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  1. There's more info on them here: https://enfield-stuff.com/Pages/3-oilers/3-2_field_guide.html
  2. I think a great many things have gone 'unnoticed' in Switzerland for quite some time...
  3. Right from the very start, this whole tale seemed to me to be the result of a kid with an over-active imagination who REALLY loved (& still misses...) his dad, but unfortunately either mis-remembered the details of the stories he'd been told, or didn't have the capacity at a young age to determine whether his old man was spinning a yarn or not. Sadly, as the kid grew up, it became an obsession & no amount of facts, logic or common sense will now change a belief that has been held, literally, for a lifetime.
  4. I found this quite an informative primer on how Ukraine organises its mechanised infantry & it also (albeit briefly) mentions specific units that have been issued western-made vehicles (not Spartans, however):
  5. Fingers crossed that something good comes out of it - it seems a very cruel kick in the tender bits for the mechanical problems to take the shine off all the brilliant work you've done so far on the restoration 🤞
  6. If it's the same fella, I think he's one of the organisers of the Yorkshire Wartime Experience. If it IS the same chap, then there's a contact number for him on their webpage: https://www.yorkshirewartime.co.uk/contacts
  7. There was quite a bit of footage of Spartans being used during the recent Kharkiv offensive, together with other western-supplied APCs. Not the perhaps expected mish-mash of types, either - one unit with a whole column of Spartans, another with M113s, and yet another with Dutch YPR-765s, suggesting they were fresh formations.
  8. There's a set described here as part of a sale listing - reckons it's a naval sight for a 3½" gun. I reckon the numbers under the broad arrow might give you the date of manufacture (as I think 'oats and barley' was also alluding to). http://www.byswordandmusket.co.uk/militaria/ross-london-ww2-3-12-binocular-sight/
  9. Now THAT'S a good idea - I haven't seen those before, I must admit, so thank you for the hint! 👍
  10. I think it's debatable whether that's the same Spitfire that crashed on the beach, however...
  11. I've always found this a useful site to get an idea of what's out there, one way or another: http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_Panzers.html
  12. If you open the link using the Google Chrome browser, it should offer to translate it for you 👍
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