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 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: June 3rd, 2024, 3:36 am 

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Battle Of Ahvaz As British troops secured Abadan and Khorramshahr, the Iranian army and naval troops pulled back to form a defence at Ahvaz. With the loss of their command staff though, the Iranians were leaderless in the field, and the retreating soldiers fell into the Iranian tankers as they were...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: FD scale Vehicles 13

Sheepster
 Post subject: Re: FD scale Vehicles 13 Posted: May 31st, 2024, 1:29 pm 

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Vickers Light Tank Mk.VI in German service In the aftermath of the evacuation of the BEF, the British army left almost all of its equipment behind in France. The tank crews did their best to permanently disable their vehicles, but the Germans were able to resurrect some. https://i.imgur.com/MJTErlB...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: FD scale Vehicles 13

Sheepster
 Post subject: Re: FD scale Vehicles 13 Posted: May 30th, 2024, 1:45 pm 

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Vickers Light Tank Mk.VI Suprisingly overlooked, the Light Tank Mk.VI was the most numerous British tank type at the beginning of WWII. https://i.imgur.com/WEeau8E.png The Mk.VI was the ultimate model of Vickers interwar light tank family, being an updated version of the previous Mk.IV. Production ...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: May 29th, 2024, 2:03 pm 

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Advance On The Zagros Mountains The 14th/20th Hussars were the first tank unit to have arrived in Iraq from India. They had disembarked in Basrah before the fall of the Golden Circle, and had been rushed from Basrah to Baghdad. Arriving too late for the battle that never happened, they had lost the...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: May 28th, 2024, 3:11 pm 

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Tehran News of the naval battle on the Shatt al-Arab was slow to get to the Shah. Initial reports had come through in the late afternoon of 6th September, but the Shah was not advised until after he had completed dining in the evening. When told of the unfolding disaster in southeastern Iran the Sh...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: FD scale Vehicles 13

Sheepster
 Post subject: Re: FD scale Vehicles 13 Posted: April 4th, 2024, 5:06 am 

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ACV India pattern Mk.II With the inability of Britain to supply Commonwealth forces with armoured vehicles early in WWII, India started production of amoured cars based on imported chassis. https://i.imgur.com/inWgRvj.png The initial Armoured Carrier, Wheeled, India pattern Mk.I was based on a Ford...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: April 3rd, 2024, 4:37 am 

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British Assault Britain had hoped that the Shah would put down the militant threat to vital British oil interests. Failing that British troops would assist their Iranian brothers-in-arms. Only as a last resort would the army be sent in through Iranian military resistance to achieve that goal. Reali...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: FD scale Vehicles 13

Sheepster
 Post subject: Re: FD scale Vehicles 13 Posted: April 2nd, 2024, 5:51 am 

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Citroën Kégresse vehicles In the 1920's and 1930's Citroën produced half-track versions of their standard wheeled vehicles. https://i.imgur.com/TO8IGzK.png Frenchman Adolphe Kégresse, personal chauffeur to Tsar Nicolas II, designed a vehicle track system in Russia in the early 1900's. Rather than t...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: March 31st, 2024, 4:05 am 

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Imperial Iran During the Russian Civil War Britain had tried to use Persia as a step-off point for an attack on the Bolsheviks. In response the Bolsheviks had made inroads into northwestern Persia, leading to the creation of the breakaway Persian Socialist Soviet Republic. Led by a weak Shah, imper...

 Forum: FD Scale Drawings  Topic: Manchester AU

Sheepster
[ Jump to post ] Posted: March 28th, 2024, 12:31 am 

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British Response With the Iranian conflict having entered the refinery, British forces were immediately forced into action to secure this the most import facility in the whole of Iran, before any significant damage could be caused. The Fairey Swordfish from HMS Hermes had been in action throughout ...
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