Identify that Tank/Ship/Plane/Artillery etc

[General Brewster]

Looks like a Ford S1 armored car.

[Sar1n]

Correct. You can find it under various designations, most commonly as Scout Car S1. Manufactured by Ford Australia for US troops in Australia during WWII for airfield protection and scouting.

[General Brewster]

[Akar]

...is anyone even playing?

Personally, I stopped.

No point in playing "identify the tiny, grainy, static filled, black and white picture". Every other picture seems to be a 250x250px thumbnail from 1890. Just not fun.

[Sar1n]

It's been over a week, so I'll start guessing.

Second generation Audi A4 Avant?

[General Brewster]

Bingo.

[Sar1n]

Here I'll need the name of specific variant:

[Akar]

Here the game will die apparently.

[Forward Observer]

It's obviously an M3 or maybe an M5 Stuart light tank lower chassis. I built several Tamiya models of the Stuart over the years. The M3 and the M5 used the same suspension--only the hull of the M5 was a bit larger

It turns out that many lend lease Stuart lowers were adapted as turret-less scouts or reconnaissance vehicles using the British term "Recce". Due to their light weight and speed they were quite handy in jungle climates. They found their way in to forces in New Zealand, Australia, Malaysia, Indonesia and were used into the late 1940's

I've found dozens of pictures that are pretty close with names from M3 Stuart Recce IV to M5 Recce Stuarts. There are so many variations with different machine gun mounts I couldn't tie down as being exactly the same as that grainy photo.

click on this and hit images and you will see literally dozens of variation including a ton of models.

https://www.google.com/search?q=stua...fPWW8Zp5BtR3qM

[Sar1n]

Almost. Very similar, but wrong variant.

[Forward Observer]

Almost. Very similar, but wrong variant.

I found the exact picture that you posted (reversed) on a military forum and the guy referred to it as a T8 but also referenced it as more of a field modification of a "Stuart Recce" than any particular manufactured variant. I also found the same picture again referred to as a Stuart "jalopy" on Pinterest. Of course either caption could be wrong and these sorts of picture captions often are, but that's the best I can come up with.

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforu...filterid=18045

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/523473156661155411/

[Sar1n]

I found the exact picture that you posted (reversed) on a military forum and the guy referred to it as a T8 but also referenced it as more of a field modification of a "Stuart Recce" than any particular manufactured variant. I also found the same picture again referred to as a Stuart "jalopy" on Pinterest. Of course either caption could be wrong and these sorts of picture captions often are, but that's the best I can come up with.

https://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforu...filterid=18045

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/523473156661155411/

Nope, it's a different conversion, one that didn't usually retain the .50, unlike Recce.

[Forward Observer]

The presence of a .50 cal or any machine gun does not define the Stuart Recce. Many pictured do not have a .50 cal, or even a .30 cal--others only a coaxial in the hull--others none that is apparent. To repeat, the two links I posted in the second response are of the exact same picture you posted only reversed and they each are labeled as two different things.

There is also an M5 gun tractor based on the lower chassis with no machine guns used to pull British 17 pounders and some conversions for the ANZAC's were referred to as Kangaroos. That's all I got. Sorry

[Sar1n]

Kangaroos were converted both from M3 and M5 Stuarts, and this is in fact a M3A3 converted to Kangaroo.

[Forward Observer]

This ought to be easy

Name the rifle model and configuration--bonus points for the caliber and the national forces that used them.



Cheers

[Common Soldier]

This ought to be easy

Name the rifle model and configuration--bonus points for the caliber and the national forces that used them.



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A Henry carbine wirb .44 cartridge? The lever handle and block looks like a Henry, but the barrel does not nor.any Winchester I have seen. Perhaps rhere is a carbine version I have not.seen

[Forward Observer]

A Henry carbine wirb .44 cartridge? The lever handle and block looks like a Henry, but the barrel does not nor.any Winchester I have seen. Perhaps rhere is a carbine version I have not.seen

No--not a Henry. With the exception a few hundred rifles, all of the original 1860 Henry's were produced with brass/bronze receivers rather than iron like the mystery gun posted. None of the Henry's had wooden fore-stocks due to the fact that the magazine had an exposed follower tab since they loaded from the front. They all had 24 inch barrels, so would have all been considered rifles rather than carbines. (Note: there are some fantasy reproduction Henry carbines that were reproduced in Italy)

A standard reproduction Henry for comparison


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[Common Soldier]

I didn't really think it was a Henry, and I forgot about the Henry recievers being brass. Later Winchesters, which were derived from He ry rifles, had steel recievers, but the gun isn't a Winchester. i have never seen a Winchester design with a gun barrel wooden stock nearly as long as thd steel barrel as on the rifle shown.

A copy made by an Italian or some other company might account for the.differences I see. Thr gun looks lime someone took a Winchester.recidver and mounted it to a Martini Henri barrel. It is not a Martini Henry, the external hammer and shape of the lever arm still looks like a Henry or Winchester.

[Forward Observer]

I didn't really think it was a Henry, and I forgot about the Henry receivers being brass. Later Winchesters, which were derived from He ry rifles, had steel receivers, but the gun isn't a Winchester. i have never seen a Winchester design with a gun barrel wooden stock nearly as long as thd steel barrel as on the rifle shown.

A copy made by an Italian or some other company might account for the.differences I see. Thr gun looks lime someone took a Winchester.recidver and mounted it to a Martini Henri barrel. It is not a Martini Henry, the external hammer and shape of the lever arm still looks like a Henry or Winchester.

Here's a clue:

Just because you have never seen a full stocked Winchester doesn't mean that they never existed. Winchester always realized the steady type of income that could be gained from military contracts.

However, because most, if not all, of them went to foreign militaries who used and abused them until they were either junked or sold off a surplus to some other military, they tend to be a bit rare today.

Cheers

[Common Soldier]

This ought to be easy

Name the rifle model and configuration--bonus points for the caliber and the national forces that used them.



Cheers

1876 Wichester firing .45-75 cartridge? The Canadian Mounties bought about 1600.

PS - It is hard tell whether the cartidges are necked or not. The 1876 also used a straight wall 45-60 cartride. Hard to say whether thr cartridge was nexked or staight wall, not enough detail. A 50-95 catridge was alzo.used but does not seem as popular.