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The offical slogan of the CDR (Comités de Defensa de la Revolución ) is "En cada barrio, Revolución!" ("In every neighborhood, Revolution!"). For the defense of the revolution (por la defensa de la revolución), and prides, con la guardia en alto (with combat readiness) are just other variations, maybe area/local slogans. Regards Eddie

Part of a doc found on the web, According to Sachar there were 2,394 Jewish casualties, 620 British and 3,764 Arabs by August of 1939, when the revolt was essentially over. No real breakdown of the casualities though, the British figures contain officials serving there at the time too i would imagine. Regards Eddie

The Ministry of Defence is proud to announce the initial award of Battle Honours to units which participated in the major combat phase of operations in Iraq. The awards were approved recently by Her Majesty the Queen, and were formally announced to Parliament in a Written Ministerial Statement by John Reid, the Secretary of State for Defence, on 9 June 2005. The following Royal Navy ships and Naval air squadrons have been awarded the Battle Honour 'AL FAW 2003': HMS Ocean HMS Ark Royal HMS Blyth HMS Brocklesby HMS Bangor HMS Sandown HMS Ledbury HMS Roebuck No 845 Naval Air Squadron No 847 Naval Air Squadron Royal Marine units participating have not been awarded a separate Battle Honour, as by tradition and historical precedent, 'Gibraltar' remains the only award to the Corps. RAF squadrons which were required to operate under constant threat of attack and demonstrated gallantry and spirit under fire during the campaign over Iraq and Kuwait or on the ground in the same territories have been awarded the Battle Honour 'IRAQ 2003' with the right to emblazon the honour on their Standards. Other squadrons which participated in the air and ground campaigns, although at a slightly lower level of danger, have been awarded the honour 'IRAQ 2003' without the right to emblazon the honour on their Standards. The RAF awards are as follows: With the Right to Emblazon 'IRAQ 2003' on Squadron Standards: No 1 (Fighter) Squadron RAF No II (Army Co-operation) Squadron RAF No 3 Squadron RAF No IV (Army Co-operation) Squadron RAF No 7 Squadron RAF No IX (Bomber) Squadron RAF No 12 (Bomber) Squadron RAF No 31 Squadron RAF No 47 Squadron RAF No 617 Squadron RAF No 51 Squadron RAF Regiment Without the Right to Emblazonment: No 8 Squadron RAF No 10 Squadron RAF No 18 (Bomber) Squadron RAF No 23 Squadron RAF No 33 Squadron RAF No 39 Squadron RAF No 43 (Fighter) Squadron RAF No 51 Squadron RAF No 101 Squadron RAF No 111 (Fighter) Squadron RAF No 120 Squadron RAF No 201 Squadron RAF No 206 Squadron RAF No 216 Squadron RAF No 1 Squadron RAF Regiment No II Squadron RAF Regiment No 16 Squadron RAF Regiment No 27 Squadron RAF Regiment No 34 Squadron RAF Regiment Iraq Battle Honours for the British Army Her Majesty has also approved the award of the Battle Honours 'Al Basrah' and 'Western Iraq 2003' and the Theatre Honour 'Iraq 2003' to Army units which participated in Operation TELIC. Specifically The Queen has approved the award of the Battle Honour 'Al Basrah' and the Theatre Honour 'Iraq 2003' to the Irish Guards who participated in Operation TELIC during the period 19 March to 30 April 2003. Regiments and Corps to be awarded the Theatre Honour 'IRAQ 2003' are: The Life Guards, The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards, The Royal Yeomanry, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys), The Queen's Royal Lancers, Royal Tank Regiment, Irish Guards (already awarded), The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, The Light Infantry, The Royal Irish Regiment (27th (Inniskilling), 83rd, 87th and The Ulster Defence Regiment), The Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding), The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), The Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps The following Regiments and Corps are to be awarded the Battle Honour 'AL BASRAH': The Life Guards, The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards, The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys), The Queen's Royal Lancers, Royal Tank Regiment, Irish Guards (already awarded), The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, The Light Infantry, The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment), The Parachute Regiment, Army Air Corps HM The Queen gave early approval, in June 2005, for the Irish Guards to be awarded the Theatre Honour 'IRAQ 2003' and the Battle Honour 'AL BASRAH'. This early award allowed the Irish Guards to Troop their colour, with their new Theatre Honour emblazoned upon it, at The Queen's Birthday Parade. Regards Eddie

