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Artillery/Mortar 'JEOPARDY!' knowledge test..
DaveCox
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 02:51 AM UTC
Looks a bit like the 18/25pdr - 25pdr on 18pdr carriage with pneumatic tyres fitted.
DaveCox
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 02:53 AM UTC
Or is it the 3.7" gun/how?
TreadHead
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 03:41 AM UTC
Nice work Dave
Congrats on figuring that one out because I would have never put those ingredient's together as well as you did.Just do us noob's a favour tho' will ya? Just don't 'up the ante' any on the difficulty factor....
Tread.
DaveCox
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 04:57 AM UTC
OK, here goes. There were 5 railway guns used in WW2 to bombard German positions on the channel coast, firing from the Dover area. Name any three!
The answers are easily available on the web, so just needs a little research!
The answers are easily available on the web, so just needs a little research!
TacFireGuru
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 06:13 AM UTC
Hmmmm, hint hint: "Kentish Heavies???"
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Mike
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Mike
TreadHead
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 06:43 AM UTC
:-) Great little story Derek.
Tread.
Davester444
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 07:02 AM UTC
OK, I think I've found the names of four:
Winnie, Pooh, Clem, Jane.
And my question:
Name four of the Germans 54cm/60cm mortars.
Winnie, Pooh, Clem, Jane.
And my question:
Name four of the Germans 54cm/60cm mortars.
Hohenstaufen
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 07:03 AM UTC
Were 2 of these called "Winnie" & "Pooh"? This wasn't from research just a useless titbit from the back of my mind. Or were they static fixed guns rather than railway artillery?
DaveCox
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 07:08 AM UTC
Quoted Text
OK, I think I've found the names of four:
Winnie, Pooh, Clem, Jane.
And my question:
Name four of the Germans 54cm/60cm mortars.
2 out of 4 Davester, not quite good enough yet.
Davester444
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 07:10 AM UTC
Number 3, 'Boche Buster'
DaveCox
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 07:13 AM UTC
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Number 3, 'Boche Buster'
Nope
betheyn
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 07:15 AM UTC
Gladiator, sceneshifter,piecemaker,clem, jane,winnie and pooh.
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 07:19 AM UTC
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Gladiator, sceneshifter,piecemaker,clem, jane,winnie and pooh.
Clem and Jane were 15" emplaced weapons, not railway guns. Winnie & Pooh (14" guns) Gladiator, Sceneshifter & Piecemaker (13.5" guns) were all based around Dover. The last three were hidden in specially made tunnels and ran back into them between shots.
Your turn Betheyn
Davester444
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 07:21 AM UTC
Lol, just found the website saying all of them.
Which two out of Jane, Clem, Winnie and Pooh weren't rail guns?
*And my question:
Name four of the Germans 54/60cm mortars.
**Bonus point if you can say which one still exists, and where.
***And an extra bonus point if you can say what vehicle it's parked next to on display.
Which two out of Jane, Clem, Winnie and Pooh weren't rail guns?
*And my question:
Name four of the Germans 54/60cm mortars.
**Bonus point if you can say which one still exists, and where.
***And an extra bonus point if you can say what vehicle it's parked next to on display.
betheyn
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 07:24 AM UTC
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And my question:
Name four of the Germans 54cm/60cm mortars.
I like trying to answer this questions but i hate trying to think up my own so i'll go with Daves question.
DaveCox
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 07:26 AM UTC
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Lol, just found the website saying all of them.
Which two out of Jane, Clem, Winnie and Pooh weren't rail guns?
*And my question:
Name four of the Germans 54/60cm mortars.
I'v ejust edited my previous post.
Clem & Jane were emplaced 15" guns in the Wanstone Battery. Part of the remains of this battery can still be found on the cliffs.
betheyn
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 07:26 AM UTC
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Lol, just found the website saying all of them.
Which two out of Jane, Clem, Winnie and Pooh weren't rail guns?
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Jane and clem
DOH answered the same time as Dave Cox
Hohenstaufen
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 08:12 AM UTC
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*And my question:
Name four of the Germans 54/60cm mortars.
**Bonus point if you can say which one still exists, and where.
***And an extra bonus point if you can say what vehicle it's parked next to on display.
OK here goes... Adam, Eve, Thor, Odin, Loki & Ziu. I'm guessing it's Loki which still exists as it & Eve(?) were captured by the US Army, which I guess implies it's @ APG. No idea what it's next to, 28Cm railway gun?
Davester444
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 08:18 AM UTC
Very good, you got all the names right, all six.
The existing one is Adam, I believe. At least that's what it looks like the name says on the picture I found. It's at the Kubinka Tank Museum, Russia. Parked next to it is the surviving 'Maus' tank, or at least the empty shell made up of the hull of Maus 2 and the turret of Maus 1.
Pictures here:
http://www.tankmuseum.ru/p6.html
The existing one is Adam, I believe. At least that's what it looks like the name says on the picture I found. It's at the Kubinka Tank Museum, Russia. Parked next to it is the surviving 'Maus' tank, or at least the empty shell made up of the hull of Maus 2 and the turret of Maus 1.
Pictures here:
http://www.tankmuseum.ru/p6.html
Hohenstaufen
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 08:34 AM UTC
Rats, suppose that means I've got to set one. OK easy one, when & where was the 25PDR Field Gun last used in action by British forces?
Hohenstaufen
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 08:46 AM UTC
Dead on the money! It speaks volumes for the reliability & strength of the design of this gun that the example concerned was nearly 30 years old at the time.
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