Taz

And the reverse.

Notice the different design to the (I) Class shown in the link below.

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=24693&hl=gomez

And the dark blue enamel/paint in the center medallion. On the (I) Class award this is light blue.

Regards Eddie

Orden "M?ximo G?mez" (II)

Just a thought - was it Harper who published a series of "then & now" type magazines (of which I have some, somewhere ) in the 1930's?

In which case "Toward The Flame" may be a magazine article, rather than a book.

Do we have any idea which British division or brigade is likely to have been involved in this alleged incident, let alone regiment or battalion?

Just wondering re. histories that could be checked.

Guys,

Any help at all?

http://www.amazon.com/Toward-Flame-Memoir-...r/dp/0803259476

Regards Eddie

I would not want to be driving around in the FV432 in Down Town Baghdad.

Would you?????

Lorenzo

Not really Lorenzo no, but the updated version with additional armour is supposed to be very good.

The new engine and transmission make it one of, if not the fastest APC of its kind at the moment at a reported 45 mph. The Bradley is fast at 41 mph for comparison so this vehicle really shifts.

Not a bad feat for a vehicle that has been in service since the 1960's

http://www.baesystems.com/WorldwideLocatio...7912101048.html

Regards Eddie

The building of the model pictured above

http://hk.youtube.com/watch?v=te8R8mhP7N0

Bulldog diorama.

http://www.armorama.com/modules.php?op=mod...3583&page=1

Here is one pic from the link above

Kim Il Sung Order is the highest order in North Korea

Very nice pic of this rare order WangZhongHui, thank you for posting it

Since Tang Si mentioned your site, I take a regular look for new additions.

I've added a link to your site, the one in your post doesn't seem to work.

This is the second type? The first one being almost round in shape?

http://www.medal.com.cn/

Best regards Eddie.

Or an U.S M113 APC

Lorenzo

The FV432 is similar to the M113 in appearance.

The Galleon, HMS Revenge?

Thats right Simon the HMS Revenge, well done

I was waiting to see if there were any others interested on answering before trying a clue.

In 1577, a new design of warship slid down the ways at Her Majesty?s Royal Dockyard at Chatham, England. The ship, the 400 ton REVENGE, carried 46 guns and was the first of the new race-built galleons. As ships go, she wasn't very big (hardly the size of a modern day fast torpedo boat) but she would revolutionize 16th century naval warfare. Narrower than her predecessors, with the towering poop and foc'sle of the older galleons cut down, the ship was fast and highly maneuverable - in fact for her size she quickly outclassed the lumbering galleons that had come before. The ship's cost was a paltry ?4,000 pounds - a fantastic sum in those far off days but hardly amounting to anything at all in today's dollars ( a mere $5,800 US ). The experiment proved so fast and weatherly, that all the following Royal Ships were built along her lines. And her builder, Master Shipright Matthew Baker, a man of uncommon ability who, unlike most of his contemporaries, was also a skilled draftsman - in an era when most ships were built by eye and the skill of the builder and drawings of ships were mostly fanciful or at best rudimentary.

In 1588, Revenge was Sir Francis Drake's flagship during the battles with the Spanish Armada but the ship's claim to fame rests with the action at the Azores in 1591. Part of a small English fleet lying in wait off the islands for the returning Spanish Treasure fleet from the New World, Revenge was separated from the remainder of the fleet when her commander, Sir Richard Grenville, paused to embark his fever-stricken men who were resting on shore. Even then, cut off as he was, he might have got away, but he chose instead to stand and fight.

Out-gunned, out-fought, and out-numbered 53 to 1, the ship and her crew battled on though the night and into the next day. Ship after ship came alongside and tried to board but were beaten back with savage gunnery. Two of the Spanish ships were sunk, and the Revenge, battered and broken, with half the crew dead, staggered on. Fighting still. Finally, a desperate Sir Richard, gravely wounded himself, ordered the ship blown up. But saner heads prevailed and the ship, on assurances of good treatment, was surrendered to the Spanish - the only English ship so lost during the Elizabethan wars.

