Id. british equipment
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Thank you for your answer, gambadier
Do you have any list with the different models of british AA rangefinders in use during WW2?
Any additional images will be wellcome
Regards Sturm78
Do you have any list with the different models of british AA rangefinders in use during WW2?
Any additional images will be wellcome
Regards Sturm78
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AA is not really my thing. The only source I have is Routledge's AA Artillery 1914-55. I don't think there are any other secondary sources. That leaves the official publications.
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Hi SturmSturm78 wrote:Hi all,
Can anyone identify the model of this british AA rangefinder ??
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I don't think the troops are British. I do not recognise the uniforms.
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The gun in the picture appears to be a British 3.7-inch and the range finder is shown in use by Commonwealth forces in several pictures I have found. Possibly the gunners in the picture are Territorials, Royal Marines, Australians or some such.Clive Mortimore wrote:Hi SturmSturm78 wrote:Hi all,
Can anyone identify the model of this british AA rangefinder ??
Sturm78
I don't think the troops are British. I do not recognise the uniforms.
Yours
Clive
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Thank you, gambadier and Rob
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I don not know...
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I'd vote Canadiens. Spere barrels were manufactured there.Rob Stuart wrote: The gun in the picture appears to be a British 3.7-inch and the range finder is shown in use by Commonwealth forces in several pictures I have found. Possibly the gunners in the picture are Territorials, Royal Marines, Australians or some such.
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Yep, I thought that too when I saw the slightly different "pressing" of the helmets, and the button-up gaiters.Alanmccoubrey wrote:Sturm, are they not Americans ?
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Can somebody identify the model of these british bombs ??
Image from EBay
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Re: Id. british equipment
Sturm78 wrote:Hi all,
Can anyone identify the model of this british AA rangefinder ??
Sturm78
I think they are Turkish Soldiers. The color of their uniforms, the gaiters and the bread bags looks like they belong to Turkish Army. The British style helmets were began to used about the middle of 1940s.
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Hi all,
Can somebody identify the exact models of these AA predictors ??
Are they both Vickers models ??
Sturm78
Can somebody identify the exact models of these AA predictors ??
Are they both Vickers models ??
Sturm78
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Nobody for my last question ??
Well, here another two images of AA predictors. Any idea about the exact model ??
Images from AWM and the net
Sturm78
Well, here another two images of AA predictors. Any idea about the exact model ??
Images from AWM and the net
Sturm78
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Nobody for the predictors ??
Well, I hope to have motre lucky with this equipment. Can somebody identify this searchlight/radar ??
Image from IWM
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Well, I hope to have motre lucky with this equipment. Can somebody identify this searchlight/radar ??
Image from IWM
Sturm78