...
I?ve just been reading The First World War by John Keegan, and, unfortunately, a great deal of what he says in his few mentions of Tanks is wrong. In some cases it?s not enough to describe them as inaccuracies; there are some absolute howlers.
The Somme and Cambrai are described in simplifi...
The closing down of the free access of the Forum was deplorable but necessary. I will soon try and open it up again, to see if the problem we had before with unwanted outside postings will return. Hopefully not.
Let's keep our fingers crossed
General - major Filatov's Armored cars.
The Chapter from the book of M.Baryatinskiy and M.Kolomiets ?Armored cars of Russian Army,?
Approximately at the same time, when Poplavko projected "Charodey", the chief of Officer shooting school general - major Filatov has developed the project of...
As you may have noticed from another One Man Tank thread, I am quite interested in the concept of a one man AFV. I was perusing a book today, and I noticed a listing that for some reason I had never noticed before - the T-17
I started digging through pictures in my book collection, aswell as online, but...
Further to the pics I posted a few weeks ago, I've come across this. I read that early War Belgian troops wore a peakless cap like the Feldmuetze, https://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f209/a7v/Belgian5.jpg
On Warwheels.net there's a note that mentions that "Jordi Rubio (of aftermarket barrel fame) is coming out with a Rolls Royce Armored Car" in 1/35th scale. Does anyone else have any news around this?
I attach a photo that might be a Beute Supply tank (heaven knows what the German compound word for that is). I have some doubts about it though.
1 Its definitely in German hands but does not have any Beutepanzer markings visible. It does seem to have its original British Battalion number just visible...
The poor old supply tanks are frequently overlooked but played a crucial part by enabling large amounts of essential material (such as ammunition, grenades, wire[barbed and telephone], rations, water and fuel) to be pushed forward. A company of supply tanks could transport what would take a batt...
A few years ago I lost my file of research materials on the British Heavies due to a rather messy plumbing disaster ... Anyway, when I contacted David at the Museum to replace what I could, he mentioned that while there are "works drawings" for the hull of the Mark IV and others, none exist for the sponson...
While researching a Mk.I model, I've hunted for references about Solomon J. Solomon's camouflage scheme. Good references are not too plentiful, but I've assembled what I think are the most reliable into a short article, which is attached. I won't pretend that this is th...
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Ive recently come across several interesting ft-17 variants and I am wondering if they were a one off thing, or were multiple ones were built.
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Hello Eduardo
What can I say; your model of the Soviet Armoured Locomotive Type "Ov" is awesome. I wish you would do us a build up report the next time; I would love to learn some of your techniques.
Ok, you have the locomotive, how about the armoured assault wagon to go along with it, or may b...
Gentlemen, does anyone have information from both of this french railroad guns:
320 mm M1870/84 and 370 mm M1875/79,
(Pics, general dimension, any drawing) would be welcome
I salute this forum s crew
Thank you in advance!!!!
A friend of mine who collects mostly cricket memorabilia brought this article in the Antiques Trade Gazette to my attention:
To mark the extraordinary achievements of the highly skilled workforce at Foster?s, a series of plaques were made by the company and presented to both staff and sup...
A lot of books, articles, forums, cover the initial reaction to the tank by the Germans,
but there is very little info on how the Turkish soldiers reacted to first seeing the tank
can anyone shead some light on this?
I've had another rush of blood to the head and done another article on one of the lesser trodden aspects of the subject (to mangle a metephor). I enclose it as a word document. To save problems of size I've indicated in the text where illustrations might go and attachsome possible photos seperately.
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I enclose a picture of a Mk V. I have had to blow it up a bit but everything is still pretty clear. I've red lined two areas I'd welcome comments on.
The substantial gousers or spuds on the tracks - I've not seen this feature on a Mk V before
The starboard radiator outlet vent that appears to have been fil...
Currently building, detailing and correcting, the Airfix MK I tank, and I have some questions regarding markings and such.
1) Can I use the included transfer "HMLS Dragonfly", or is that the name of a MK II tank?
2) Did all MK I's carry markings (such as "D7"), or where some of them "bare"?
TIA,
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I just found this image from this site:
http://www.ah.dcr.state.nc.us/archives/
It's the most detailed Steam Tank photo I have ever seen. The image is over 700 kb, so beware! This is quite a find though. A photo of this high quality is simply incredible. I would reccomend saving...
I always thought the Carden-Loyd one man midget-tanks, Mk. I, II, and III had a fixed turret. My reference books never mention that the turret-like armored box on top of the vehicle was a revolving turret. Yet we have these images - aparently doctored quite a bit. I make no claim that they haven't been a...
I've attached a quick "how to" for beginners wanting to do a simple Braille scale conversion of Emhar's Mk IV female to a Mk III. If anyone would prefer a pdf version, email me at mls_hansenATtpg.com.au. I can't post it here; it's just over 2 Mb.
Let's keep our fingers crossed