So, Revenge became a Spanish ship and the surviving crew were taken off and well tended on the Spanish ships where Sir Richard died several days later. The ship, however, lived up to her name. For she never reached port. Instead she was cast up against a cliff in a vicious gale with only the 200 man Spanish prize crew on board, where she foundered with all hands.

Regards Eddie.

Nice,

Info and pics of the real I-53 here, together with the Kaiten crew members of group "Kongo":

http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~k_yasuto/kaiten/top.htm

Regards Eddie.

Only guessing, but it looks like an observer's badge.

Spot on Paul,

Iraqi Air Force Observer wings.

Regards Eddie

The U.S M1A1 and M1A2 SEP Abrams Tank is the best tank:

Lorenzo

How did I guess

Did you see this thread Lorenzo?

http://gmic.co.uk/index.php?showtopic=1823...ne+Eh+M1+Abrams

A very fine tank indeed, without a doubt. In fact excellent and what's more important, battle proven.

For me It would be the Chally II though. Just my opinion of course.

I think, as it stands, in both Gulf conflicts 100+ Abrams have been lost and 1 Chally in the friendly fire incident + 2 damaged. This isn't really a true ratio of losses due to the greater number of M1's in active combat service.

It has to be said that many Abrams losses were not due to enemy fire though.

As for the Leclerc and Leo II, until the tanks, and just as important the crews are battle proven it's a no contest.

Bob stated ages ago "A war is a poor place to test a tank. The capabilities had best be understood and integrated well before the vehicle and its crew are placed in harm's way".

I would say the capabilites of the tank are always known, that of the crew are not.

Regards Eddie.

U.S Scouts use the Bradley and the M1114 and now the new MRAP:

Thank you

Lorenzo

We as a Recce regiment used the Scorpion and Scimitar even when I was serving (late 70's), the Saracens and Ferrets were used by Assault troop only.

Ferret Mk 5's were used in the Guided Missile troop with Swingfire ATGM's.

Regards Eddie.

I wish I could drive one: U.S Scouts use the Bradley and the M1114 and now the new MRAP:

Thank you

Lorenzo

Wouldn't take 10 minutes to learn Lorenzo, very easy, as were the Saracen, Stalwart( ) and probably the Saladin which was before my time thank gawd

432's, CVR (T) & (W) Fox all very easy to learn.

The FV 432 has been upgraded again. The uparmoured and upgraded version is now know as the "Bulldog"

Shown in action below.

Regards Eddie

So these guy's were the equivalent to the SS in Germany?

At least part of the organisation bears a resemblance.

Composed of young soldiers recruited from regions loyal to Saddam. The unit reported directly to the Presidential Palace, rather than through the army command, and was responsible for patrol and anti-smuggling duties.

The Fidayi Saddam included a special unit known as the "Death squadron", whose masked members performed certain executions, including in victims' homes. The Fidayi operated completely outside the law, above and outside political and legal structures.

Some new items in today.

General Pierre Decouz(1775-1814)

He was with Marshal Lannes in Egypt and would be killed at Brienne. I'm still lokking for more info on him.

Capitaine sur le champ de bataille des Pyramides, il fut chef de bataillon au si?ge de Saint-Jean-d'Acre.

Lannes en fit son aide-de-camp et lui confia une mission importante pour- le pacha de Syrie qui lui valut le grade d'adjudant-commandant. A son retour d'Egypte, il fut nomm? chef d'?tat-major de la 7e division militaire.

Very nice Barry!

More info on Decouz here:

http://www.appl-lachaise.net/appl/article....?id_article=821

http://users.skynet.be/Empire/ACMN/Decouz.htm

Including photos of his grave.

