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The mighty Beaverette. The answer to the question "what can we make lots of, really, really, fast, after we left all our armoured cars in France."

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From concept to production in a matter of weeks, 2800 were built between 1940-1942. They never left the home islands during the war, but they served a valuable purpose as training vehicles, and morale booster for an island nation that felt very alone in the world.
 
grelmar said:
The mighty Beaverette. The answer to the question "what can we make lots of, really, really, fast, after we left all our armoured cars in France."

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From concept to production in a matter of weeks, 2800 were built between 1940-1942. They never left the home islands during the war, but they served a valuable purpose as training vehicles, and morale booster for an island nation that felt very alone in the world.
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One also captured a FW-190 that got lost in the fog (of war) and landed at a UK air base by mistake. The pilot did not do that again!
 
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If you have ever heard a sailor talk about pitching and rolling in heavy seas and not really appreciated what that means, check out this photograph of the escort carrier Block Island (CVE 106) rolling to starboard in the Atlantic Ocean during 1952
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I am an ex navy guy. My record roll (side to side for those who don't know) was to 60 degrees which is about 3 times the roll in this photo. The boat I was on had a roll indicator which stopped at 50 degrees and we were well past that. I was sitting on the chart table at the time and one of the draws came out. They have retaining lips to hold them in place. You have to lift the front of the draw before they will come out. Gave us all a hell of a fright. My record pitch (front to back) was about 30-40 degrees. Go up the wave so you can only see the sky and then over the top and down into the wave. Wild and woolly day.
 
grinder08 said:
I am an ex navy guy. My record roll (side to side for those who don't know) was to 60 degrees which is about 3 times the roll in this photo. The boat I was on had a roll indicator which stopped at 50 degrees and we were well past that. I was sitting on the chart table at the time and one of the draws came out. They have retaining lips to hold them in place. You have to lift the front of the draw before they will come out. Gave us all a hell of a fright. My record pitch (front to back) was about 30-40 degrees. Go up the wave so you can only see the sky and then over the top and down into the wave. Wild and woolly day.
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North Atlantic?
 
Sharps '74 said:
The Victorian era was one with a different world view. Britannia not only ruled the waves, but most of the land mass. Death in the service of the Queen was an honourable thing and there was no shortage of volunteers to answer the call.

Like most wars, it was a cluster f___k of the first order, the Brits learning everything the hard way at the expense of the common soldiers. The French were the better troops, better led and equipped. However, the war sparked some long over due revisions and updates to logistics and much needed medical reforms.
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It was also the first war to have an actual 'war correspondent' in attendance.
William Howard Russell, a reporter for The Times of London spent 22 months in the Crimea witnessing and reporting on events there, including the Siege of Sevastapol and the Charge of the Light Brigade. His factual reporting of events such as these, and their aftermaths, are credited with being a large part of the impetus to the reforms that later followed.
 
DaveF said:
It was also the first war to have an actual 'war correspondent' in attendance.
William Howard Russell, a reporter for The Times of London spent 22 months in the Crimea witnessing and reporting on events there, including the Siege of Sevastapol and the Charge of the Light Brigade. His factual reporting of events such as these, and their aftermaths, are credited with being a large part of the impetus to the reforms that later followed.
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The siege was insanity. The Brits & their allies made a railroad, shipped in rolling stock and locomotives, then brought in thousands of tons of war matierel including a mad # of artillery pieces, approaching 600 guns iirc. I understand the 68 #er was a commonly used piece in the siege. William Hall was gun crew on one of these guns, but at Inkerman. The most sophisticated smoothbore muzzle loading artillery piece of its day. the Brit allied forces initially had 120 guns but when the railroad was completed a further 500 guns were shipped in. Once the final cannonade began, Russian forces suffered 2000-3000 casualties per day. The Brit allied victory was won but insanely costly in lives and war materiel. There was no hope for the seriously wounded. The cost of 'victory' was as much as the cost of defeat.
 
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Mauser 98a. The front sight also as a permanent set of ears. The predecessor of the Kar98 essentially.

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Contender to "Ugliest Aircraft Ever" award- Farman F.120.It came in airliner,cargo and bomber trim.Early 1920s design.

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The French, bless 'em, continued their brief tradition of innovative aircraft design between the wars. Some were absolute turds, like the F.120. Just ghastly. The Amiot was the other ugly stepsister:

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But then Bloch comes out with some pretty aircraft, like the MB.170:

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...and the truly lovely Lioré et Olivier LeO 451:

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grinder08 said:
I am an ex navy guy. My record roll (side to side for those who don't know) was to 60 degrees which is about 3 times the roll in this photo. The boat I was on had a roll indicator which stopped at 50 degrees and we were well past that. I was sitting on the chart table at the time and one of the draws came out. They have retaining lips to hold them in place. You have to lift the front of the draw before they will come out. Gave us all a hell of a fright. My record pitch (front to back) was about 30-40 degrees. Go up the wave so you can only see the sky and then over the top and down into the wave. Wild and woolly day.
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Ex Navy also. Middle of the Aleutians, I was on the bridge when we did a 45 degree roll. Major pucker factor.

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Dark Alley Dan said:
The French, bless 'em, continued their brief tradition of innovative aircraft design between the wars. Some were absolute turds, like the F.120. Just ghastly. The Amiot was the other ugly stepsister:

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Interesting the Amiot has counter-rotating props. Unusual for the vintage.
 
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