Hello, I am currently researching my Great-grandfather, Ernest Thomas Cole's military record. Unfortunately this man has been lost to our...
Good afternoon all, Continuing to read through the 111th Fd Regt diary, which my Grandad served with. He was injured with a shrapnel wound to the...
Over the years I have been collected and transcribing the War Diaries of C Battery, RHA, for WW2. Recently, I found four months of diaries for C...
This may be of interest the history and pictures of the site. BATTERIE MIRUS – THE BIG GUNS - Island Fortress
Back on 11th July after visiting Parola we went to Hämeenlinna , looked around Häme Castle then the Artillery & Enginners Museum. Museo Militaria...
I ought to be able to ID it but I'm not sure. A mate saw this at a reclaimation yard in Somerset. It is a 3.7 inch ? Edit. Think it is. Vickers...
I am modelling a Morris CDSW in 1/76 scale and would like to do it in NA theatre colours. I have a photo showing a column in Egypt but unit and...
Hello, I am hoping that someone might be able to assist me with some research regarding the role of Forward Observers during World War 2 (in all...
Just found an email from the historian Dan Hill with a list of his forthcoming webinars (free to view, with a contribution requested): Wed 28th...
And other catastrophic large gun incidents/failures. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Dear folks, If this has appeared/been linked to before on the forum, apologies. Found under the IWM Collections innocuous title of "Footage For...
Hi Guys, Thought I would try and drum up some interest in what may well be a rather niche area of militaria.....armoured vehicle and artillery...
I've written and article on this. Corrections most welcome. The psychology of artillery effectiveness – Wavell Room [ATTACH]
In the area i live in Bordon Hants, we have 2 remaining Bofors gun emplacements, during the war there were 4. One i discovered two years ago with...
Hi all, I am wondering if anyone has come across references to the 17-pounder muzzle blast amongst the Royal Artillery or any references to the...
[ATTACH] This picture was shot on March 27th or 28th, 1945, after the Rhine Crossing - in the sector just south of Wesel, Germany. The 30th US...
Can anyone ID this AA gun? Thanks! [ATTACH]
This knocked out German AT gun/FLAK was photographed in 1945 in eastern Holland ... does anyone recognize it. Though it is placed on a cruciform...
Hi all, I was looking at AFV Technical Reports in the digitized Canadian microfilm files, looked at what was in a couple of nearby reels, and...
I am currently working on odd artillery types, and I have a question. There were times during the war (especially early) when development and...
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