Free Military Quiz II

Sorry, No.

Fokker did invent the system for intercepting gear that made bullets go through without hitting the blades.

The two gentlemen I´m looking for are French.

 

Well, one of them is certainly Roland Garros but I'm lost as to the other one. Raymond Saulnier ?

And I can't think what 'Grand Slam' has got to do with it - Bielefeld, Arnsberg, Arbergen, Nienburg, Bremen, Farge, Finkenwerder or Heligoland ??

'Farge' sounds French - let's go for that !

 

Yes, Martin, you got it right!

http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/FWWgarros.htm

Garros realised that he would have more success in dogfights if he could find a way of firing a machine-gun through the propeller. Working with Raymond Saulnier, a French aircraft manufacturer, Garros, added deflector plates to the blades of the propeller of his Morane-Saulnier. These small wedges of toughened steel diverted the passage of those bullets which struck the blades.

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Sorry for using the term wrongly as Grand Slam in Tennis means winning the 4 tournaments in the same year...

But anyway Roland Garros:

The French open is played in Roland Garros...

 

Kai, you should know that to me 'Grand Slam' means only one thing !

OK, a non-WWII question - hmmmmm.....

Which early 'machine gun' is notorious for being designed to fire round bullets at Christians and square bullets at non-Christians....?

 

James Puckle (c. 1667-1724)

 

Well, that soon ended my 15 minutes of fame in the non-WWII quiz !
Over to you, Carl G E v M ....

 

Name the two men that commanded the Nordic Army at the Battle of Stamford Bridge.


Why was one of them important to Saxon king Harold?


CvM

 

Harald Hardrada and Earl Tostig

Tostig was Harolds Brother

 

Nice!

I figure it would either be a Brit or a scandanavian that got that answer.


Over to you KmPok.

 

Thanks CvM.

(Still trying to figure out Martin question about the 'Machine Gun')

I'm going to take us back a little bit.

BRITANNICUS was named for his fathers conquest of the British Isles.

GERMANICUS was named for 'HIS' fathers efforts in central europe.

Name their common ancestors (Male and female please)

 

Britannicus


(Claudius Tiberius Germanicus Britannicus) (brtn´ks) (KEY) , A.D. 41?–A.D. 55, Roman prince, son of Claudius I and Messalina, so called in honor of Claudius’ conquests in Britain. After Claudius’ marriage to Agrippina the Younger, mother of Nero, Britannicus was passed over as heir in favor of Nero. He was poisoned after Nero’s accession. His death is the subject of Racine’s drama Britannicus.


Germanicus Caesar


(jrmn´ks) (KEY) , 15 B.C.–A.D. 19, Roman general, son of Drusus Senior. He was adopted (A.D. 4) by his uncle Emperor Tiberius. Germanicus fought (A.D. 8) in Pannonia and Dalmatia and in A.D. 14, when he was commander in Germany, put down the mutiny of the Roman legions after the death of Augustus. He took advantage (A.D. 15) of an opportunity to attack Arminius, and though not at first successful he eventually defeated the German leader. In A.D. 16 he attacked and defeated the Germans at the Weser River. Tiberius recalled Germanicus and sent him to the East, where he reduced (A.D. 18) Cappadocia and Commagene to the status of provinces. After a visit to Egypt, Germanicus died suddenly, supposedly of poison at the hand of Cneius Calpurnius Piso, governor of Syria. Germanicus was the brother of the Emperor Claudius I and the father of the Emperor Caligula and Agrippina II by his wife Agrippina I.


Common ancestors:
Nero Drusus (Tiberius' brother) and of Antonia the younger

 

I'm going to have to find a question that stands for more than 15 minutes.

Over to you CvM

 

Perhaps you should look at my interests in my profile

be back with a question shortly.

 

-Which Carthiginian Commander was left in command in Iberia when Hannibal Crossed the alps

-When he attempted to link up with Hannibal, he got killed: Where and When?


HINT: Hannibal was his brother

 

Martin, I too am trying to figure out the machine gun round bullets and square bullets, christian, non christian item........ How about a brief explaination or clue

 

The Puckle Gun is a weapon with two distinctions. It was not only the first machine gun (1722) but also the weirdest. It could fire two types of bullets. When semi-enemies (such as Christians) were to be shot, round bullets were used, but if the enemy was truly hated (such as Muslims), the more destructive square bullets were used.


this might help:

http://www.ccrkba.org/pub/rkba/news/PuckleGun.htm

 

Thanks for the information GE !! It is interesting that the English military did not purchase the weapon. It sounded good in the report to me.

 

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