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- Mon Mar 22, 2010 4:45 am
- Forum: The Allies in WWII
- Topic: Question regarding the Firefly
- Replies: 15
- Views: 7840
Re: Question regarding the Firefly
These days the sabot thingies are called 'petals'; there's a good picture of a modern-day APFSDS (Armour Piercing Fin Stabilised Discarding Sabot) round opening up here: http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://wpcontent.answers.com/wikipedia/commons/2/26/Sabot_separating.gif&imgrefurl=ht...
- Mon Mar 22, 2010 4:16 am
- Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
- Topic: Lt. Schiefmann
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1948
Lt. Schiefmann
Does anyone know anything about a Lt. Schiefmann, who ended up in Zedelghem camp 2226, Cage 2? He gave a watercolour of the camp to my grandfather, who was one of the staff (RQMS) at that camp. Other information is a number (B314024), which I am assuming is his PW number. Thanks for any help you can...
- Fri Mar 12, 2010 4:16 pm
- Forum: Soldatenheim
- Topic: Avatar (2010 film)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2044
Re: Avatar (2010 film)
Utter rubbish.
If Cameron really needs to spend so much of someone else's money to make cheap political points, he should join the Labour Party.
If Cameron really needs to spend so much of someone else's money to make cheap political points, he should join the Labour Party.
- Tue Mar 10, 2009 3:29 am
- Forum: The Allies in WWII
- Topic: 10th Hussars
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2844
Re: 10th Hussars
Was seniority related to regimental seniority, or something else, like when they joined the Brigade?
- Fri Mar 06, 2009 6:50 am
- Forum: The Allies in WWII
- Topic: RASC Field Bakeries, 8th Army
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1989
RASC Field Bakeries, 8th Army
Does anyone know anything abut the organisation of RASC Field Bakeries, particularly in the 8th Army? I have all the pamphlets, recipes etc. from my grandfather's unit, but I don't know if they were attached to specific brigades, corps or divisions. Unsurprisingly, it's difficult to find information...
- Fri Apr 18, 2008 3:10 am
- Forum: The Allies in WWII
- Topic: 106 Field Bakery RASC
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1573
106 Field Bakery RASC
Does anyone have any idea of the movements of this unit? My grandfather was SSM with them at one point, and it may be the unit he served with in Greece, Crete, Libya and NW Europe.
Thanks.
Thanks.
- Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:26 pm
- Forum: The Allies in WWII
- Topic: RAF Regiment
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2156
Re: RAF Regiment
As individuals, a lot of them were posted into the infantry after Normandy. This was to make up losses, and also because the risk to the airfields was deemed to be pretty low by that point. I don't know about formed units being engaged, but the knowledgeable folk over on e-goat (here: http://www.e-g...
- Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:18 pm
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: Hollow charge projectile for 37mm PAK
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3074
Re: Hollow charge projectile for 37mm PAK
You can see it 'in action' in Band of Brothers (third episode, I think), when the Fallschirmjager shoot one at the good guys.
Personally I wouldn't fancy the job of reloading, but it's still better than the old Panzerwurfmine.
Personally I wouldn't fancy the job of reloading, but it's still better than the old Panzerwurfmine.
- Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:52 am
- Forum: The Allies in WWII
- Topic: A Spanish Z plan?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4735
- Sun Dec 09, 2007 9:23 am
- Forum: Soldatenheim
- Topic: Need to know the right colors of german roadsign
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2515
- Wed Nov 28, 2007 6:20 am
- Forum: Soldatenheim
- Topic: Why sites like this are important
- Replies: 28
- Views: 10366
- Thu Nov 01, 2007 2:47 am
- Forum: Soldatenheim
- Topic: German WWII War Heroes!
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18882
- Thu Nov 01, 2007 2:12 am
- Forum: Verboten! - Off topic content
- Topic: Any Sherman Tankers (NOT rhyming slang!!!)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4456
- Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:21 am
- Forum: Kriegsmarine
- Topic: U-boot films
- Replies: 6
- Views: 4231
U-boot films
Does anyone know of any short films of U-boats, or other submarines, suitable for younger children? Anglian Jnr. is very interested in subs, and I don't think I can make him sit through Das Boot just yet.
Thanks.
Thanks.
- Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:07 am
- Forum: Soldatenheim
- Topic: Feldgrau Forum Photo Riddle ?
- Replies: 3141
- Views: 770949