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That's why horizontal air tanks are inherently unsafe: people neglect to drain them and they rust out. On a vertical tank the moisture collects in pressing that forms the lower end cap. The end...
It's the 1st Canadian Division formation patch. The system was introduced after the 1st Division was already in France (arr. early 1915) and was designed to permit easy ID of the wearer's formation...
No wonder the guy in the right front is smirking. The load's not secured and neither are they. In the case of the passengers, being thrown clear was probably preferable as the center of gravity...
Probably patterned after the Philippine Golok Bangkung which the US Army would have had experience of.
Also resembles the Parang of Malaysia, Borneo etc.
Not unrealted to the billhook or...
No.4 magazine post-war FTR(?) electro-pencilled to rifle No. A31615
If the enemy were on the other side of the river these men were going to find them by exposing themselves without any camouflage. Reminds me again how the failure to issue helmet scrim must have...
Read it more carefully and you'll see I never mentioned anything about claiming to own one.
As for the original post, I doubt 1 in a 100 museum employees even in related institutions would...
And the font on the sign is totally wrong for the pretended period as well. Rather tired of these people myself; if you want play war there's a nice one going on you can join for a quick dose of...
For want of a hyphen the meaning was lost...
The short jacket is not such a good idea: doesn't keep the small of the back warm.
Much more of holding position by the look of it. A 1919 in the lower left corner as well.
Similar idea to the previous use of the Vickers K Gun in a ground role. It was of course limited by the 100 round drums it went through in moments.
Must be some people around in S.A. yet who know the answers to these questions having been and seen.
Leatherique is said to be the top leather preservative for classic cars. Might be just the thing for that scabbard. Surprising it was dried and cracked that much; not the best tanning originally...
Helps to date the introduction of the Mk.I (A) variant - or did they run concurrently? I've forgotten!
I can think of one 1944 Maltby with a "two down, one up" arrangement of the screws on the front pad, but a pad of the usual size rather than the "shallow" version seen on this rifle. They've been...
If that was the case we would have seen thousands of more or less brand new Mk.I scopes on the surplus market.
AFAIK, H.W. English of Brentwood, Essex bought the vast majority of those scopes...
Would it really be worth the bother of selling bits as opposed to the whole thing? Anything will sell at market price, or a little less.
Considering the healthy market for deacts in the UK, one...
That's a heck of a piece of work. Only a pity he couldn't spiral-wrap the puttees. The way the face is done with a CNC plasma cutter is very clever. Corten steel presumably.
The gentleman has perceived that the most profitable videos on YT are often the most puerile and pointless.
In search of No.4 bolt number B33269
It's floating around BC somewhere.:wave:
Anyone see the Enfield examiner's mark? I don't.
The marking on the cuttoff block is obviously fake as well.
"TR" is wrong and I don't see a "T" either.
The over-stamping of purported...
Yes, that would be a good idea.
Good spot Brian, but I don't think that mark is evidence of such a mod: the surface around is just too fresh and too even (like Bohemian snow! :D ). That butt and forend are like new: I'm sure you...