haha...be proud of yourself, T.A, you've left us all in your dust. Somebody call Martin, we need his help...
Alright, I'll relent and ask something on, like, German stuff next. Give me a few hours to dig up something good though. The answers are: Mk 37: 7 men. Range taker, rangefinder operator, illumination control officer (radar), talker, control officer, pointer and, trainer. The gun mount was the infamous 40mm twin Bofors 'Hazemeyer' (aka the "Hasslemeer" as its maintenance men typically called it....eg "Auch, I see tha Hasslemeer she be eel again!"). This was developed into the STAAG (Stabilized Tachymetric Anti-Aircraft Gun) on the British Battle class destroyers. 17 tons to get two 40mm guns in action....This mount was often refered to derisively as the "Antlered beast" for its propensity to break down and the maintenance it required. The Hazemeyer was developed in the Netherlands in 1939 - 40 by Dutch Philips company scientists von Weller and Staal who smuggled out the prototype and plans on 14 May during the invasion of Holland in 1940. A working example was on the HNMS Isaac Sweers at the time.
Possible, but I'm not so sure. This is from 'Flying Guns: the Modern Era' (due out next year): "At that time Germany was well in advance. Flettner actually achieved the helicopter's first quantity production order, from the Kriegsmarine in 1940, for the Fl 265, which had two intermeshing rotors. This was succeeded by the two-seat Fl 282 Kolibri (humming bird), which was used operationally in the Second World War, both for general liaison purposes and from various ships, including cruisers and merchant vessels, for scouting and anti-submarine reconnaissance in the North, Baltic, Aegean and Mediterranean Seas." Tony Williams: Military gun and ammunition website and discussion forum
Sorry about leaving a word out, Tony. Iwas kind of excited to find what I had been looking for for about 2 hours (look what you've done to me, T.A! haha ) Anyway, the question was phrased like this: I meant to say the first British helicopter flight and landing at sea. Whether this was the absolute first or not is open to discussion, just not in the weapons quiz.
You are close on the vehicle and, the difference is subtile and has to do with the function of what a Befelspanzer does.
The 267 was equipped with a radio unit FuG 8, and 268 with a FuG 7 (ironical )- the latter for ground to air transmission.
Very good Knightmove. The tank was the Panther not the Tiger for those particular Sdkfz numbers though. But, that does answer the question. Your turn.
Thanks T.A. But according to my sources, the numbers were the same for any kind of chassis for this purpose. Can you confirm/refute this? New question... identify this type of aircraft:
Oh - I only had a go because I knew that one.... OK, here's something easy - an Army Captain named C. Aubrey Smith had a significant impact on the Battle Of Britain. What did he do ?
This is not easy at all... for now, I do not have a reasonable answer, even though I have quite some traces.
I didn't find any other C Aubrey Smith than the actor, but I could not find any trace yet that he had any significant impact on the Battle of Britain, neither the battle itself, nor a movie about it. Neither did I find him to act in any movie that might have had a 'significant' impact on British propaganda, or maybe an early "Top Gun" that made more youngsters join the RAF... He was knighted for his services to Anglo-American friendship - that's all atm, but not really a significant impact...
Ah yes... I don't know yet why you pose this question in the Weapons Quiz. If this is any other C Aubrey Smith who invented, improved ot introduced a new weapon, well... I have not found a trace yet.
