Nekander Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 Thanks Soddball and Gyrene!! Nice to see these pictures. -Nekander Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSpkr Posted July 22, 2002 Share Posted July 22, 2002 Nice pictures, but where are the girls? Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soddball Posted July 23, 2002 Author Share Posted July 23, 2002 Notes: I have no idea what the big bastard thing is. I labelled them as best I could, but if I'm wrong, then tell me. I do have a huge wodge more pictures, in much better resolution, but I'm on a 56k modem. A quick taster for those who found it too much effort to click on the link: I want this to be modelled for CMBB: Can anyone tell me what this is and where it would have been used? A little pressy for the Bren Tripod brigade An extremely rare vehicle - a 6-wheel jeep, and this is the only runner in the UK: I felt that this model of the jeep was somewhat undergunned: Can someone tell me what guns I'm looking at in this picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soddball Posted July 23, 2002 Author Share Posted July 23, 2002 My favourites are: 1) This classic motor vehicle: 2) The finest example of the German Army's fighting force: For the Modders: I have high-res close-up shots of: Jackson Chaffee Sherman Greyhound Hellcat T-34 20mm Flak 37mm AT gun 120mm mortar Halftracks (both sides) Universal carriers Jeeps Hetzers If you need any shots, email me. For everyone else - let me know what shots you want to see (I have a few more of most of them) and I'll get Gyrene to put them up. Finally, a photo of Simon Elwen (left) and Anthony Vickers (right) cuddling up to a halftrack - yours for only £4,000.00 (the halftrack, not the lads). They were kind enough to buy me food and drinks after I gave them a lift to the hop farm - even after they had to suffer my driving I am using Hot Billy's Top Smack for the grass in all the pictures. The girls are sitting on my face - hence the blurriness of some of the pictures. [ July 22, 2002, 06:15 PM: Message edited by: Soddball ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agentorange Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 mmmm... guns on the jeep are ( I think ) .30 browning and an assortment of .303 Vickers K guns ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soddball Posted July 23, 2002 Author Share Posted July 23, 2002 Sorry, I meant the anti-tank guns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyrene Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 The jeep with the RR is a M151 MUTT with an 106mm Recoiless Rifle. It was used during Vietnam and is still in the inventory for special circumstances when a Humvee won't do: During Desert Storm we got several Mutts out of mothballs, armed them with TOW missiles and flew them into Kuwait City International in CH53's, 2 mutts at a time. Humvees wont fit in any US helicopter and external loads cut the speed of a helicopter in half. Gyrene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Sodball: "Can someone tell me what guns I'm looking at in this picture?" The one in back looks like a 75mm PaK 40 to me (unless I'm all balled up and it's actually a 50mm PaK 38). And the one in front is a 37mm PaK 36(?) with the hollow-charge blahblahGranatsomethingsomething fitted to the muzzle. There. That help? Now about the young ladies... Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyrene Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 The Sherman with no turret and the blocks of wood in front was used to rescue other tanks during amphibious landings. It can wade into some pretty deep water. Gyrene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 I kinda thought it looked like an ARV of some sort, but since it was missing the crane and tackle... I have this funny feeling that I've seen a picture of it somewhere, but not strong enough to bet on. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyrene Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Originally posted by Michael emrys: I kinda thought it looked like an ARV of some sort, but since it was missing the crane and tackle... I have this funny feeling that I've seen a picture of it somewhere, but not strong enough to bet on. MichaelIt's the Sherman BARV (Beach Armored Recovery Vehicle), it has a winch at the rear and had a diver as a crew member. It was used under fire during the actual landings. Gyrene Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex Bellator Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Unfortunately I missed the show so appreciate the chance to see the pics. Last time I went there were several nippy Stuarts (one for sale), a temperamental Churchill & a cute lil' Panzer II that I recall at the moment, in addition to the ones listed. Any of those there this year? There was also the Prime Mover (Sdkfz 7 ?) which stole the show for me, I never realised how big they were. Did you get the firing demos as well? 25pdr, 17pdr, and the battle scenes. SPR & Vietnam IIRC. One other thing, if that Tiger is the same impressive beast as was present last year, then it is the one made for Band of Brothers and is based on a T-55 chassis. Just wondering. Looks like another good show - I'll be back sitting on the embankment, beer in hand, watching them roll around the arena next year. See you there guys. [ July 22, 2002, 07:39 PM: Message edited by: Rex_Bellator ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Originally posted by Gyrene: It was used under fire during the actual landings.Where? Pacific? ETO? Both? Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyrene Posted July 23, 2002 Share Posted July 23, 2002 Originally posted by Michael emrys: </font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Gyrene: It was used under fire during the actual landings.Where? Pacific? ETO? Both? Michael</font> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soddball Posted July 23, 2002 Author Share Posted July 23, 2002 Rex - they also had a pair of Churchill flamethrower tanks there - I didn't get any photos because of the numbers of people climbing all over them. There was only one Stuart that I spotted this year. There wasn't a Panzer II that I could see, but there was a Panzer IV without skirts - although it was in the middle of the arena so I couldn't get any closeups. I believe the Tiger is the same one as last year. The firing demos were good, as were the re-enactments (they had a Vietnam one, a Normandy landings one and a couple of others). One of the blasts in the main arena was meant to simulate an airstrike, and even 200m away we got hit by the heatwave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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