Picture of the day
- Thread starter jwhc
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Hey Joe, you dropped somethin'
{messenger pigeon deployment system (MPDS)?}
Good day gunnutz
Cheers
Joe
Sturmpanzerwagen A7V, in service in 1917, only 20 made.
Dark Alley Dan
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That, right there, is funny. Thanks for that!
There's exactly one A7V left in the world, and it's in Australia of all places. Pix and background here: http://www.wwi-models.org/1/Photos/Ger/A7V/index.html
Here's something a titch faster: Post WW2 Russian testing of the tandem version of the ME163:
And just 'cause it's sporty as hell:
Looks like a rocket powered Fleet Fort. you'd have to be just as crazy to fly either machine. We have 6 Forts at the farm.
That little bulb between the cockpits was replaced with a large steel and concrete football that acted as a roll over protector - so that WHEN (not if) the plane ground looped, the instructor wouldn't be killed automatically. Withdrawn from service after 2 months because of outright refusal to fly them by pilots.
That little bulb between the cockpits was replaced with a large steel and concrete football that acted as a roll over protector - so that WHEN (not if) the plane ground looped, the instructor wouldn't be killed automatically. Withdrawn from service after 2 months because of outright refusal to fly them by pilots.
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"The 14"/50 caliber railway guns were spare US Navy Mk 4 14 inch/50 caliber guns mounted on railway cars and operated by US Navy crews in France in the closing months of World War I." Wikipedia
Training exercise? They seem very intent and focused at whatever is downrange, but on a two way range would the camera man be so foolish as to expose himself for the shot?
Their uniforms and kit seem to be in pretty good "nik" as well...I think they're green. {3 months after the photo probably not so much}
Their uniforms and kit seem to be in pretty good "nik" as well...I think they're green. {3 months after the photo probably not so much
}
infideleggwelder
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cam covers on the spiked helmets, medals, rifle grenades, early spring 1915 still advancing maybe May. perhaps frezenberg? getting ready to go over the top on the enemy`s flank. maybe what plinker said
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Good day Gunnutz
Cheers
Joe
Anyone know what the thinking was for the pointy tips on top of the helmuts?
