tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502298319772392881.post4848320367864686300..comments2024-03-28T07:22:55.579+00:00Comments on Geordie's Big Battles: The Xmas Plastic Parade #1: Airfix Churchill TankGeordie an Exiled FoGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01002743056274635657noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502298319772392881.post-50280303509351902242014-01-09T23:49:27.362+00:002014-01-09T23:49:27.362+00:00In some ways it's a terrible shame that the qu...In some ways it's a terrible shame that the quirks of logistical management forced them to drill out the 6pdrs to take the American 75mm ammo just so "tank ammo" was standardised. Doubly so when you realise the 6pdr was in service with the yanks as the 57mm AT gun anyway....Arquinsielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16290858295232803685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502298319772392881.post-52078580985595998482014-01-09T21:55:09.855+00:002014-01-09T21:55:09.855+00:00Thanks Paul/Duc4 days in and my body is "kick...Thanks Paul/Duc4 days in and my body is "kicking my ass" with the caffeine withdrawal. The headache phase is just leaving me and I am now getting onto the flu-like muscle ache, if truth be told the Churchill was done with caffeine and Jack Daniels and coke to hand ;)<br /><br />Renko/Paul:<br />Re: Churchill stands per Command Decision, each stand 3-5 tanks, the Churchill Sabre squadrons had 15 (5 troops x 3 tanks) so it could fall either way. In the field probably a complement of three is correct<br /><br />Renko: <br />I take your point re: Churchill Mk V's, but note those 6 pdr guns with ATDS rounds were packing a better panzer killing punch than the 75mm armed tanks <br /><br /><br />Geordie an Exiled FoGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01002743056274635657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502298319772392881.post-55395955403222381682014-01-09T16:28:46.343+00:002014-01-09T16:28:46.343+00:003 Tanks per troop - have a look here:
http://www...3 Tanks per troop - have a look here:<br /><br />http://www.royaltankregiment.com/9_RTR/appendices/Appx%206%209RTR%20Organization.htm<br /><br />I would add I dont think they would all be Mk VII unless very late in the war <br />Renkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01004520731687767415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502298319772392881.post-35285519889949916622014-01-08T23:05:24.725+00:002014-01-08T23:05:24.725+00:00Resist...you must resist.
Actually, I agree with ...Resist...you must resist.<br /><br />Actually, I agree with Paul...it's going to be difficult to stay off coffee with an airfix kit!<br /><br />I read somewhere that the Churchill was built at Harland & Wolff in Belfast ...and my father remembers a place in the yard called the 'tank shop'. Of course they might have found it easier to build the real thing without a cup of Java.Duc de Gobinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10668407600014604176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6502298319772392881.post-47120134262856108962014-01-08T20:01:13.780+00:002014-01-08T20:01:13.780+00:00No caffeine and Airfix Churchills...This will all ...No caffeine and Airfix Churchills...This will all end in tears.<br /><br />3 Tanks per Company is my suggestion. 4 sounds rather excessive!Paul Fosterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14624335534094164830noreply@blogger.com