Regards Eddie

:speechless1: I took my driving test on one of those, now I feel older than old

Never mind . Nice pics BTW.

Regards Eddie.

Hi Simon,

ok here is the next question.

What ship was so revoulutionary?

She was narrower than her predecessors, fast and highly maneuverable. She cost only ?4,000 pounds. The experiment proved so fast and weatherly, that all the following Royal Ships were built along her lines.

Regards Eddie

Can anybody tell me why the Royal Navy is sometimes, and still referred to as the "Andrew" Hint: A couple of possible answers!

The "Andrew"

The origin of this Royal Navy nickname is obscure; some sources, including the Admiralty Manual of Seamanship, say that it derives from one Andrew Miller (Press-gang), a zealous officer of the Impress Service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, who 'recruited' so many men to His Majesty's ships that the navy was said to belong to him.

Earlier (19th century) sources variously suggest that Andrew was a slang name for a man o' war, that Andrew Miller was a supplier of provisions to the Royal Navy, with such an apparent monopoly that he was said to own the Navy, or that the Press Service officer was named Andrew Walker.

The most reliable list of Royal Navy officers does not mention either an Andrew Miller or an Andrew Walker.

There is no absolutely conclusive answer to the derivation of the nickname.

Regards Eddie.

HELLO EDDIE,

THE MEDAL IN VF CONDITION,BUT THE 1901/2 CLASPS WERE WIRED ONTO THE STATE BARS THE ASKING PRICE WAS ?125 AND BECAUSE I HAVE PURCHASED MEDALS REGULARLY FROM THIS PERSON I WAS ALLOWED TO TAKE IT UNTILL I COULD CONFIRM THE BARS BEFORE PAYING.SORRY TO TAKE UP SO MUCH OF YOUR TIME BUT I AM VERY GRATEFUL.

REGARDS DAVID

Hi David,

I think Micheal has answered your query about the wired date clasps already.

If you need more info on Trooper Looker maybe the National Archives can help further. I've included a link below just in case you are not sure of the site address.

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/militar.../army/step4.htm

Regards Eddie

David,

Do you have reason to believe they do not belong on the Medal? It seems to be a normal selection of clasps.

Cape Colony

State

Type

Clasp

11/10/1899 - 31/05/1902

Not awarded if eligible for clasps for actions in Cape Colony or Natal

Orange Free State

State

Type

Clasp

28/02/1900 - 31/05/1902

Troops present within Orange River Colony and did not receive any other clasps for actions within the Orange River Colony.

South Africa 1901

Date

type

Clasp

1901

Troops not eligible for the King's South Africa medal, although they had served at the front during 1901

South Africa 1902

Date

Type

Clasp

1902

Troops not eligible for the King's South Africa medal, although they had served at the front during 1902

They were fighting in the areas denoted by the clasps.

The Date type clasp was issued for the KSA Medal to personnel who were serving in South Africa on or after 1 January 1901 and who would have completed at least 18 months' service prior to 1 June 1902.

Any service in South Africa during 1901 or 1902 that did not meet this criteria was recognised by the award of the appropriate date clasp to the Queen's South Africa Medal. This means he was not eligiable to recieve the KSA.

Regards Eddie.

Which bars does it have David?

Regards Eddie

Rhein/Ruhr badges came without sword.....um....I have one with 2 pairs of clasps "Grenzschutz 1919-20" and "Rhein/Rhur 1923-24". This example is came with a pair of swords. I think this pair of swards is due to the clasps "Grenzschutz 1919-20".

During finding the information for Schlageter Badge, I found one of the US dealers mentioned that Schlageter Badge is difficult to get one and much scarce nowaday. He/she say that he can easily find over 1000 EKII and hard to find 1 Schlageter Badge...is this possible and real?

Hello again Bryan,

As I understand the text, there could be two versions of the Rhein/Ruhr badges.

One has the swords:= For combat

One hasn't: = non-combat

Regards Eddie.