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question Its a Stug - but what is actually used for?
Vintage Wargaming replied to Tarland's topic in Tracked vehicles
Of course being a Stug it had no turret, so rotation would not be an issue. -
question Its a Stug - but what is actually used for?
Vintage Wargaming replied to Tarland's topic in Tracked vehicles
I've checked with the person I know who is most likely to know. He says the two holes are too close together to be a rangefinder so not an AOP. Another suggestion in the past was that it might be a flamethrower with two tubes, but why have two when one with the same size fuel tank would be just as good. Best guess seems to be an ammunition carrier. -
question What type of vehicle is that in the background?
Vintage Wargaming replied to LarryH57's topic in Tracked vehicles
This photo is from a Vickers Elswick works photo album -
combat dealers on now chan 167 quest channel
Vintage Wargaming replied to griff66's topic in MV Chatter
No it is 22.00 if you are in the Netherlands so you are right - we are just an hour behind you -
combat dealers on now chan 167 quest channel
Vintage Wargaming replied to griff66's topic in MV Chatter
Of course that's 21.00 in the U.K. and 22.00 on Quest + 1 -
I'm wondering now if the Army called in We Bury Any Tank.com at the end of the war
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Well done. Looking forward to hearing more
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Anything wrong with this picture?
Vintage Wargaming replied to Richard Farrant's topic in MV Chatter
What is the third aircraft? -
http://Tankdevelopment.blogspot.co.uk If anyone hasn't seen them there are plenty of previously unseen interwar Vickers Works photos on my interwar tank development blog, along with these Chronicle photos and various Pathe News items of similar interest. I must get back to this blog to add caption information to the posts.
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news Graham Lay Antiques Road Show military expert.
Vintage Wargaming replied to Tony B's topic in Other Chatter
I am very sorry to hear that but thank you for posting the news. I never met him but corresponded by email with him over an item on a collection of toy soldiers and journal of Wargames from the 1870s which had appeared on Antiques Roadshow. He was very courteous and interested, and put me in touch with the family which resulted in my transcribing the Journal on the web. A true gentleman, very knowledgeable and he will be missed. Worth noting out of respect his surname was spelt Lay. -
Last month there was a story in the news of someone finding an original VC from Inkerman in the Thames. It has been narrowed down to two possible recipients
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question Reforming Cover
Vintage Wargaming replied to Surveyor's question in I may be stupid, but......
sounds painful -
1931 Vickers Carden Loyd in Portugal
Vintage Wargaming replied to portugal's topic in Pre WW2 vehicles
This isn't a problem for the high sided 1931 artillery tractor, which is the closest suggested match so far. Thank you for the additional photos, they are really helpful. -
1931 Vickers Carden Loyd in Portugal
Vintage Wargaming replied to portugal's topic in Pre WW2 vehicles
Is that of the actual vehicle which is now in the museum, do you know? And did the army have just the one or a number of them? Thanks -
1931 Vickers Carden Loyd in Portugal
Vintage Wargaming replied to portugal's topic in Pre WW2 vehicles
This is D42, the Artillery Tractor Demonstration Model at Chertsey in 1929 This is the prototype Vickers 2 ton tractor, taking part in the February 930 trials at Wool, here towing a field gun and limber A single 3 ton tractor prototype was delivered in early June 1930 but discarded as having no benefit over the 2 ton in 1932 The Tractor Truck mated a 30 cwt lorry body with a fully tracked chassis based on the 2 ton tractor and which came in a number of variants. Three vehicles were purchased by the British Army for trials but were rejected for service Here are a number of versions: Tractor Truck 1936 China Tractor Truck Standard 1935 Tractor Truck tipping body 1935, also Metropolitan Water Board 1936 Tractor Truck Turntable and Trailer 1935, Turning Circle 26ft wit Load. Overall length with Corner extended 26'6" Tractor Truck Aero Starter 1935 Tractor Truck Pipe Carrier 1935 The suspension (drive wheel and four road wheels) isn't the same as the 2 ton tractor, and therefore not Dragon Mk 1, 1a, II, or Tractor Truck, or Utility Tractor, all of which in any case wouldn't fit the given date of 1931. It's also different to D42, the artillery tractor prototype. Which really leaves the vehicle in the last photo on my previous post (artillery tractor 1931 high sides) the only viable suggestion so far, to fit with the date, body style and suspension. The later version of the 2 ton tractor used on the tractor truck does look similar to the Portuguese vehicle but dates from 1935/6 which postdates a 1931 vehicle. It would be helpful to have a side on photograph of the vehicle in the Portuguese Army Museum to help further with identification. Obviously it would be simplest if the Museum told us what it is. -
