Correct! The Italian's did pretty poorly in the war overall, but they did manage to produce some pretty great equipment like that plane. It pulled off a world record (for the time) in Oct 1940 of the...
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Correct! The Italian's did pretty poorly in the war overall, but they did manage to produce some pretty great equipment like that plane. It pulled off a world record (for the time) in Oct 1940 of the...
Many thanks Speardog!
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A Greek-built Blackburn Velos torpedo-carrier!
The battleships Haruna or Hiei? I'm not great with ships so they both look indistinguishable to me :tongue:
Hydrazine is correct! My bad with the mirroring, I always do it out of habit. I suppose I should refrain from doing it on vehicle pics to avoid confusion :P
Little more complicated than that ;)
The tank please! :D
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The Werder Bavarian Cavalry pistol!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werder_pistol_model_1869
After that final hint I simply googled ' martini henry pistol and I found it straight away :P I feel...
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers, eh? :P
Yeah it was a pretty easy one to find, but I posted it because I thought the Silesian uprising is such a relatively unknown conflict outside of...
Hint: This car took part in a conflict post WW1 but Pre ww2 :P
On the topic of armored cars!
The Motor War Car! :P
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_War_Car
Sorry, the hint of 'a clunky name that became redundant' made me think Land Battleship being replaced by tank. :P
Some kind of landbattleship??
Any chance of a clue or two? :P
Give me a few more clues and i'll take a stab at it :P
Don't worry, we'll keep this thread alive! ;)
Correct and your turn, I'll rep you in a few days when I can access a laptop!
Sorry for the delay!
Ah I see potential in them! I see this tank as the first step in an evolving area of military technology.
At the moment it certainly has a lot of downsides, but future variations will certainly...
The Uran-9, robotic armored vehicle!
http://russia-insider.com/en/military/russias-new-robotic-tank-herald-things-come/ri12725
Russia's up and coming drone tank!
Grenade, Hand, Anti-tank, No.73, also known as the ‘Thermos bomb!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._73_Grenade
Used by the Czech resistance fighter/national hero Jan Kubis to kill SS Commander...
Correct! Although I unfortunately cannot rep you!
Could you by any chance shed some light as to why such an effective improvised weapon wasn't mass produced?
Ok I'm guessing people are struggling with this :tongue:
Here's a higher resolution photo and a few clues. Only one unofficial prototype of this gun ever came into existence, but it saw extensive...
I'm pretty certain this was posted here before, but i think it's too cool not to share for those who might not know of it's existence :tongue:
The DDG-1000 Zumwalt Stealth Destroyer.
Currently not quite finished :P
Well done! I mirrored it to prevent image searching, i didn't intend to be deliberately misleading!
did I break the thread?? :tongue:
Big clue = It's from a South American nation.
That should narrow it down a tad :P
No takers?? Ok here's a clue, it's not from any major arm's manufacturing country.
Sorry for the delay! :tongue:
EDIT: Charlton Automatic Rifle!
The Cristobal Carbine Model 1 or the Star Z45 submachine gun?
A Japanese matchlock converted to a percussion rifle?
Correct!
Notice how I said 'to my knowledge this gun was only ever used by the country that produced it and never saw any actual combat.' I couldn't find any specific mention of it's performance...
Nope! It ain't European ;)
Ok heres a clue: to my knowledge this gun was only ever used by the country that produced it and never saw any actual combat.
I get the feeling nothing will be obscure enough for this thread :tongue: