Friday, 21 September 2018

A "Battle Of Machines" - Longer Version. (1930)

Saw this on Facebook today "Salisbury Plain. A 'Battle of Machines' is the feature of this year's Army manoeuvres - when 'Southland's' army of 150 tanks and 15 armoured cars invade 'Northland' with its 50 tanks, 35 armoured cars and 2,000 cavalry!" Sounds an interesting scenario for a game...
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  1. KEV. Robertson.21 September 2018 at 15:03

    Amazing footage of a by-gone era...fascinating. How small are those little tracked vehicles for towing cannons. Thanks for posting.

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    1. tradgardmastare23 September 2018 at 10:55

      They look tiny to me, quite Heath Robinson esque!

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  2. A J21 September 2018 at 19:11

    Fascinating stuff. Cavalry, tanks, tracked artillery tows, officers pointing at maps (and sometimes they're even the right way up!). A real VBCW vibe to it. Thanks for sharing.

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    1. tradgardmastare23 September 2018 at 10:56

      Saw it on Facebook and thought others would appreciate it.

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  3. Jim Duncan Wargamer21 September 2018 at 19:40

    Marvellous.

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  4. Mark, Man of TIN22 September 2018 at 08:32

    Alan interesting film did you see Tim Gow's 1:72 tank into 54mm tankette? Could be helpful to your grid game plans. http://megablitzandmore.blogspot.com/2018/09/tankette-mki.html

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    1. tradgardmastare23 September 2018 at 10:58

      I did but thanks for telling me. Tim and the FLW guys are very creative indeed.I might give it a go for these tiny artillery thingybobs...

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