Walther, what about my picture?
Ah crap track backs i thought that might give it away. :lol:
what was your quiz question Dani ?
Those armoured cars could be Israeli improvised vehicles, from the 1948 war, based on GM deuce and a half trucks.
Jan
Nope.
Clues: Another continent, older than 1948.
OK, Iāll give up. Walther you will post next.
It is called Tortuga and it was an armoured recon vehicle for Venezuela in 1934.
http://ww2photo.mimerswell.com/tanks/vz/armerc/tortug.htm in Swedish (a very good site).
http://www.fav-club.com/tortuga.htm in Spanish
Ok, to make it a bit difficult, I donāt just want to know the name of the vehicle, but also the war this picture was taken in, the nationality of the soldiers and the yearsā¦ :twisted:
Jan
Well Jan, i have no idea on what the tanks are but if i had to guess i would say its a Willy 1916, maybe Italian.
Carden Lloyd Mark IV
Pictures taken between 1932-1935 (Bolivia-Paraguay war)
Bolivian soldiers
Dani, you are correct! Your turn! Are you specialised in South American conflicts?
Jan
:lol: :lol: :lol: No chance!
Firstly I thought that it is a komsomolets tractor.
Secondly I thought that it is a TK polish tankette (but the caps of the soldiers doesnāt looks like polish one)
Normally Carden-Lloyd (especially Mk VI) doesnāt look very close to the model.
So I search for tankette only (thinking that if I posted a Venezuelean Tortuga your quiz it must be some exotic because you asked also about nationality and year). :lol:
Well at least through my years on surfing I learned how to search.
(Remeber my previous posts.)
Edited: In a couple of hours Iāll be able to post a quiz.
Here is a new one: (Jan, if you know already please hold the answer for few hours - let give others a chance).
Edited: What is this?
Bundeswehr Sniper qualification badge.
Well done Cuts. Your turn.
ARGH i knew that one when i saw it immediatly
Cuts, please add your quiz!!
Iāll pop a question in then until Cuts gets one sorted.
There were a series of experimental conversions of the British WW2 3.7" Anti Aircraft (AA) gun to form Anti Tank (AT) guns. What were these known as (hint - smaller AT guns were known as the 2, 6 and 17 pounder AT guns)?
Fluffy
PS if you get that one sorted, which WW2 British tank had one as the main armament?
edited for spelling
Twenty pounders, original armament of the Centurion
and if that is too easy a question, when a number of the AA variant were captured at Dunkirk, they were pressed in to German service.
What did the Germans call the gun?
9.4cm (3.7in = 94mm doesnāt it?) Flak Vickers (e)?
Right on the AA gun designation (I though it was the 96mm Flak Vickers (e) but it could be the 94mm), but wrong-diddly-wrong-wrong on the tank gun!
Incidentally, the CENTURION was originally designed and fitted with the 17pdr (some had the very similar 77mm instead), although they did move to a 20 pdr later.
The gun Iām talking about was also fitted as an experiment to a MOSQUITO fighter-bomber as an anti submarine weapon. It had a fabulous muzzle brake that was over 30% efficient. However, the muzzle brake was far to complex to make unless by hand, so the idea was shelved.