Has any one out there had a go at dismantling the recuperator on a 10.5 cm (or similar) howitzer. How dangerous would this be with the spring load? Any hints would be appreciated.
Can anyone help with this story about the creation of a WW1 urban myth? This is that hoary old tale of Russian soldiers passing through London with ?snow on their boots? on their way as reinforcements for the Western Front.
Some years ago I read (in some local newspaper) the obituary of a veter...
The US army, and most of the others nations that fought for that matter, had extensive enginner corps, that often attempted t odig under the german lines, several books state, that the AEF brough to Europe lots of minning equipment to do tunnel digging, but it proved often impractical in combat, do an...
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Greetings from Spain
I send you the address of my new website: http://www.diorama1914.com
It?s a website written in spanish (for the moment, at least). I have built it to boost the WWI modelling between the spanish-speaking modellers. I have included LANDSHIPS as a main link....
Digging around in the stacked boxes in my garage to extract the Ehmar Tadpole kit I unearthed two kits I bought in a Houston model shop many years ago. One is a French AT gun from the late 1930s and the other is a WW1 Schnieder 75 field gun. The kits are both in 1/35 and were made by a company called TOM. Does an...
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Ive seen some limited info on the char D3 icnluding some photos
what about the char D2 how far did the proejct go and are there any photos of it
any help would be great
& :"Redleg" here yet again. I took a close look at the photo of the vehicle towing the camouflaged 155mm GPF and I am certain that it is actually a Renault EG heavy artillery tractor due to the construction of the cargo box (note the front seat walls, the Latil's were made of metal, not wood), t...
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It's been a while since I posted here but my travels have taken up to much time to follow this board. I have put the finnishing touches on getting a demo of pre-1930 AFVs restored by my long time compatriot Hajo. The event will take place near Nida (on the Curonian Spit) on the first weekend...
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I ran across this great site on Czechoslovak Armoured Cars in Russia 1918-1920. it is in Czech, but it has some great photos. it was posted on Missing Lynx Check it Out!!!
Can any body translate this?????????
http://mujweb.cz/www/tanks/Broneviky.htm
All...
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I know this question has been asked for years, But I would like to here other peoples opinon's, on the possibility of a Polish A7V.I have read every thing I can get my hands on about the A7V, and how,where and when each A7V was made, and destroyed. But how about all of the Uberlandwag...
Hello Guys, I had to get away from the family for a while, I was looking over some notes I have on Russian WW1 tanks, We have discussed the Mendeleev's monster,in depth on the Vezdekhod,and recently about the Tzar Tank (Lebedenko). Thanks to Stoyan we no about the SHCHitonoska tankette,the Polevoi Br...
I want to point out that the four great action photos at the bottom of the entry on the 18cm Belagerungskanone M.80 are actually of the much more commonly seen 15cm M.99/04 field howitzer. The barrels on these guns are too long and slender and the breech ring is beveled (squared off). That of the 18cm M.8...
Found this on a random search. Check it out!
BIG spg? Something common? What is it?
I think I see some sort of coupling system at the rear, so this is probably just some kind of horrendously huge gun-carriage, but if it is, why so big? Are we sure this thing wasn't self propelled? The engine would...
"Redleg" here again. The toilet is for the first three wartime photos in the entry. They are British and they are howitzers alright, but that's about all, because what they are not is the 9.2 inch howitzer. The first one in the group is of a 15 inch BL (Breech Loading) siege howitzer as is th...
I would like to add to the piece on the 155mm Schneider C15S and C17S field howitzers that the C15S had a swinging loading trough attached to the left side of the cradle. This was a feature that the later C17S lacked. Instead it used a removable loading tray that could be placed on the cradl...
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I am looking for a picture/drawing of a Belgian Command Armoured Car used in Russia in 1916, I am not sure of it's make, {Mors,Minerva}, I am just not sure. I have a few small picture's, but nothing with real good detail. I will try to post them...
I was wondering if anyone has any decent photos of the admittedly post-war Belgian Cockerill "Canon de 155mm long mod?le 1924"? What little I know about this weapon is that it seems to have been a conversion to 155mm of ceded or captured German 13cm (actual caliber was 135mm) Kanone M-19...
An earlier thread stared to make me think about women at war in WW1 - not nurses and ambulance drivers vital and courageous as many were but actualy taking up arms. Perhaps the most unusual was Flora Sandes the daughter of a Scots clergyman. At the age of 40 in 1914 she went to Serbia as a nurse but by 1915 sh...
More WW1-Era 1/72 models are coming!
Firstly, the old and trusted company of MGM have issued more interesting kits. Among them a Austro-Hungarian Field Kitchen M.15 (including a friendly looking cook with a bit of a belly), and a 3.7cm Anti-Balloon-gun, mounted on a Horse-drawn carriage (it loo...
Since it seems that we are not restricted to modelling matters but are able to consider purely historical themes, I wonder if anyone has read about the Prusso-Danish War and the Battle of Duppel which foreshadowed the trench stalemate of 1914-18?
There are wildly fluctuating references on the Ne...
Part of the ?unfinished business? remaining after 1918 was the fate of the German province of Upper Silesia. A League of Nations plebiscite (referendum) to decide on German, Polish and Czech claims was to be held in 1921. In the mean time a British peacekeeping force of more than 12 battalions was sta...
In the book "Tanks In The Great War" by Fuller, it is noted that the Turks captured a British tank in the Second Battle of Gaza. And, the Turks actually faced more than one assault by tanks. I was wondering, is there any evidence indicating the Turks actually fixed up the captured Mk.I (or II) and re-empl...
I would like to add to the piece on the 155mm Schneider C15S and C17S field howitzers that the C15S had a swinging loading trough attached to the left side of the cradle. This was a feature that the later C17S lacked. Instead it used a removable loading tray that could be placed on the cradl... 
