25 pounder

another close vieuw of our "M 10 Achilles"

This is the way we restore armour , it used to be a M 10 , good base for a restauration job , unfortunately the mayor of this village supports the idea of "transforming swords into ploughs" , a shame for our generation and the men who used these machines to bring liberation over Europe

Hi everybody ,

As a citizen of a Belgian village , I have to remind you that we had the German Army two times on a "visit" , 1914 , they came over and stayed almost all over the country for four years , bringing real terror to the people , massive excecutions , burning down city's and villages , bringing lots of damage to the population and goods.

After the first WW , almost everybody felt a big hate to the German population , and with the outbreak of WW II , this was the main reason that lots of people tried to escape , mainly to France , to stay ahead of the German Army , in vain , because the German army reached the North Sea , before the refugees could cross the border . During the four years of occupation , the population got "used" to the German presence , fraternization began , shops had German clients , some girls fell in love with German soldiers , etc . The situation normalized , until the D-Day landings , when people realized Germany would not win this war , attempts , sabotage acts , the war came closer again , lots of young men enlisted to fight the ennemy ( some men changed the German uniform to that of the resistance ..)

After the war , Germans were not wanted in our region , eg, my grandfather personally resisted when I and my parents told him we made friendshiop with a German family from Frankfurt , that was in the seventies . He told us that no german ever would put foot on his property again !!!

I think the people of our generation do not longer blaim the German people of what has happened , as we grow older , we realize that a whole nation cannot be hold resposable of what a few men have brouht to mankind .

I personally have respect for every soldier , as they were only doing their job , some enjoyed , others didn't , on risc of their own life.

A motorcycle HARLEY DAVIDSON , stolen from a collection in Köln , Germany

The night of July 20 -21 st , criminals broke in at my home and shed . Almost my complete collection of militaria got stolen , among it , my collection of fire arms , machine guns , bazooka M9A1 , helmets , German paratrooper helmet , ammunitions , peaked caps , grenades , equipment and a lot more . A (almost ) complete list is available for who is intrested to help with my search for my goods . This means a very great loss for me , after about 35 years of collecting and spending money to it .

So please beware if you're offered nice items at cheap prices , because I handed over a detailed list -and serial numbers to our police forces.

So everybody of good will, thanks for helping me with this delicate matter

our presentation of a 25 pounder gun , firing at the military's open door show at Leopoldsburg Army Base

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=k33ttyBOlv8

about 40000 spectators visited he base

Thankx m8

now we"re trying to get it started

engine (generator) functions , turret drive not yet

finished !!

finished the restauration of our M 7 ,trailer with M45 mount on it ,

only some stars to be painted /registration numbers

nice looking bike , a friend owns a Norton 500 , would like to get one myself , but still so much work to do on my trucks

Yes , the old battery cells have been removed ages ago , bulb looks ok , and the switch , on the bottom plate is a pressure switch , one push is on , next push to shut off

Restauration almost finished , want to take it to a show next month , so I'm looking to find the matching canvas cover , to give it some protection against are famous Belgian weather ,

So if anyone has a canvas for sale , or any information , please let me know ,

thanks all

Your welcome! Glad to find use for esoteric knowledge. If you want to sell let me know, another thing that got worked into the floor or left in a shed to rust. Bulbs should be standard ES torch bulbs, as per number of cells, which are standard D type. You should be able to get it to work. What is the silvering on the reflector like?

Hi there , if it's that old , reflector still looks pretty good to me , might try to get it work some day ,

cheers

thanks for your reply , didn't know any of that ,

cheers

it is a light sabre, be very careful not to push the button if it is pointing at anyone you care about....

is it for military use ?

That torch could date anytime from about 1914 on. It is a type the military used but could have been private purchase. Any markings on it? What makers name is on it, Pifco comes to mind, or possibly Ever Ready?

I found no markings , nor symbols on it

2 road wheels , solid rubber tyres , marked "VORWERK" and tyre dimensions , also visible are several "hits" on the tyres , I think they're from a German Gun Carriage , but I've never seen that model of rim , which rather looks "Russian" made ,

Who knows more about this ?

Found a chassis of what I believe a Bedford MW truck , with its original tyres 1940 patern , marked AVON

Remembering D-Day ,

Practical impossible to stall a military vehicle outside , when you're not around it ,

impossible to take it to work , but lest we forget is D-Day , that date (and many more) is in our hearts and in our minds , we feel "connected" with them who were there , as I spoke to several elder people today , some I had to remind , others still

had a"fresh memory "about it. Bad weather over here , one vet told me , it was much worse then !!

this torch was given to me by family of a late veteran , who served with Royal Sgnal Corps. They told me it belonged to his equipment , can anyone confirm , that this is a " military " torch ?

do you mean this trailer ?

can you try again to post the picture ?

Here is a pic of the deck on my m7 gen trailer. While you won't have the skids for the generator, it gives you an idea of what they used.

 

 

--Nick

thanks for the link , but mine is a totally different trailer , it has straight sides , the front is also another construction type

thanks for the quick response , now we can start searching for the right tank to complete it:yay:

can anyone tell me to what vehicle (tank?) this instrument panel belongs to ?

Well , if you're coming over to BW&T 2008 , we 'll meet there , I'm member of the 25Pr reenactment team , the WW 2 section of "Badger" , and will be present during the complete event , except on friday afternoon , then we'll do a historic battlefield tour in the neighborhood

So if you wanna join , you're welcome !!!