I have finally found photographic evidence of 10th Company tanks in US service that still retain their "J" number. Attached are details of a photograph taken in the United States during a Victory Bond drive of 301st Tank Bn. Mk Vs 9136 and 9027 (plus a third barely visible on the left side of the image)...
I had an email from Dominic Manning about his grandfather who was a tank commander in Estonia in 1919. <quote>You may be interested in these documents. My grandfather, FEA Manning, was commander of tank no.9349 'Brown Bear' aka 'Uku' and then later in Riga trained the Latvians in no.9147 lat...
I came across this on the web, and thought i would post here, in case it wasn't done before. Only one battalion, the 301st, was used in combat, assigned to the 4th British Tank Brigade and then to the 1st Tank Brigade. The battalion did not receive any tanks for its own use until August 30, 1918, after it e...
This maybe a strange question.. but if the Mk IV and Mk V tanks are relatively the same size.. Why is the Tamiya MK IV tank have 87 track links and Takom have 92 ? the same question for Meng Mk V 91 track links / Takom Mk V 90 track links. Shouldn't they be the same ?
Hello All ! Meng Models are creating a " limited edition" of the A7V with the engines. Nice model to build ! ( Little bit difficult to fit all together I have to admit... Best way is to use white glue to fix the engines on floor to " play " for the final assembly ) A " Must" to display the complete interior. Best...
I would welcome your thoughts on this picture, found in the possessions of Gnr Horace John Ellocott who was discharged from the Tank Corps on 2 Aug 1917. He served as a crewman in Tank D10 on 15 Sep 1916 near Flers
Hi, does anyone know what the serial number on this Mk V (or is it a Mk V star) tank is ? It looks like 960 ????to me it looks like"¢" I can't discern it . On another rote, are the colors of the Ying-Yang white-black ? or ?Thanks.
While going through my Signal Corps photos of the St. Chamond, I found two photos of the first US tanks at the Langres tank center. According to a May 1918 AEF report, the tank numbers were 159, 271, 288, 238, 359, 365, 373, 375, 378, and 382. Presumably, these are the Renault numbers painted on the left h...
Hello friends, a long time ago I visit and used this forum. The reason was I created a lot of modern tanks...sooorry But now I want to start some new projects of the Great war. There will be a Mark I , Mark IV , Austin Mk III, A7V and FT-17. You will not believe, but I got a lot insperation by playing Battlefi...
Hello all, My name is Dylan Stocker. I hope this post is appropriate as the title refers to WWII big bore toys not WWI. I have two of the Type 1 Japanese 47mm cannons available. They are in parts. Would any of you know someone that would be interested in these? These both have live breech blocks and are on D...
I have come across markings on the Russian 107mm M1877 siege gun that I find somewhat puzzling.? The 107mm M1877 displayed in Finland is dated 1884 but is marked "CA". ?This is generally used to abbreviate Soviet Army and in fact the sign giving information for the gun mentions that CA is &q...
Hello! I am in the process of building Takom's 1/16 Renault FT. What a great kit! I'm planning on putting up a review on my personal tank-enthusiast website (tankjutsu.com), but I want to get a little further along for the pictures. I'm hoping that some of you can help me answer some questions about...
Is the Emhar MK IV Male in 1/72 still in production? If so where? I am thinking of buying one. I am also think of making a Composite tank I can still get the Emhar MK IV female but need a 6 pdr sponson. Can anyone help me find one? thanks in advance.
Hello Landship-members! I had one model on my wish list; the Mark V*. What a beast and I was waiting for the announcement that Meng or Takom would bring this model on the market....... But I could not wait any longer and have tried to make a Mark V* that looks like the real thing. In the building process I u...
For those of you interested The Great War series has a new episode on WW-1 Tanks with David Willey from The tank museum. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MCmKrf91o4
We have what are called "War Department" numbers; We then have the "Unit letter & No. (???); and, finally - We have the name of the tank. Where are these allocated to the tank and who applies them? If I look at the pictures of three tanks knocked out during the Battle of Cambrai, Eclipse. II. has its na...
Has anybody seen this pic before or any like it? I have seen pics of Mk V** bridgelayer, but not this one with its jib. Quite a load put on the Bailey Bridge test section!!
Hi, I have looked around and did not see much in the way of information concerning how many tanks were given to the U.S. Army. From what I have read, that 47 Mk V / Mk V * were given and were used in WW-1, but were there any others ? even after the Armistice ? I am not including the Renault tanks. Thanks.
I bumped into this curiosity on motorgraphs.com. Some of their captions are very wrong and this one is labelled as a Siddeley 4 seater tourer of 1909 fitted with additional armour plating. I can't say I know much about early trucks so I can't say what it is. I assumed, though from the source that it woul...
Might be a simple question to ask, i am trying to get my head around scaling up parts that are curved and rounded of a model or drawing to a larger size or scaling the other way down. I can do lines and angles by multiplying the width and length or thickness of a part, so a 1/16 scale model that has a part, say 10...
I am searching for decals of war department numbers. On my search I found thse from Archer. Anyone has any experience with these? Are they the right size and shape to fit on a 1:35 Mark IV or Mark V tank? http://www.archertransfers.com/AR35084W.html Or is there another source? Hope to hear, best reg...
I would like to know if anybody here knows of a good source of information on the Austrian back packs for carrying the Schwarzlose 07. My assumption is the Bundesheer of the First Republic used the same system as the Austro-Hungarian Army in WW1. I've found footage of a three-person team during the Vie...
I'm getting a bit punch-drunk with photos of Mephisto lately, but I can't remember discussing this particular detail before. In this stereopticon, there's the front horn of a Mk IV on the extreme right of each image. The two images are of different quality, so you have to juggle them a bit, but I think y...
