Good work as always Frenchy.
I’d seen many of those sites and images.
The STA didn’t appeal to me as much visually with all the additional structure. I was drawn to the Renault solution by the cleanness of the design – if faulted operationally.
I’m still confused by this notation, which is the source of my mentioning an Italian connection.
“According to landships site, it was a 105 mm howitzer that was mounted by the Italians on a FT-17, not a 75 mm gun. In the background of the 3rd picture, one can see the tube of a 155 GPF. I don't think that this gun was used by Italy.”
What seems odd to me is that they reference Landships as saying it’s 105mm, while to my reading Landships mentions interest in possibly mounting that caliber in the section intro, but presents all the photos as being examples of 75mm – based on the 9/3/18 specification. Also, I find no reference to Italy in that whole section.
So we have various vague references to Italy, but I don‘t see anything concrete. On the other hand, the suggestion of the suited man in the walled compound wearing the “1930’s hat” could have merit. What nationality are the uniforms? The two military hats appear to be different.
I don’t understand something. The WoT guys seem to spend so much time discussing their inventory and definitions, when do they ever find time to play their game? And, do they actually memorize all that stuff?
