With the Christmas holiday, I got more time off work to make progress with the restoration of the German Field Artillery 10,5cm lFH 1898/09 Limber. The armrest and foot boards/chain hooks are reproductions based on smaller originals for the 7,7cm lFK 96 n/A as well as technical drawings and photo...
I have made a bit of progress stripping the 10,5cm lFH 98/09 down for restoration. I don't have much text on these pages yet but you will see the elevation, traverse, spade, recoil mechanism, and breech mechanism are all disassembled. The next steps, whenever I get leave time again, will be to sand b...
In the last week I have gotten a US M1918 Caisson box, pintle hitch, prop stand and Archibald Wheel set for the French 75mm mle/1897.? This caisson also matches up to my US M1918 Caisson Limber and of course the 75mm mle/97 gun itself. ?I have also put together two of the six horse team's M1916 Harnessing...
? As noted in another thread there isn't any single source of information on these guns. Rather than try to accumulate all the information on these guns and probably get it wrong in various ways I thought we could try a colaborative project. If you know anything about the 75mm Krupp guns please contrib...
According to The WW1 Sourcebook, Germany possessed four types of LMG: We've discussed the Madsen at length, but this source says that the Muskete battalions carried a Madsen derivative, 7.92mm as opposed to 8mm in the original. It also cites the MG 08/18, of which I've never heard. It's described as...
Strelets have shown four teaser pictures of artillery kit prototypes. Can I kindly ask you which types these are, since Strelets didn't tell. Thanks in advance! Pat  1.) Am I correct in assuming this is a Canon de 105 mle 1913 Schneider, or one of its WW1 Russian or WW2 Italian cousins? Wheels look non-...
I have come across an old local newspaper article about someone remembering a tank being brought to the local common in 1918 to be used as a target for artillery practice and I wonder of anyone here can help get some background information to this (presuming of course that it is an accurate recollectio...
What colour were British WW1 tanks painted? The Mark IV in Brussels, still in original paintwork, is a chocolate brown. The Mark IV Female in the Museum of Lincolnshire life in Lincoln is painted a milk chocolate light brown. The Mark I tanks of C Company had a multicoloured livery. Were tanks painte...
caption reads "Murray Baker, third from left, along with Gen. John J. Pershing stand outside the East Peoria Holt Plant next to a British tank in 1925. The Holt tractor served as the inspiration for the development of the British tank in World War I." Photo: Caterpillar Inc. She's obviously in nice co...
Tony Robinson's World War I: "General John Monash came up with the idea of the Carrier Tank, that could carry as many supplies as 150 men." - Australian historian. You live and learn. Â
Besides the tank kits, I also have kits of certain WW1 soldiers. But I noticed that the early German and early USA soldiers from Miniart have soldiers at a walking pace, each with a commanding officer with his pistol drawn. I was wondering why the latter, since presumably they are not in an actual fig...
From Charles Lemons, former curator at the Patton Museum at Fort Knox. Not cheap. http://www.lulu.com/shop/charles-lemons/the-six-ton-special-tractor-model-of-1917/paperback/product-23286387.htmlhttps://books.google.co.uk/books?id=WI0xDwAAQBAJ&am...
I am by no means confident that this caption is correct, but it could be. Anyone explain? Â And this. I recall the Studebaker Museum wasn't very helpful in the matter of the Studebaker Tank. A poor photo of the Studebaker Military Tractor at the Studebaker Museum prior to World War II. Photo courtesy of...
I am currently gathering info on a project with the Meng MkV 'Male' tank. Unfortunately for me, despite Landship posts and Osprey books, I've copped for a migraine with this one. "Take a breath - take a deep deep breath …"After looking closly at some pics of MkV 'Crib' tanks, I've noticed a 'V' pattern i...
Something Ralf Raths says (paraphrased) in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESKxi4EEDUQWhen the Germans decided to build tanks they decided they wanted a track system, because it was known that they worked in the(battle)field, but in the German Empire there were no vehicles with...
   i found this film in Das Bundesarchiv  since there is "②" marking on the side , the A7V in film is No.527 i guess  is that correct? -- Edited by TankLibrary on Saturday 7th of April 2018 04:20:16 AM
I think these are new. From the very fidgety Indiana Neidel, two vids with Director of the Panzermuseum at Munster, the very cool-looking Ralf Raths. In perfect English.The A7V: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESKxi4EEDUQ (An interesting fact at 11min 50sec)The LKII etc: https://www.yout...
Hello,
I am desperately looking for Photos, Images, Drawings, Sketches of German WW1 trucks. Trucks in general but also such with guns mounted on. Please share anything you can.
I used the search function, but only with very few results. I am sure someone cal help me.
Thank you.
Regards
Appear to be rear area troops standing about. Note the NCO on the right is wearing a feldmütze under his helmet. The gun looks to be locked in full recoil? Also, the SMLE leaning casually on the tank.
Here's a close up of one of the crane bases on the mole after Zeebrügge was abandoned.  Note the ID plate on the upper base leg.  In French it identifies the crane number at the top and KGs on the third line, but can anyone make out the center line ?  As information, I've built a model of the crane and want to r...
Allegedly. Haven't seen this before. Apologies if old hat. Tank F1 crossing a trench at the Tank Driving School during the special training for the Battle of Cambrai at Wailly, 21 October 1917. Â
