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Davester444
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 09:25 AM UTC
Don't know the regiment but would they have been the gun operators on a battleship or something?
DaveCox
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 11:06 AM UTC
DEMS gunners? (Defensively Equipped Merchant Ships).?
Royal Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery.
Royal Maritime Regiment, Royal Artillery.
DaveCox
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 11:22 AM UTC
OK, a non-Brit question to give others a chance:
The French Canone de 155 GPF was the gun that the famous M1/M59 155mm commonly known as 'Long Tom' was decended from. What do the initials GPF stand for?
The French Canone de 155 GPF was the gun that the famous M1/M59 155mm commonly known as 'Long Tom' was decended from. What do the initials GPF stand for?
jRatz
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 12:04 PM UTC
Dave,
I hope spelling doesn't count, but "Grande Puissance, Filloux", which comes out to something like Great Power & designed by a guy named Filloux, I think.
John
I hope spelling doesn't count, but "Grande Puissance, Filloux", which comes out to something like Great Power & designed by a guy named Filloux, I think.
John
DaveCox
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Posted: Sunday, May 01, 2005 - 06:44 PM UTC
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Dave,
I hope spelling doesn't count, but "Grande Puissance, Filloux", which comes out to something like Great Power & designed by a guy named Filloux, I think.
John
You got the spelling as well John, your turn.
jRatz
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Posted: Monday, May 02, 2005 - 11:28 AM UTC
Darn, I was hoping I was wrong, I'm terrible at this.
Anyway, since this is supposed to be Jeopardy style;
I will give you the answer:
. John Gibbon
And you supply the question.
Hint, this is a US question.
John
Anyway, since this is supposed to be Jeopardy style;
I will give you the answer:
. John Gibbon
And you supply the question.
Hint, this is a US question.
John
Manchu34
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Posted: Monday, May 02, 2005 - 04:09 PM UTC
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I will give you the answer:
. John Gibbon
And you supply the question.
Hint, this is a US question.
Who was an Artillery Instructor at West Point in 1855 and authored an influential artillery textbook?
jRatz
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Posted: Tuesday, May 03, 2005 - 01:36 AM UTC
Quoted Text
Quoted TextI will give you the answer:
. John Gibbon
And you supply the question.
Hint, this is a US question.
Who was an Artillery Instructor at West Point in 1855 and authored an influential artillery textbook?
Yes, Well Done !!!
The textbook was "The Artillerists Manual: Compiled from Various Sources, and Adapted to the Service of the United States", published in 1860.
The (cannon) ball is in your court for next question ....
John
Manchu34
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Posted: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 - 05:23 PM UTC
Sorry for the delay. Been a little busy lately. Been working mostly evenings. Anyway, here's my triva question, actually a triva picture. Try and guess country of origin, caliber, nomeclature, and when used? Good luck.
Davester444
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Posted: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 03:55 AM UTC
This is an un-educated guess:
Some form of Carl Gustav, caliber 84mm, country of origin Sweden.
Some form of Carl Gustav, caliber 84mm, country of origin Sweden.
Manchu34
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Posted: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 03:57 PM UTC
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DERK: Looks like the US M20 75 mm Recoilless Rifle except for the cone on the rear...WW2
Country and time is correct Rest is Wrong.
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DAVE: Some form of Carl Gustav, caliber 84mm, country of origin Sweden.
Wrong on all.
CLUE: Another Armorama user has this photo and more on his website. IF no one guesses by evening of may 12th. I'll post a URL to his website.
RotorHead67
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Posted: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 04:32 PM UTC
Us WW2 57mm recoiless Todd
Manchu34
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Posted: Thursday, May 12, 2005 - 03:55 PM UTC
Here's the next clue. Visit Kevin's website Mortars in Minature.linkname. A while back I sent Kevin photo's and data on this weapon.
RotorHead67
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Posted: Thursday, May 12, 2005 - 04:42 PM UTC
OK that was a give away.LOL
M4 4.2 Recoiless Mortar circa post ww2 to Korea
M4 4.2 Recoiless Mortar circa post ww2 to Korea
Manchu34
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Posted: Friday, May 13, 2005 - 06:36 PM UTC
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OK that was a give away.LOL
M4 4.2 Recoiless Mortar circa post ww2 to Korea
Yeah, I know it was. Just figured it would be a hard one to get correctly. Especially considering that until I went to the near by Ft. Leanard Wood, MO's Army Muesem and saw it, I never knew the US Army even considered making a recoiless mortar no less on the size of 4.2
You are up.
RotorHead67
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Posted: Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 04:12 AM UTC
Maybe this is to easy:
Name the manufacture and size of the largest Mortar in use by the IDF. Extra brownie points if you can name the chassis as well.
Name the manufacture and size of the largest Mortar in use by the IDF. Extra brownie points if you can name the chassis as well.
RotorHead67
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Posted: Saturday, May 14, 2005 - 11:50 AM UTC
DEREK,
Grats right you are. OK your lead then.
Grats right you are. OK your lead then.
Plasticbattle
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Posted: Sunday, May 15, 2005 - 12:10 AM UTC
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I'm off to a small local model show soon, so I will think up a question while I'm there.
Sorry to hijack the thread, but the question is partially on topic and there seems to be quite a bit of knowledge here and might fill the time ´till Derek gets back with his question.
Are the mortars that are included in Academy´s Mutt with TOW and Mutt with trailer suitable for the Vietnam period. Any info on these would be appreciated. I have no knowledge on these at all and dont know what they´re called either. Thanks for any help and sorry for side-tracking this otherwise interesting thread!
Plasticbattle
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Posted: Sunday, May 15, 2005 - 12:30 AM UTC
I have just found the answer I was looking for ... thanks to the link to "Mortars in minature", further up the page.
Its the US M-30 mortar.
Standardized in the United States as the M30 in 1951. This weapon first saw combat during the Korean War. There the M30 served along side the M2 4.2-Inch Chemical Mortar of World War II fame that it would gradually replace.
The M30 was once again called on to provide heavy mortar support for ground operations in Vietnam, beginning with the earliest deployments of United States Forces, and remained in that theater for the duration of the United States' involvement.
No longer in U.S. Army service, the M30 4.2inch Mortar had been phased out of U.S. service in the 1990s in favor of the newer NATO standard 120mm Mortar, M120.
I was going to delete the question alltogether, but as its a "juicy knowledge-swapping" thread, I thought Id complete this with an answer.
The text is copied from Mortars in Minature - kevin Keefe. Link to M30 page - Click here
Its the US M-30 mortar.
Standardized in the United States as the M30 in 1951. This weapon first saw combat during the Korean War. There the M30 served along side the M2 4.2-Inch Chemical Mortar of World War II fame that it would gradually replace.
The M30 was once again called on to provide heavy mortar support for ground operations in Vietnam, beginning with the earliest deployments of United States Forces, and remained in that theater for the duration of the United States' involvement.
No longer in U.S. Army service, the M30 4.2inch Mortar had been phased out of U.S. service in the 1990s in favor of the newer NATO standard 120mm Mortar, M120.
I was going to delete the question alltogether, but as its a "juicy knowledge-swapping" thread, I thought Id complete this with an answer.
The text is copied from Mortars in Minature - kevin Keefe. Link to M30 page - Click here
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