Was ratting through the IWM online image collection and came across two images which were captioned as a Mark IV tank fitted with the Williams-Janney transmission and an uncaptioned third image of the rear of a Mark IV with a curious construction added to the rear of the hull. Is this the external par...
A few questions arise from this photo 1. What would be the two colours on the flag? 2.What would the letter T stand for? 3.What colour would the letter T be? 4. Are the dark lines on the gun shield and sponson there to camouflage where the location of the visions slots are to fool snipers? 5. why are the dar...
Hi All, there's a series on Youtube, that covers WW-1 week by week. I have listed 3 episodes here for those of you that are interested in "Tanks" I found to be interesting. Tank Development in World War 1 I THE GREAT WAR Special https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjj13U-j0_g Beasts of Steel - The Firs...
I just saw this, and thought i would share it here (not sure which category it goes to) here is the caption for it.."A German repair shop for captured British tanks. During the Battle of Arras, the Germans had captured their first tank, it was brought to one of these shops to study and analyse. Later on th...
Hi Everyone I am after information on the british artillery legging for the rider. The right leg?has a?steel plate running down the legging but I need photos. Regards' Terry
Found these images from Dec 2016 - a running Renault EG with GPF gun. The gun seems to be missing the spades. They might be in the boxes attached to the trail arms. The boxes weren't on the original GPF. The caption said the tractor and gun were at Les Invalides before the celebration of St Barbara's day i...
This was posted earlier but what colour would the numbers 2324 be? I have only seen white numbering before. Do you have photos of WW1 tanks with non-white numbering? IWM Q3549 Comment Tanks and soldiers of the Heavy Section Machine Gun Corps at Rollencourt Tank Park or 'Tankodrome', 20th June 1917...
Its has been a while since I have had an opportunity to posted a WW1 build. However after seeing the excellent paper model build by Charlie C in QMHE Brisbane last year, I decided to have a crack at building one myself from the same plans. I was concerned that the size and weight with interior detail would...
Little more than twelve years since it was announced that they were "coming soon" (or is it longer - I can't remember), Strelets's A-H Honved are, apparently, arriving at retailers! I shall be interested to see what PSR makes of the uniform.
Built this one a while back. It is actually a pre-production model which was given to me to build by a local hobby shop for promotional purposes. As a result, it was built pretty much out of the box, just adding some missing bolt heads around the rear gear drive panels (obviously fixed on the production k...
A friend sent me these. "Wooded mock-up of Mark VI tank. Designed after Battle of Arras, it was an improved Mark V with greater speed, lighter loading and more ease of control. Not proceeded with. Note that it was to have one 6-pounder in front, instead of two in sponsons – Source: Imperial War Museum Lo...
Wow they lived up to their promise. Sturmpanzerwagen A7V 506 Mephisto is going back home to Brisbane, Australia.https://www.facebook.com/WINNewsCanberra/videos/1391893454209015/
Off to Vaux-en-Amiénois before very long. Among other things, I shall be trying to find where Mephisto got stuck, near Monument Farm, and where he/she/it was kept before being moved to Merlimont. Can anyone tell me where this 5th Battalion demonstration ground was? It might be that our hosts will ha...
I haven't raised the flag for cardmodels for a while..... A new model by Wayne McCullough - Schneider CD artillery tractor. This is the long tray version. Wayne is working on the short tray version with capstan. The gun isn't right for a CD but gives the general impression of an artillery tractor with...
currently for sale on ebay is this photo of a Female covered in dirt with two Italian soldiers and a nurse next to it supposedly Bologna 1943. I can't see any identification marks on her and didn''t know any Females made it to Northern Italy or why this one was left. I'd be interested if anyone know anythi...
If anyone is interested in the Plywood Parade tanks built for Liberty Loan drives in the USA in 1918, Tank and AFV News has posted a bunch of photos I recently found. https://tankandafvnews.com/
I finally located the main Ordnance files for US tank development in WWI at NARA. Not as much stuff as I would have liked on the obscure projects, though quite a bit on the production types such as the Six Ton Tank, Mk VIII International, etc. There is a set of plans from France used to start the manufactur...
I have just come back from watching the new Wonder Woman film with my wife (She even enjoyed it) It is set in WW1. There is a scene on a German Airfield where there is a captured British WW1 tank. A beutepanzer. It was a Mk iV male. How did that happen? How did a blockbuster Hollywood movie get the prop histo...