1931 Vickers Carden Loyd in Portugal
Vintage Wargaming replied to portugal's topic in Pre WW2 vehicles
Ben, perhaps you can point out to me where the thread suggests it is a Vickers Utility Tractor? It certainly isn't, the Utility being much smaller with only two road wheels per side - see Vickers Works photos below This is the 1932 personnel Carrier version - again quite different Another picture with drivers, for scale showing the size of the vehicles Here is a Vickers photo of the high sided artillery tractor of 1931, from which the Light Dragon II was developed. The right date, the right shape, the right size, and the right suspension. There were many variants and prototypes built for different countries. It would be very interesting to hear any information the museum has about its vehicle and how it go there. The photos I have used are digital images from two Vickers Works photo albums held by Beamish Museum, who have provided the images to me and given me permission to use them electronically. -
1931 Vickers Carden Loyd in Portugal
Vintage Wargaming replied to portugal's topic in Pre WW2 vehicles
i think most people seeing Carden Loyd would think tankette, while actually this vehicle looks to be a Light Dragon Mk II -
Not knowing anything about this at all, I had thought this must be an incredible find. And a 98 year old vehicle too
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T35 Churchilski?
Vintage Wargaming replied to draganm's topic in Russian-Eastern block-Warsaw Pact Vehicles
The T35 owed much to the Vickers Independent. Norman Baillie Stewart was court martialled in 1933 for passing on plans and photos to the Germans, who had a joint tank development programme with the Russians at that time. If I remember right, he was actually arrested inside the Independent in Bovington. Much of the Russian tank development was informed y Vickers types, as with the T26 and the Vickers 6 tonner -
news Vickers Armstrong Ltd Interwar photos
Vintage Wargaming replied to Vintage Wargaming's topic in Pre WW2 vehicles
Following a second visit to Beamish today to copy all the captions from the second album, all the interwar photos from it (around a hundred or so) have now been added to the blog. If you are interested in bridging techniques, or gaining an in depth knowledge of military trailers between 1925 and 1935, this could be the place for you. Update on Vintage Wargaming http://vintagewargaming.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/back-to-beamish.html and posts on the new blog at http://tankdevelopment.blogspot.co.uk/ -
news Vickers Armstrong Ltd Interwar photos
Vintage Wargaming replied to Vintage Wargaming's topic in Pre WW2 vehicles
Yes thanks I put that link on my Vintage Wargaming blog earlier this week and it is on the Media page of the new blog along with other newsreel clips and a really interesting audio interview with an officer of the Tank Testing Service from the IWM archive. -
I recently came across two works albums of photographs from Vickers Armstrong Ltd covering the period c 1915 to c 1945, held by Beamish Museum. The Museum have provided me with digital images and given me permission to use them on line. The albums and their photos seem to be largely unknown. I have now posted all the photos from the first album along with their original captions on a new blog called InterWar Tank Development, which can be found here. Don't let the title put you off as it also has information on other tracked, half tracked, wheeled and wheel cum track vehicles. The photos are a mix of high quality works photos and shots from trials and exercises including those at Wool in 1925 and 1927 and the demonstration to the Dominion Premiers at Camberley in 1926. There is a page on the blog called Media which has clips from British Pathe and Movietone News, and an interesting audio interview from the IWM archive. I'm hoping to do some work on the second album next week. I hope there might be material of interest to some of the people on this forum on the blog.
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introduction second go at first post
Vintage Wargaming replied to Vintage Wargaming's topic in Introductions & Welcomes
All the photos and their original captions from the first album are up on the new blog now http://tankdevelopment.blogspot.co.uk/ -
introduction second go at first post
Vintage Wargaming replied to Vintage Wargaming's topic in Introductions & Welcomes
Well the Vickers Armstrong photois have arrived and they are fantastic. There is an update on my Vintage Wargaming blog http://vintagewargaming.blogspot.co.uk/2015/07/exciting-times.html and here are some taster photos -
introduction second go at first post
Vintage Wargaming replied to Vintage Wargaming's topic in Introductions & Welcomes
Will be more of a shiver when the digital images arrive...