Spit v Mustang As a Brit I have a natural pride and admiration for the Spitfire, which amongst other claims to fame was the only aircraft to have...
"Corsair" I once worked with a guy who flew both Corsairs in WW! and Sea Furies in Korea. He told me that the Corsair was never taken up in the...
"Beaufort" I can never think of the "Beaufort" without being reminded of that film footage of three of them flying past a warship at high speed....
Beautiful aircraft. I see that someone has cited the "De Havilland Hornet"...what a gorgeous plane, but the Hawker Hunter or the Grumman Tigercat...
"Out of ammo. ! " Actually, Gunter, there are no excuses that can be made for the senior officer buggering off and leaving his subordinate with a...
"Firefly" allocation. Yes, I accept that "Fireflies" were generally "rationed"- one per tank troop was the normal number, but there is much...
"Conqueror" and RPG's I am pretty sure that "Conqueror's" were sent to Egypt for the Canal campaign, since I recall this being mentioned on the...
"Death Traps" Cheers, Ricky, for your input on the above book. I shall check out the review details you gave me. Your comments on the bia...
Has anybody read Belton Cooper's book "Death Traps" ? It is supposed to be a great book about AFV warfare. Is that right ? Malladyne
Turret chains Well, I guess that these chains may possibly deflect a RPG, after all, the rocket power of a RPG is completely exhuasted even...
17 pdr. barrel mods. I know that the coffee can mod sounds to be really off the wall, but given that Wehrmacht tankers were tasked with searching...
Turret chains Wow ! Great photograph, which clearly establishes that the chains are thicker, heavier and wieghted, whereas the ones I have...
Armour uprating. Thanks for your replies. They do,however,beg a few more questions :- 1. It seems that this topic has been discussed before....
Thanks for the welcome. Having only racked up three years service I don't have much on tanks that I can contribute, although I did once kick a...
Tank mods. Like you guys, I too had wondered if these chains are anti rocket devices in the same way as spaced armour is, but they are only...
Nearly forty years ago, my regiment was amongst the first in the British Army to have their "Centurions" replaced by "Chieftains". We were...
During WW2 many tank crews (especially those of Shermans) would improve their protection against AP shells and rockets by fixing all manner of...
I have noticed that tanks of certain armies (notably the Israelis, I think) have suspended short lengths of chain from the rear bottom edge of...
"Stalking a Tiger" Actually, the story is not so tragic as it seems,since my Father-in-Law went on to survive and spend the rest of the war in a...
Lafayette Pool versus Michael Wittman It is interesting to see that whereas Wittman is stated to have destroyed about 100 plus tanks and a...
