tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416401460350839678.post1818248987250761159..comments2023-09-30T06:53:32.666-07:00Comments on Wargames Obsession: Historical Photos of ANZAC weapons for painting referenceHerman van Kradenburghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02436600778513944817noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416401460350839678.post-56101858088020221722015-03-30T21:44:30.367-07:002015-03-30T21:44:30.367-07:00It's been a huge learning curve for me too, Ro...It's been a huge learning curve for me too, Roly. Having grown up with the Boer war (relatively speaking) fresh in the national memory in S.Africa, I was all to familiar with tales of the Lee Metford, The Martini-Henri and the Mauser. The .303 Lee Enfield (1940s and later) versions became available as military surplus in the 1970s and 80s, and one of my friends bought one in the late 1980s, still packed in grease, in its original shipping crate. As to the WW1 versions: I found it interesting to read the history of the volley fire sight (British Military thinking still in keeping with the techniques used with single shot arms) eventually being dropped as the war progressed.Herman van Kradenburghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02436600778513944817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2416401460350839678.post-15880730126807938882015-03-30T10:11:13.207-07:002015-03-30T10:11:13.207-07:00Excellent post! Very useful info. Before this pr...Excellent post! Very useful info. Before this project, I had no knowledge at all of what 20th century weapons looked like, being a totally horse and musket man.Roly / Arteishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16502700955502462973noreply@blogger.com