I am new to this forum and would like to begin research into a relatiive's military service. Starting out, all I have is the information from his 'veteran's tombstone' and no living relatives to substantiate it. Here is what I found on the tombstone: Nick Ricupero Pennsylvania PVT, C...
I have been going through the extensive tank lists on Landships (THANK YOU FOR THESE!) and am confused by two entries: MK V No. 9027 is listed as "J41" in the 10th Batn, commanded by Lt. Gatter Leach on 08 Aug 1918 Mk V No. 9265 is listed as "J41" in the 10th Batn. commanded by 2nd Lt. Oddy, CG on 09 Aug 1918 Mk...
I attach a photo of what appears to be a MK I with a silencer. The tank nearest the camera has the round ended track tensioner openings (see enlargement) but there is a cladded slencer rather than the direct exhaust openings.
The other tanks are Mk IIs or later (given that they appear to have HMLS names...
Found an image of the surviving Schneider CD of the driver's controls. Would anyone like to state an opinion on the functions of all these levers? I guess the throttle, or perhaps the spark advance/retard is on the front wall of the driver's compartment and the track brakes are the two pedals on the fl...
Hello dear all, I have a question regarding marking on the front of the MKV* in the French army. I suspect that on the 9907 is the colors of the French flag – Blue, white and red. However, it is not clear for me for 10003. It is just white stripe or also flag.I want to build the 10003 model that is why I am aski...
There might be some interest in this..... The World of Tanks people and a Ukranian (?) cardmodel publisher have a joint project running to develop a highly detailed 1/25 cardmodel Latil TAR truck. The early screenshots look very impressive and the detail looks to be up there with the MBA S-65 and Ko...
I recently built Bryan Tan's K-Wagen, and thought I'd share a few photos of the completed model. If a card model file isn't locked, I always like to perform a little Photoshop work to individualize the finished product, and this one was no exception. In this case, what you see is a full re-texturing of t...
Last summer I had a great opportunity to visit the Armeemuseum's field artillery collection in Thun (Switzerland) This display is only visible upon request. A selection of pictures is available on Flickr On the very same hall I saw a bunch of WW I minenwerfer and trench guns that were tested by the Swi...
A great day. After years of mulling it over and promising it would be done, the project officially started today with MarkV cutting out the vertical armor for the FT. This armor is made to FT dimensions from an actual FT so it should be pretty close. As you can see the front "cap" is a biatch and the rear ca...
the pictures of K-wagen scale model, where is the source? I mean the reference like book or album I can’t find where the pictures come from I found one source of pic but thats all is there any information about the reference?
For those of you interested.. i just picked up the book, just a good read if you're interested.Tanks and Trenches: First Hand Accounts of Tank Warfare in the First World War (Military series)Hardcover– January, 1995 by David Fletcher
Has there been a list of Mark V and V*s shipped to the USA during and after the War? Just brushing through my files, this is what I have recorded:9015—Baby Doll, Minn His Society photo9027--J26, Photograph on Victory Bond Drive, my colllection9128—Photographed in Ithaca (per Landship’s Lists o...
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...
