Hello all, as I'm collecting references to my future Renault FT models, I can't find any answer to one issue with mitrailleuse FTs... I know that FT armed with guns had ammo racks in form of shelves with holes for individual shells on both sides of the hull and in the turret, as seen in the image below. But...
This gun is in the Army Museum Zizkov in Prague. It has been claimed it is an Austro-Hungarian 15cm Haubitze M.99/4 but it isn't one of those. I don't recognise it but it does seem to have recoil and recuperator cylinders which would place it around 1900 or so. Anyone know? Regards, Charlie
Hello everyone, please don't anyone know : 1, Meaning of this slider - yellow arrow - photo A 2, Which pull is behind the shield? photo B Thank you in advance for your reply. Ivo from Czech Republic -- Edited by flighter20 on Saturday 10th of December 2022 01:53:17 PM-- Edited by flighter20 on Saturday 1...
Image caption said it was operated along the coast of Essex. Strange paint scheme - I'll leave it up to the denizens of the forum to make of it what you will. Charlie
I am having a brain fade. A few days ago I found a drawing for the Hydraulic unit on the back of a Mk 1 tank. Today I thought I would have a go at designing a 1:76 replacement for the Airfix model - can I find that drawing now? .... No. I thought Helen had posted it but if that is the case - it isn't in her Mk 1 refe...
Copper State Models has announced a Romfell Panzerwagen in 1/35 scale as the follow-up to their Lanchester. I read this on Armorama and thought I would share this. Had trouble logging in but I normally post as Paul Bonnett
Hello everyone, I go by IronPeregrine in most online spaces, and have as of the last couple weeks have found this wonderful forum and am now making my first post with this one (Almost accidentally posted to the general Tanks page by mistake). I have been researching the tanks of WW1 to make a game to play...
Hi everyone. I am trying to doa bit of "tankspotting" with regards to the St Chamond. If anyone has any books with photos of the St Chamond, could you blow the dust off them please? What I need, if the photos are clear enough, is the chassis number of the of the tank, and what batch it is. And my eyes aren;t wa...
To mark the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Cambrai The Tank Museum has released a series of videos, including a full length documentary on the Battle. Cambrai: The Tank Corps Story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX_BnN4cWbo
Hi my name is Ash, im 42 from North Wales. I'm disabled and use a wheelchair. I'm interested im military history especially world war one. I go to military museums sometimes with my friend and he knows about tanks and aircraft from ww1 and ww2. His knowledge amazes me but he tells me he's forgott...
Came across the attached image - the inscription says the A7V was displayed on the Esplanade des Invalides (runs from the Hotel des Invalides to the south bank of the Seine). There's lots of photo evidence that the A7V "Elfriede" was displayed at the Place de la Concorde - the armour had already been...
Recently switched to using Yandex as my search engine - now I get lots of interesting Russian search results Russian modelling company with lots of artillery model subjects that I haven't seen before - (I'm probably wrong but what do I know about plastic models) https://www.combrig-models.com/...
Amazing what a decent search engine will dredge up - the attached is an artillery piece which the caption said was captured at Cambrai in Nov 1917. The caption says Krupp 21cm M1891 but I don't think so - opinions please? Charlie
On Landships II there is an article on a artillery portee vehicle built by Renault during WW1 which is called "Renault FB" I note that in GBM 137 in an article on the RALTs the same vehicle is called "Renault FP" - bottom of Page 24, GBM 137. So which is correct? I don't mind changing the Landships II arti...
The 15cm was an Austro-Hungarian howitzer designed in the early 1890s. It went through a number of upgrades but didn't improve over the original mediocre performance. However, due to a lack of anything else suitable it saw service in the early years of WW1 until replaced by the very capable Skoda 15...
Our friends at The Weald Foundation are looking for contemporary film of the TSF in use. At the mo, they have only a very short clip. Anyone know of any more?
A bit more work on the 10,5cm lFH 1898/09: 10,5 cm. leichte Feld Haubitze l.F.H. 98/09 (lovettartillery.com) -- Edited by Ralph Lovett on Sunday 10th of September 2023 03:32:29 AM
As well as the 95mm mortar the Imperial Arsenal in Istanbul also recycled 15cm Mörsers as mortars. These were originally short barrelled (L/6.4?) but seem to have had a barrel extension and a new carriage. The list of guns imported by the ottomans includes 20 15cm L/6.4 Mörsers from Krupp in 1885 but...
Recent thread on the Weald Foundation raised the question of the identity of the WW1 trailer they have. It seems they have a Weitz trailer - they say so in the advertising for the 2023 open day. There were also trailers built by La Buire which look rather similar. I've seen references to Delauny-Belle...
