General Jackson’s Pedrail United Kingdom (1915-1918) Prototype – 1 Partially Completed Colonel Rookes Evelyn Bell Crompton had been there right at the birth of the British plan for the machines which were to become known as tanks. In 1915, this veteran of Victorian campaigns in India and ...
He was born on 4 September 1894 in Mossel Bay, South Africa, and was studying engineering at the University of Cape Town when war broke out. He joined the Union of South Africa Army – the Duke of Edinburgh’s Own Rifles and took part in the German South West Africa campaign, before b...
WW1 US Prototypes Tank Encyclopedia The Online Tank Museum Dark Mode Ford 3-ton Special Tractor M1918 Prototype United States of America (1918) Artillery Tractor/Light Tank – 1 Built The First World War broke out in 1914, dragging into the maelstrom the major powers of Europe and beyond. ...
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then most probably the Turkish fronts of Gallipoli and Palestine, then without doubt the eastern front and right down at the bottom you find a clump made up of Asia, Africa and most probably Italy.Continue reading“Book Review: King’s African Rifles Soldier vs Schutztruppe Soldier: East Afri...
Clutha Mounted Rifles 1899. Camp Cooks. Hocken Collection. During New Zealand’s involvement in the war in South Africa, the issue of messing arose as large numbers of mobilising men were stationed in camps. Messing arrangements involved a combination of civilian contractors and regimental cooks. ...
Germany would use infantry based special weapons such as armor piercing K-bullets in rifles and machine guns, the heavy Tankgewehr m1918 rifle, or artillery bombardment to stop the metal monsters. The Germans would show hesitation in producing their own tanks due to resistance from the German ...
Many Irish saw the World War as an opportunity to win their freedom from the British. They believed in the old adage: “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” It was not just talk. A deal had been struck with Irish patriot Roger Casement for German rifles. The German ship Libau, mas...
On the left flank, the Canadian 2nd Division particularly with the efforts of the French Canadian 22nd Battalion (the 'Van Doos') and the 25th Battalion (the Nova Scotia Rifles) captured the village of Courcelette after heavy fighting, with some assistance from two tanks. And finally after ...