Identifying Army matériel

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  1. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    spidge. I'll give it to you.
    Tommy Cooker.
    How'd that work then? Tin of sand/earth & petrol? or what?
     
    von Poop, Sep 12, 2006
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  2. spidge

    spidge RAAF RESEARCHER

    spidge. I'll give it to you.
    Tommy Cooker.

    Couldn't think of the terminology however we used to take a similar apparatus when we went hiking and there were no open fires allowed.

    What was the fuel source for the Tommy Cooker?
     
    spidge, Sep 12, 2006
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  3. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    von Poop, Sep 12, 2006
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  4. Owen

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    Owen, Sep 12, 2006
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  5. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    How'd that work then? Tin of sand/earth & petrol? or what?

    BBC - WW2 People's War - Private Benstead , No 14312245

    As soon as I was in my trench, I decided I would make some tea. So I took out my Tommy Cooker, put it in the bottom of the trench, took out a cube and lit up, found a tea cube and put it in my mess tin. I was just about to mix the tea cube when ,all of a sudden, a shell fell short, up went the sand in my trench and knocked my Tommy cooker over- that was my tea gone!
     
    Owen, Sep 12, 2006
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  6. spidge

    spidge RAAF RESEARCHER

    Possibly like a white cube we used to use to start woodfire BBQ's
     
    spidge, Sep 12, 2006
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  7. Owen

    Owen -- --- -.. MOD

    Possibly like a white cube we used to used to start woodfire BBQ's
    yep, just like the hexy stove we used and British army still do.
    Made many a cuppa on these. Makes your mess tin go black though.
    [​IMG]
     
    Owen, Sep 12, 2006
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  8. spidge

    spidge RAAF RESEARCHER

    Any member welcome to ask the next one.
     
    spidge, Sep 12, 2006
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  9. Cpl Rootes

    Cpl Rootes Senior Member

    what was the
    Kramer X-7 Rotkäppchen
    Where was if from and what was it?
     
    Cpl Rootes, Sep 12, 2006
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  10. Gerry Chester

    Gerry Chester WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    A little easy for a tank wallah. Designed as an anti-craft rocket it was modified to become an anti-tank missile.
     
    Gerry Chester, Sep 12, 2006
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  11. spidge

    spidge RAAF RESEARCHER

    <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tbody><tr><td width="100%">The X-7 “Rotkäppchen” (“Little Red Riding Hood”)</td> <td nowrap="nowrap" valign="top">
    </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2">WW2 German prototype missile.
    </td></tr></tbody></table>
     
    spidge, Sep 12, 2006
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  12. Cpl Rootes

    Cpl Rootes Senior Member

    ok ok, i was bored thats all here is the definition:

    Kramer X-7 Rotkäppchen
    This was a wire-guided anti-tank missile. The X-7 had a short, fat body, large twin fins, and a trailing arm carrying the guidance wire spool. It had a 2.5kg shaped-charge warhead. Small numbers of pre-production missiles were used in combat. There was also a Steinbock version with IR homing guidance.
     
    Cpl Rootes, Sep 12, 2006
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  13. spidge

    spidge RAAF RESEARCHER

    You were before me Gerry. I am off to bed.
     
    spidge, Sep 12, 2006
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  14. Gerry Chester

    Gerry Chester WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Enjoy your sleep - after all what do they say comes before "beauty"?

    Here's a two part question. The Japanese paid the sum of 625,000 Reichmarks to the Germans for what? Did the Germas deliver?
     
    Gerry Chester, Sep 12, 2006
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  15. lancesergeant

    lancesergeant Senior Member

    Enjoy your sleep - after all what do they say comes before "beauty"?

    Here's a two part question. The Japanese paid the sum of 625,000 Reichmarks to the Germans for what? Did the Germas deliver?
    Could be wrong -but the shipment of uranium on the u-boat that left for Japan in the last days of the war. It was captured so that would make it a no.
     
    lancesergeant, Sep 12, 2006
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  16. Gerry Chester

    Gerry Chester WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Unless the sum paid for the uranium was the same the answer is incorrect.

    The great thing about these quizzes is there is always something new to learn about the greatest war in history - I was not aware of the u-boat/uranium shipment.

    Cheers, Gerry
     
    Gerry Chester, Sep 12, 2006
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  17. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    A Tiger tank?
    There's an excellent photo of some high ranking japanese officers with the ambassador in full number 1's and swords being shown around the factory.

    as for what they recieved?
    not much, If I recall the tank was never delivered, the Japanese 'loaned' it to the German war effort,

    cheers,
    Adam.
     
    von Poop, Sep 12, 2006
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  18. Gerry Chester

    Gerry Chester WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    100% Adam, congratulations. Yours to continue.

    Cheers, Gerry
     
    Gerry Chester, Sep 12, 2006
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  19. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

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  20. Cpl Rootes

    Cpl Rootes Senior Member

    its that knife thingy the Gurkhas used...
     
    Cpl Rootes, Sep 13, 2006
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