Mike Anton

TVM. Of the 4 Div/Rgmt/Bde WDs I have, only one has any detail on kit. And that wasn't a lot......

Have fun with the move 👍

@uk-tank-markings.co.uk Graham I don't suppose you have any Orbat charts for home forces tank units in 1940?

I'm geolocating units in SE England and let's just say the War Diaries I have are'thin' on info

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Yeah I'd go with aperture as well. With my limited knowledge of large(r) format cameras they have smaller/slower apertures.

And yes this is yet another subject I need to learn about.

Thanks Nick, please see my belated reply to Ian

Ian, apologies for the late reply. I know some of these cameras were absolute units (🫡 @themerl.bsky.social 😉) but was that the length of the lens or width of the front element (aperture)?🤷‍♂️

Burgger, I was hoping you'd know 😃

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A slightly late post to say I attended @1940andy.bsky.social's fascinating talk on SS Barn Hill last week.

And in my usual fashion of going off at tangents, I'm trying to resist the urge to start researching wartime convoys @nickhewitt4.bsky.social

Mar, I've never worked out what the 'f14' on these APs means. Aperture, camera focal length or? 🤔🤷‍♂️

Arundel castle sitting on a ridge line on the horizon. (Will need to zoom)

This is Arundel Castle to the south, which I couldn't get in the wide shot

A chalk track heading down a steep hill. In the distance the green valley of the River Arun in Sussex can be seen

My office view for today #Trailwalker #Gurkhas @southdownsnp.bsky.social

It's a fantastic location but this is the backlit view I will be shooting 🫤

My 'office' for the next hour of so shooting the Arundel 10k

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Loving the general chat on all this and the 'what if' aspect, semi ignoring the fact we're talking about a 80ish year old design

(The B52 does NOT need to enter this chat) 😄

Hadn't realised these had been exported (to the Kriegsmarine???)

I believe there's a capability gap with airborne radar and the British carriers. Could a Gannet take off from them without a catapult?

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I'm assuming that was a recoilless piece, as the stability looks err, interesting

I do have some war diary refs to dealing with these 'coastal crust' roads, a key point being stopping civilians using them, to allow home forces to quickly move if invasion forces landed.

The modern version;

Get stuffed at the traffic at the A27/22 interchange at Polegate.
Crawl along the 22 mile s/c section after Hailsham
Completely loose the will to live negotiating East Grinstead
Loose your forces at the traffic jam that is the A22/A264 junction at Felbridge
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🤣👍 A real Kobayashi Maru Test.

Might have been a bit before @ckolonko.bsky.social's time to plot the British defences along that bit of coast

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I've walked up there a few times and it's pretty steep, especially up the northern escarpment. Not sure I've have been up for a 2 mile wander from Hassocks stn for a party😆

Yeah I thought it was only a year or 2 ago (waves hands vaguely)

Back in 2019 I did some ultra hi res panoramic images up there - www.flickr.com/photos/m1ke_...

You did a Webinar on the this a while ago and IIRC you said then the results hadn't been published.

So that must mean the lecture was 2020 or 21?! 😲

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Snip of a water coloured map showing part of the Manor of Pangdean on the Sussex Downs north of Brighton. Held at the National Archives ref MPII 1/77/2

#HillfortsWednesday. Snip of a 1837 Manor map showing Wolsonbury Hill north of Brighton, Sussex.

Apparently it had a Roman Encampment? 🤔@durotrigesdig.bsky.social @romanpalace.bsky.social @mattpope.bsky.social