I have just won this April 1918 Hotchkiss manual from an online auction. It is for the MK1 and MK1* Hotchkiss machine gun. Now I believe it was the Hotchkiss MK1* that was fitted to the later marks of tanks, MKV onwards, but would appreciate confirmation of this. What I did note though was the four digit n...
Bumbling around I came across three shots of Schneider tanks in a University Archive 'Schneider Tank converted for use as tractor and yard derrick' Circa 1918 'Paint shop associated with 10th Company 2nd M.M Regiment, Aviation Section, Signal Corps, American Expeditionary Forces, France' 'Unl...
Here are some new 1903 cannon breaches ready for installation at the INDIANA MILITARY MUSEUMS GUNS THEY HAVE 3 OF THEM, also here is a reman set of 1903 cason boxes for sights. Here also you can see a set of 1917 brownings. These are all demills. Also pictured is a set of sights for the same cannons. The Bla...
? Hello comrades, I found a reference to a truck-mounted french 75 (complete with wheel and carriage!)as an early A/A improvisation. Could it be ? Best regards.-
Hi, I've been meaning to post these photos for some time, just in case anyone wants to look at one of these and is in the area. They're off a German Mortar, I think a 25cm, having looked at the Artillery Articles page. I took them at Fort Nelson last year as I had never noticed it before. Â
Help ! Iam trying to establish what arms the Germans had in place Africa August 1914. The British War Office Handbook of the German Army 1914 gives a good starting place. But there is little else & much of this either vague or contradictory. I have 'I think' established the following. But there are...
Does anybody have any info/photos of the vehicles used in the African theatres during WW1? In particular I am interested in steam powered lorries/tractors etc
Though I'm always terribly gun-shy about posting something that may be "old news" to all of you, a search of "tank", "panzer", or "char" in the search field yields a nice spread of postcards with images of Marks, FTs, and Schneiders. The images themse...
I came across these two photos of one of the Studebakar Tanks on the IWM site, not sure if they've been posted before. Â A Studebaker Tank with 4-cylinder 100hp aero engine. -- Edited by MK1 Nut on Wednesday 21st of January 2015 02:01:57 AM
It has recently come to my attention that there are but two Monitors still afloat in this world today. However, there seems to be a lack of good resource material surrounding them.
The oldest of the two, the Hungarian river monitor Leitha was launched in 1871 and became the first Danube monitor of...
Hello everybody! Now I have а question about five imho chinese fortress guns, wich are situated in memorial area in Lushunkou district, PRC (38°50'5"N 121°16'46"E). What is a model of these guns? Are these ones really artillery pieces or some kind of mock up?  -- Edited by Capitan Print...
Does anyone have a copy of or a link to an online version of the Official British History of Tanks? I have a letter from Harry Ricardo here from November 1941 where he is replying to the Paymaster General Lord Hankey about it and his role and he makes series of observations, criticisms etc. of it. I though...
I am searching for ammo boxes of Hotchkiss .303 cal. I found pictures of ammo boxes for Mark V tank but I need for Whippet A. If somebody have information, please help. Â Best regards, Ernst Â
86 pieces were acquired from Krupp and delivered in 1914. Â Guns in original configurations are harder to find, but there are still a few. Â Armeemuseum's collection in Thun: Â Full's Museum: Â 63 pieces were upgraded in 1939, with muzzle-brake and new wheels. Quite a few of these are visible among mus...
Happy new year to everyone. I am considering getting some white decal sheeting and attempting to make some decals. The objective is to give some of my models a personnel touch. Has any one out there attempted this and was it worth the effort?
 Hi!  Some pics of my last work, now 90% completed. The idea was to backdate the new markIV from Takom to built it as MarkII female deployed during the battle of Arras, early 1917.  The conversion isn't very difficult but claims for a lot of attention due to a lot of minor changes on the hull. Some was was t...
Hello everyone! I have the problem and I ask help from any person.I recently bought a book "Taschenbuch der Tanks. Ausgabe 1930." by Von Fritz Heigl.Unfortunately, there are no two pages of the book (pages ## 235 and 236).I beg to make scan copies of these two pages.Only two pages! - I think...
Hi, I read today that Eduard are to release a photo-etch interior for the Takom MK  IV plus there are some nice resin kits on Panzer shop i store based around the Uberlandwagen  http://www.panzershop.cz/inshop/ Paul
I had an opportunity to look to few catalogues and I must say that they are disappointing. 2015 will be a desert for WWI models. Airfix, Zvezda - without any WWI models, ICM - luckylly 3 new sets, Roden - two vehicles, mine beloved Hat - plenty (that is the greatest info). I hope they will release that WWI l...