The Queen has approved the following battle honours for the Gulf war: ARMY Regiments and Corps awarded the theatre honour 'GULF 1991' with the right of emblazonment: The Life Guards; 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards; The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys); The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars; 14th/20th King's Hussars; 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers; Grenadier Guards; Coldstream Guards; Scots Guards; The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment); The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers; The Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment); The King's Own Scottish Borderers; The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's); Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons); Special Air Service Regiment; Army Air Corps. Regiments and Corps awarded the battle honour 'WADI AL BATIN': The Life Guards; 1st The Queen's Dragoon Guards; The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers and Greys); The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars; 14th/20th King's Hussars; 16th/5th The Queen's Royal Lancers; Grenadier Guards; The Royal Scots (The Royal Regiment); The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers; The Staffordshire Regiment (The Prince of Wales's); Army Air Corps. Regiment awarded the battle honour 'WESTERN IRAQ': Special Air Service Regiment. ROYAL AIR FORCE Squadrons awarded the battle honour 'GULF 1991' with the right of emblazonment: Number 1 Squadron RAF Regiment - Scorpion/Spartan; Number 2 Squadron - Tornado GR1a; Number 6 Squadron - Jaguar; Number 7 Squadron - Chinook; Number 9 Squadron - Tornado GR1; Number 12 Squadron - Buccaneer; Number 13 Squadron - Tornado GR1a; Number 14 Squadron - Tornado GR1; Number 15 Squadron - Tornado GR1; Number 16 Squadron - Tornado GR1; Number 17 Squadron - Tornado GR1; Number 18 Squadron - Chinook/Puma; Number 20 Squadron - Tornado GR1; Number 27 Squadron - Tornado GR1; Number 31 Squadron - Tornado GR1; Number 33 Squadron - Puma; Number 41 Squadron - Jaguar; Number 54 Squadron - Jaguar; Number 208 Squadron - Buccaneer; Number 230 Squadron - Puma; Number 617 Squadron - Tornado GR1. Squadrons awarded the battle honour 'GULF 1991' without the right of emblazonment: Number 10 Squadron - VC10; Number 20 Squadron RAF Regiment - Rapier; Number 24 Squadron - Hercules; Number 26 Squadron RAF Regiment - Rapier; Number 29 Squadron - Tornado F3; Number 30 Squadron - Hercules; Number 32 Squadron - HS125; Number 34 Squadron RAF Regiment - Ground Defence; Number 42 Squadron - Nimrod; Number 43 Squadron - Tornado F3; Number 47 Squadron - Hercules; Number 51 Squadron - Nimrod; Number 51 Squadron RAF Regiment - Ground Defence; Number 55 Squadron - Victor; Number 58 Squadron RAF Regiment - Ground Defence; Number 66 Squadron RAF Regiment - Rapier; Number 70 Squadron - Hercules; Number 101 Squadron - VC10; Number 120 Squadron - Nimrod; Number 201 Squadron - Nimrod; Number 206 Squadron - Nimrod; Number 216 Squadron - Tristar. Falkland Islands battle honours The Queen has approved the following retrospective battle honour for the Falklands campaign: Corps awarded the battle honour 'FALKLAND ISLANDS 1982': Army Air Corps. Regards Eddie

Does this help at all? Soviet bloc military and civilian advisers In Southern Africa: 1982 Sub-Saharan Africa / Soviet/ Cuban / East German ---------------------------------------------------------- Angola / 700 / 18,000 / 450 Congo / 850/ 950 / 15 Ethiopia / 2,400 / 5,900 / 550 Guinea / 375 / 280 / 125 Madagascar/ 370 / 55 / -- Mali / 635 / -- / 20 Mozambique / 500 / 1,000/ 100 Tanzania / 300/ 95 / 15 -------------------------------------------------------- Total: 6,130 / 26,280/ 1,275 Regards Eddie

Hi Grant, Looks like RS to me, Reichsbahn-Sekretär Regards Eddie

Breakdown of Ed's pics 1. Char de combat moyen Renault D2 2. Panzer V Panther Sdkfz 171 3. Bergepanther (Ausf D Chassis) 4-7 Panzer V Panther Sdkfz 171 Photo 7 definatley shows an Ausf G Panther (no drivers hatch only a periscope) Regards Eddie

Here is a little added info on the Centurion and a tip, don't change gear going down a hill when you ar driving one. If memory serves me right the Cent was the first tank to be stabilised verticaly and horizontaly, enabling acurate shooting on the move, also the first German Leopards were equipped with the same version of the 105mm gun used on later Cents (later changed) Nuclear Tests Mk 3 Centurion Type K, British Army number 06 BA 16, later devolved under Contract Demand 2843 to the Australian Army, who gave it registration number 169041, was involved in a nuclear blast test at Emu Field in Australia in 1953. It was placed about 500 metres (1,600 ft) from the device being detonated and left with the engine running. Examination after detonation found it had been pushed away from the blast point by about 2 metres (6.6 ft) and that its engine had stopped working only because it had run out of fuel. Antennas were missing, lights and periscopes were heavily sand blasted and the cloth mantlet cover was heavily carbonised, but the tank could be driven from the site. Had it been manned the crew would probably have been killed by the shock wave. 169041, subsequently nicknamed The Atomic Tank, was later used in the Vietnam War and is now located at Robertson Barracks in Palmerston, Northern Territory. Although other tanks were subjected to nuclear tests, 169041 is the only tank known to have withstood atomic tests and subsequently gone on for another 23 years of service, including 15 months on operational deployment in a war zone. Regards Eddie

That's a Whippet Mk A, A347 "Firefly" This tank, part of B-Company of the 6th Battalion Tank Corps, apparently it is still in its original paint and markings. The battle damage is from when it was hit on 17th August 1918. Regards Eddie

Info here that might help, the same system was used in the GDR. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist_competition Regards Eddie

