Hi Tony You may have seen on the Lardy discussion group that we were talking about the Renault US carriers and the 30cwt Chevrolet truck in the French WWII...
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 17:30:26 -0000, Richard Clarke ... Ah yes. I do carry those: FSV2 30 cwt Chevrolet Truck [I] FAPC1 Renault UE Supply carrier with trailer...
Hi folks, Months ago I found a British game club that had constructed a very accurate terrain table for an area around Caen, the area where the Goodwood...
Hi Tony, Yeah, I had several hard drive-ouches, but did manage to save much info on CDR disks before I F-disked, I just forgot to save My Favorites. These...
Hi again Tony, I hope you were able to convert/transfer that tape. It is the real McCoy, very unique footage. Approximately 15,000 - 20,000 Main Force,...
... **** Probably MAS 49 if it was auto loading,MAS 36 if bolt action. Pete...
Pete Allton
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Yes thanks, the nomenclature I read was K-49 etc., abbreviated, but what and why the 'K' is used I don't know. Then again, I may have misquoted what I read and...
... ********* Could be Lebels or rather the M16 'Berthier' this was the main rifle in 1940 and was certainly used in Algiers in the '50s easiest way to find ...
Pete Allton
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I believe this so called K-49, or whatever had the flat and smooth metal encasing the lower firing group below the bolt, almost like maybe a Martini-Henry....
BALLANTINE's ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF THE VIOLENT CENTURY battle book No 33 is 'Dien Bien Phu'. The author is John Keegan. Not much on the Vietnam weapons....
Yes!!!!! BBs are an absolute gold mine and I once had just about all of them. I am glad you mentioned that!! You are luky to have that gem, I had completely...
Hi Mike, I looked through my books, and I have shelves and boxes of them, and I found I now have only 3 BBs: The Winter War, Drive to the Seine, and of course...
Howard R. Simpson was the American author that was there at DBP. Here is the listing I finally found on Ebay. Chris http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ...
My searches seem to be indicating possibly a Belgian FN FAL was called a K49, maybe only by the French. The web isn't showing to much. It might have been a...
Hi all Quick note to let customers know that my workshop PC died on me yesterday, just before I started tackling the emailed orders from the weekend. While I...
Just so everyone knows, we now have a new PC in the workshop and it's working fine. Just got to catch up with the backlog of orders from the last few days...
Those things do happen with electronic contraptions and mechanical contraptions. The AI of the world is plotting to take-over Earth!! Chris ... it's ... the ...
Thanks for your thoughts but I'm not so sure about the phrase 'holy warrior'. This implies there is some religious and/or martial justification for their...
... There was a very intelligent comment on TVAM today (surprisingly!) Linking these events to the Islamic faith is like saying that all Catholics are like the...
No, 'holy warrior' in quotes means I am being sarcastic and disgusted with those so-called 'holy warriors'. Quite the hypocrisy they are and just the opposite...
Those responsible for the events call themselves Mujhadien, or 'holy warriors'. I did not link them to the Islamic faith, rather they link themselves to a...
This is Really not the forum for these Views and Opinions. If People want to comment on these tragic events, then surely there is a more appropriate place?...
I was just being polite, kind, and showing respect. It's obvious there are people here that don't know the meanings of those words, nor 'where they were coming...
I've just uploaded a new page to the web site giving the current stock levels (according to the computer) of all the LKM products (Feudal Castings, Freikorps...
Ive been researching Bloodaxe miniatures, mainly the Spartans, Trying to determine how tall they are, do they look good, and can their spears be modified, or...
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