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  1. Kai-Petri

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    1st US Infantry, the 173rd US Airborne Brigade, and the Royal Australian regiment in January 1966 in Ho Bo woods north of Cu Chi in order to to find the political and military nerve center of the Vietcong’s 4th Military Region.

    The men entered the underground tunnel system and were thus named the "Tunnel rats"...

    http://militaryhistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa092701a.htm

    :eek:
     
    Kai-Petri, Oct 17, 2003
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  2. Monty Cassino

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    That's it Kai!! :D :D You are next up to bat.
     
    Monty Cassino, Oct 18, 2003
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  3. Kai-Petri

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    On September 6, 1914. the military governor of Paris, General Joseph-Simon Gallieni, sought to extricate from France's choked rail system the Army's 7th Division.

    There was a shortage of army motor vehicles and drivers,

    So what was the answer to the problem?! What did he do? Easy I say...
     
    Kai-Petri, Oct 19, 2003
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  4. KnightMove

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    "... the German forces were close to achieving a breakthrough against Maunoury's beleaguered forces between 6-8 September, and were only saved on 7 September by the aid of 6,000 French reserve infantry troops ferried from Paris in streams of taxi cabs, 600 in all."
    http://www.firstworldwar.com/battles/marne1.htm

    As I'm pretty sure this is the supposed answer (Kai, please correct me if I'm wrong), frech away the next (easy) question:

    Who was the first one to design a tank, including a turret with a gun and chain drive?

    [ 19. October 2003, 07:20 AM: Message edited by: KnightMove ]
     
    KnightMove, Oct 19, 2003
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  5. Friedrich

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    Kai, wouldn't it have been easier to ask: "when was the first motorised transport of troops in warfare?"

    OK. Next question. You're obviously refering to the Renault FT. And that tank was produced by the clever mind of général Jean Baptiste Estienne who later convinced général Henri Philippe Pétain that the Renault was the code for breaking the attrition war. Is that enough?
     
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  6. Friedrich

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    Friedrich, Oct 19, 2003
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  7. KnightMove

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    No, I meant a predecessor, whose tank was never realized.

    Ok, the word 'designed' is too ambiguous... he was the first one to create a concept for such a tank.
     
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  8. m kenny

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  9. KnightMove

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    He was probably the first predecessor, but his constructions had no turret and no chain drive. We're looking for someone in the 20th century.
     
    KnightMove, Oct 19, 2003
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  10. Carl G. E. von Mannerheim

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    Christie?
     
    Carl G. E. von Mannerheim, Oct 19, 2003
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  11. m kenny

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    Could be any one of a dozen 'mad inventors' around at that time. If by chain drive you mean tracks well the Pedrail machine fits does it not?
     
    m kenny, Oct 19, 2003
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  12. KnightMove

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    Indeed he was a 'mad inventor' at this time. He was the first one to mastermind a tank in its modern meaning: A motorized, full-armored vehicle with a pedrail device and a turret including a flexible, big-bore cannon.
     
    KnightMove, Oct 20, 2003
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  13. KnightMove

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    An model of his tank "in action":

    [​IMG]

    [ 20. October 2003, 11:55 AM: Message edited by: KnightMove ]
     
    KnightMove, Oct 20, 2003
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  14. Carl G. E. von Mannerheim

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    Burstyn?

    Austrian Gunther Burstyn

    wouldnt surprise me, you are Austrian arent you? ;)
     
    Carl G. E. von Mannerheim, Oct 20, 2003
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  15. KnightMove

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    Yes. Günther von Burstyn designed a tank, but he didn't succeed with his idea. It was rejected in Vienna as in Berlin. Even though his construction would have been more modern and forward-looking than all constructions of WWI, he is almost forgotten today - to a degree that there is no good webpage in English to describe his tank.

    http://www.achtungpanzer.com/1stpzs.htm (only a short mention with a sketch)

    German pages:
    http://themodeller.toegels.at/kuk/burstyn.htm
    http://www.derkampfpanzer.de/antike2.htm

    We have a winner - your turn, Mannerheim! [​IMG]
     
    KnightMove, Oct 20, 2003
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  16. Carl G. E. von Mannerheim

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    Thanks, heres my question:


    Who commanded the Spartan Army at The battle of Leuctra (Leuktra) in 371 BC? And about how large was the Army he Commanded?


    CvM
     
    Carl G. E. von Mannerheim, Oct 20, 2003
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  17. Steve

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    Hi CVM, King Cleombrotus. His army was around 11,000 strong.
     
    Steve, Oct 20, 2003
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  18. KnightMove

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    KnightMove, Oct 20, 2003
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  19. Carl G. E. von Mannerheim

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    over to you steve,


    great info btw Knight
     
    Carl G. E. von Mannerheim, Oct 20, 2003
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  20. KnightMove

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    Well, it seems Steve is gone for a while... I pose a question in between, opening an alternative line. We can hand it back to Steve when he returns.

    Within 7 decades, there have been 3 wars which have been given the very same name. They had nothing to do with each other, and they were completely different, despite the fact that in all three of them not one single man died. The first of them was in the end perfectly irrelevant for history, the second had at least a minimal impact on the political world map, but the third was one of the major causes for a very drastic development that would change history forever...

    What was the name of these wars, what have they been (each), when, and between whom?
     
    KnightMove, Oct 24, 2003
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