Looks like a Ausf G, yes The Ausf F-2 was only an interim variant and was replaced by the Ausf G (Chassis No: 82396 - 82500, 82565 - 82600 und 82614 - 84400. Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf F2 - 75mm KwK 40 L/43, Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf G - 75mm KwK 40 L/43 (early), Panzerkampfwagen IV (Long) Sd.Kfz.161/2 - March 1943-March 1945 Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf G - 75mm KwK 40 L/48 (late) In March of 1942 the variant Ausf F2 was produced, followed by Ausf G in May. Current research shows that in reality the designation Ausf F2 was not used when describing Ausf F armed with 75mm L/43 gun and instead tanks known as Ausf F2 were in fact early Ausf G tanks. They were the first tanks to be isued the side skirts. Ausf F2 and Ausf G variants were based on the long version PzKpfw IV chassis and were armed with newer 75mm KwK 40 L/43 gun. The British nicknamed the Ausf F2 (early Ausf G) - "Mark IV Special" 1st Panzer Division, 1st Regiment. 823 = 8 (8th Company) 2 (2nd Platoon) 3 (Number of the tank) Regards Eddie

''Tiffany Cross'' MOH In 1919 a decision was made by the Secretary of the Navy to adopt seperate designs for MOH combat and non-combat heroism awards. The new MOH became known as the ''Tiffany Cross'' because it was designed by Tiffany & Company of New York. The first style of the Tiffany Cross is known as the Navy Type VI (1919-1927) and differs from the Navy Type VII (1927-1942) in that the suspension ring is soldered directly to the top of the arm on the Type VII, the Type VI has a small added finger to which the suspension ring is added. Official accounts vary, but generally the non-combat Medal of Honour was known as the Tiffany Cross, after the company that manufactured the medal. The Tiffany Cross was first issued in 1919 but was rare and unpopular, partly because it was presented both for combat and non-combat events. The Navy continued to award the Type V MOH for non-combat heroism during the period 1919-1942 according to The Call of Duty book so this point remains somewhat unclear. On the 7th august 1942 Congress discontinued the use of the ''Tiffany Cross'' returning to the use of a single MOH ''Tiffany Cross'' Awardees(18) Joel Boone Louis Cukela Charles Hamman Eduoard Izac Ernest Janson John Kelly Matej Kocak Weedon Osborne John Pruiett Robert Robinson John Siegel Ralph Talbot Floyd Bennett Non-Combative Action William Button Richard Byrd Non-Combative Action Herman Hanneken Frank Schilt Daniel A.J. Sullivan Names: Tiffany Cross MOH, New Navy MOH ''Gold Cross'' or as Navy Type VI (1919-1927) or VII (1927-1942) The current Air Force Medal of Honour is the "rarest" awarded only 13 times since its inception in 1964. Regards Eddie

Hi Greg welcome back, Pm sent, Best regards Eddie.

Verdienstmedaille der Zivilverteidigung der DDR (Civil Defense Medal of Merit ) Instituted in 1970, and awarded for merit in the branches of the civil defence. Three classes Gold, Silver and Bronze The Medaille f?r Treue Pflichterf?llung in der Zivilverteidigung der DDR (Medal for Long service in Civil Defense - 30,20 and 10 Years) instituted in 1977, was the long service award. Regards Eddie

Hi Christer, Both of these Tanks were captured around Cambrai The Mark IV Female (the one in the urban setting) was lost in Rumilly during the Battle of Cambrai. Probable photo date: December 1917 or January 1918. The Mark IV Male in the wooded setting is not a tank That anybody recognises at the moment. (Thanks Gwyn) Educated guesses seem to point that the first one was being scraped for spares. Regards Eddie

Lilo, Does this help at all? http://www.pinetreeweb.com/bp-honours.htm Regards Eddie

Hi Grant, The ones with the anchor are for navy divers, ''Specialtaucher der Seestreitkr?fte'' . The other sort you mention with the ladder are for engineer divers of the army, ''Pioniertaucher der landstreitkr?fte''. Regards Eddie.

Christer, It's a French Schneider CA1 (originally named the Schneider CA) Regards Eddie

Hi Christian, Could be a Crown Prosecution Service badge. Regards Eddie.

This BMP-3 (Kaktus) has Russian markings but this type of additional reactive armour was developed for the BMP-3's of the UAE . The KDZ (Lit; kompleks dynamicheskoy zashiti) system consists of reactive armour elements (81 each, different types), steel plates and shock-absorbing plates. It has a total weight of 4,150 kg and protects the hull and turret against light anti-tank weapons and 12.7-14.5mm armour piercing rounds. Regards Eddie

Here is a little guide on naming. http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/britishgu...itish_index.htm Regards Eddie

Medal for the Tenth Anniversary of Independence, 1985 Instituted in 1985 to mark the 10th anniversary of independence and awarded to prominent civilians and members of the defence and emergency forces who had made a significant contribution to the country since independence. Recipients included Australians and New Zealanders. Images CO M-M .com

Brilliant Snoopy Regards Eddie

Hi Ed, Nothing heard or seen yet, sorry. Regards Eddie