Plus of course you want to avoid reinventing the wheel. Changing over to a new gun probably means new ammo, certainly means new spare parts....
My favorite Churchill quote runs as follows "Bugger everything til morning!" Apparently the last thing he would say to himself at night. :grin:
Don't worry about it, it will undoubtedly fall foul of a far more destructive force: the British Civil Service :-?
I read that one of the minor roles in the film sink the bismarck was played by a man who'd actually served aboard POW at the battle of the Denmark...
Well my first thought is that there are lies, damn lies and statistics. :P That stat is kind of meaningless unless you know whether the...
Yes primarily because of self interest. A sub that's pratting around kill survivors in the water is a sub that is vunerable. Barbarism has...
I've see what is one of two examples left, at the RAF Cosford museum and to be honest it doesn't look that good. It's very slabsided with very...
Yes I do, still have a few kicking around in case they're ever useful for wargaming. Have a Jagpanther, a Char B and FT17. I remember the really...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Khedive_Ismail & http://www.bbc.co.uk/ww2peopleswar/stor ... 2870.shtml (bottom half of the page) Yes...
Funny flowcharts http://my.mmoabc.com/article/Punch/2310 ... l?login=no
Down at the bottom of this page is file for paper buildings suitable for 6mm or 1/300 scale wargaming....
Remember these are aircraft carrying nuclear bombs. In the event that you've used your ordinance you don't go back to base. You flew off to find...
Back on the subject of brutality sometimes it can be indirect from your own side. In 1944 HMS Petard dropped depth charges among the swimming...
http://marshall.csu.edu.au/Marshalls/ht ... 627471.jpg This pic gives a pretty good idea of the kind of forces exerted on ships.
I wonder how well heat seekers work on detecting piston engines?
I alway thought the big advantage of AC's was compartively easy maintenance compared to tracked vehicles. Another factor might be the fact...
Okay, now you've completely lost me. :???:
I believe there was also a desire for the guns to be able to down and long the enemy trench line as they crossed it. Sponson mounts gave the tank...
Which is what happens when you forget the old adage: The enemy of my enemy, is my enemies enemy, no more, no less.
Nope he gave her the opportunity to fire his organ gun. Go on snigger, you know you want to :grin: