Teamski1

Gotta try these rules out! Thanks Wreck for your persistance! -Ski

Its a shame that they are, like all of the rest of the rare stuff at Aberdeen, rotting away outside. Sad.............. -Ski

Its a shame that they are, like all of the rest of the rare stuff at Aberdeen, rotting away outside. Sad.............. -Ski

The trailer definately does not belong to the guns. The guns are spot-welded onto the trailer. The their base is also drilled for bolts, which are not installed. If you fired the guns, expect a nice trip as the weld lets go and you go with them over the side! -Ski ps: yes I am an idiot: 128s were never used as such on German ships in WWII

The trailer definately does not belong to the guns. The guns are spot-welded onto the trailer. The their base is also drilled for bolts, which are not installed. If you fired the guns, expect a nice trip as the weld lets go and you go with them over the side! -Ski ps: yes I am an idiot: 128s were never used as such on German ships in WWII

er....... I'm sure Hofbauer is right. I just never saw a fixed mount like that on land.......... -Ski

er....... I'm sure Hofbauer is right. I just never saw a fixed mount like that on land.......... -Ski

I just visited the museum last week with a friend from England. We talked about this gun quite a bit. It looks like a Naval mounting off of a battleship or cruiser, more than anything else. The chassis its on is a heavy lift linear type, one that could be used to move extremely heavy items for ship building moving in a straight line. The gun is simply welded onto the carriage. Talking it over, we thought it might of been unshipped and used at a dock facility like Kiel or St Nazaire. The sign mentioned that the whole thing weighed something like 18 tons (I could be way off, though) so it would have to be a static mount. It's gotta be really rare! -Ski

I just visited the museum last week with a friend from England. We talked about this gun quite a bit. It looks like a Naval mounting off of a battleship or cruiser, more than anything else. The chassis its on is a heavy lift linear type, one that could be used to move extremely heavy items for ship building moving in a straight line. The gun is simply welded onto the carriage. Talking it over, we thought it might of been unshipped and used at a dock facility like Kiel or St Nazaire. The sign mentioned that the whole thing weighed something like 18 tons (I could be way off, though) so it would have to be a static mount. It's gotta be really rare! -Ski

Great pics Madmatt!! Just can't wait! -Ski

I can smell the taste of Vodka in the air. MAN I CAN'T WAIT!!!!!!!!! Long live CM!!!!! -Ski

LOL!!!!! -Ski

FG 42 is actually considered one of the most successful firearms of it's day. It was complex as hell and expensive to make and the fact that the Fallschirmjagers were used as ground troops for most of the war made it difficult to justify it's manufacture............... -Ski

Remember that the 66th Inf Division fought long and hard to contain over 55,000 Germans in the Lorient and St Nazaire ports throughout the war. 10,000 French troops were assigned to the 66th for this task............. -Ski

From what I got, the 5th Yorkshire Div arrived in North-West Europe 2 March, 1945. Pretty late players in the game............ -Ski [ June 13, 2002, 05:06 PM: Message edited by: Teamski1 ]