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Hi nigelfe

The book that I got the information from was Ubique (The Royal Artillery in the Second World War) by Richard Doherty, 2009.

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David W wrote:Supplementary question.

When were each of these Medium Regiments first supplied with 5.5" guns?

Previous to a response I gave on the AHF, the first 5.5 were not used till May'42. Obviously they could well have been issued prior, but at least we have a date to work back from

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David W wrote:OK, so what markings would the artillery tractors carry? Army or Corps?

Hi David

Logic would suggest Army markings rather than Corps, but logic and the military are not always reliable bedmates

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Hi David Jolsen (pg483)notes that there were no Med units under direct GHQ MEF Command in the period your looking at. He lists the 64th being under GHQ MEF on Dec 1st'41 and the 51st & 76th under there command on Dec 20th'42 He notes on pg485 that on Dec 1st 1941 that the 7th, 67th & 68th we...

Its been my experience that RASC Bakeries were generally regarded as a Corp+ asset or a Divisional asset, and not a Brigade asset. A good book about the RASC etc is Wait for the Wagon (The Story of the RCT and its Predecessors 1794-1993) Pg107-210 deal with WW2, with the Pg134-154 dealing with the w...

There are a few original editions for sale on amazon.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/German-Elite-Di ... _1_rsrsrs0

Does the proposed re-print have the seperate map book or are they placing the maps within the proposed volume?

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As some of you Gents out there may have read I am trying to specialize on the Battle Of Arnhem. Well, yesterday while reading Robert J. Kershaw´s excellent book "It never snows in september" I came across what could in my opinion cleary be considered an American war crime. He states that ...

Well they have the Royal Fleet Auxillary (RFA) and this link should be helpful for various bits and bobs

http://www.royal-navy.mod.uk/server/show/nav.5860

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If god forbid, Obama was to die before taking up his office by the end of January next year, would Biden the VP Elect automatically become the President, or does it remain in Bushes hand or the Speakers until a 'quick' re-election can take place?

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Given the responsibilities of being a 'superpower' I would think it would be in Germany's interest to just remain an industrial power.

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Richard Hargreaves wrote:Sorry Tom, you'll have to explain the phrase "taking it easy". Not in my vocabulary.

The Graveyard is full of Indispensable people Richard. Remember all work and no play.......

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or how about reading 'The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind' of an evening

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If the Soviet Union hadn’t chewed up millions of German soldiers and weapons, D-Day would have failed

This arguement and its variations have been around for decades. Its a circular arguement which cannot be discussed in a timeline isolation.

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One copy of the Pz Lehr book on Amazon is selling for £400 - $800. Hi Richard Its my experience that unless truely 'rare' or desired, that some dealers put on a extreme price to catch the those that missed the earlier 'cheaper' versions. Also these dealers tend not to have these books in stock and ...

Well given that one of the sources for this story is from The Sun newspaper, there usage of certain colourful attention grabbing grammer doesn't surprise me.

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