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Coldsteel · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 24, 2006 Posts: 61

- Neil_Baumgardner

Mk II medium tank. The Ordnance Museum CD guide claims their Mk IIA "believed to be the only remaining example equipped with a 3-pounder gun (most had 2-pounders)." However, I cant find any reference to Mk IIs with 2-pounders, and this one appears to have a 3-pounder. Besides which, the APG Mk IIA isnt currently equipped with any gun... Hmm...

Neil

That can't be right, the RAAC's MkII is fitted with exactly the same gun. See here: www.armytankmuseum.com.au/i-vd.htm

Unless they're being needlessly pedantic, the RAAC one is a slightly different model, a "Mk II special", not a MkIIA, it dosen't have the radio bustle and the MGs are setup a little differently. Still a Vickers Medium MkII though.

Neil_Baumgardner · Posted: Mon Jun 26, 2006 11:39 pm Post subject: Re: Some Bovington pics...

- clausb

They also have a Whippet in the Belgian Museum of Armour in Brussels (and a Mk IV IIRC).

Claus B

Claus, thanks for the info. Another case of me taking the APG Ordnance Museum guidebook for granted. Wink

Apparently there are surviving Mk A Whippets in the Ordnance Museum at Aberdeen Proving Ground, USA; CFB Borden, Canada; the Tank Museum, Bovington, UK; the Royal Army Museum in Brussels, Belgium; and the Armour College at Pretoria, South Africa.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whippet_Mk_A

Neil

JimWeb · Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 7:45 pm Post subject: Re: Identification Help Needed

- Hanno_Spoelstra

Ex-Irish Army Swedish-built Landsverk L-180 armoured car.

H.

I think that by the time they left Irish Army service the only remnant of landsverk was the armour... the rest was Ford.

Cool

JimWeb

- Neil_Baumgardner

Any idea what this is a model of?Neil

Looks like one of the old armour school models. As part of one of armour courses the students had to design a main battle tank. This looks like one of the models produced by one of the courses. IIRC there was quite a collection of them.

Cool

JimWeb

- Neil_Baumgardner

[How about you just let it load in a seperate window while you're doing whatever else? I hate to leave you out of this... I may have to look into the photobucket album options...

Solved it by hastily finishing my Linux server and accessing it from there...

Cool

Neil_Baumgardner · Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:58 pm Post subject: Re: Identification Help Needed

- Hanno_Spoelstra

- Neil_Baumgardner

I need some help identifying this armored car. The sign does not appear to match the vehicle?

img.photobucket.com/al...stery5.jpg

Ex-Irish Army Swedish-built Landsverk L-180 armoured car.

H.

Thanks Hanno! I was pretty certain it wasnt whatever the sign said...

Neil

Hanno_Spoelstra · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jun 04, 2006 Posts: 185

- Neil_Baumgardner

I need some help identifying this armored car. The sign does not appear to match the vehicle?

img.photobucket.com/al...stery5.jpg

Ex-Irish Army Swedish-built Landsverk L-180 armoured car.

H.

Hanno_Spoelstra · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jun 04, 2006 Posts: 185

- Neil_Baumgardner

Similarly, are these Sherman rollers?

img.photobucket.com/al...ollers.jpg

No they are not (but don't ask me what type of mine roller system they do belong to).

Hanno

Hanno_Spoelstra · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jun 04, 2006 Posts: 185

Great pics Neil, thanks!

Hanno

Neil_Baumgardner

Sorry Neill the thread takes so long to download from image-treacle-bucket that I have had to turn the images off when I view it... one of the consequences of living in this part of the world I suspect.

How about you just let it load in a seperate window while you're doing whatever else? I hate to leave you out of this... I may have to look into the photobucket album options...

Neil

Roy_A_Lingle

Hi Neil! Hi Folks!

Thanks for sharing your photos! Almost makes up for not go there myself.

As for your questions:

1. The armored car, no clue yet.

2. The possible Sherman mine rollers, again no clue yet.

3. The model. Looks a bit like a possible VERY early Chieftain idea.

Sgt, Scouts Out! Smile

clausb · ***Power User*** Offline Joined: Jan 25, 2006 Posts: 146

- Neil_Baumgardner

A Mk A Whippet known as "Caesar" - one of two in the world, the other is at the Ordnance Museum at APG. A Birtish Army Lieutenant won a VC posthumously in this tank.

Neil

They also have a Whippet in the Belgian Museum of Armour in Brussels (and a Mk IV IIRC).

Claus B

JimWeb

- Neil_Baumgardner

So no help on these? The armored car especially?

Jim?

Neil

Sorry Neill the thread takes so long to download from image-treacle-bucket that I have had to turn the images off when I view it... one of the consequences of living in this part of the world I suspect.

Cool

Neil_Baumgardner

So no help on these? The armored car especially?

Jim?

Neil

Neil_Baumgardner

Unfortunately, I dont know when I will get to Saumur again - although I was pleased to find that they had brought a Char B1 bis to Eurosatory last week. Pictures to follow in another thread...

Neil

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