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panzergator · Post by **panzergator** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 6:58 am

Cav Dog's cavalry mission question is still to be completely answered.

French squadron question?

Another question... What was TRICAP?

Cav Dog · Post by **Cav Dog** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 9:48 pm

Still looking for the fourth type of security mission.

New questions - what are the three types of reconnaissance missions, what differentiates them and a bonus question, which one can air cavalry not adequately perform without ground units?

Donald M. Scheef · Post by **Donald M. Scheef** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 10:01 pm

This thread has had questions about USS Langley, which was converted from a collier. Can anyone explain why the aircraft carriers USS Sable and USS Wolverine were unique. There are several answers to this question.

Don S.

redleg · Post by **redleg** » Tue Apr 21, 2020 11:56 pm

I will attempt to answer a few of the unanswered questions:

Recon missions are route, zone, and area. Aviation can perform zone and area, but they are unable to perform route recon.

A french squadron has 13 tanks and no organic mech infantry (4 platoons of 3 tanks each, plus 1 in the HQ).

A Tricap is that funny 3-cornered hat that was worn during the 18th century. Just kidding - sounds like some kind of camouflage pattern to me!

I've never heard of the USS Sable or US Wolverine. I will need to do some research!

panzergator · Post by **panzergator** » Wed Apr 22, 2020 12:25 am

Donald, good question!. Those carriers were unique, plying the Great Lakes training carrier pilots during WWII. They were paddlewheeled, too!

panzergator · Post by **panzergator** » Wed Apr 22, 2020 12:28 am

Redleg,

Yes on the French.

No on the TRICAP. You are thinking of "tricorn," the three-cornered chapeau popular during the 1700s.

Donald M. Scheef · Post by **Donald M. Scheef** » Wed Apr 22, 2020 11:12 pm

Here is another question that involves naval affairs.
What is the sequence of connections between the 19th century French politician Leon Gambetta and Mary Poppins? There are between five to eight steps, depending on how detailed you get.

Don S.

panzergator · Post by **panzergator** » Thu Apr 23, 2020 12:27 am

Leon Gambetta was a popular Nineteenth Century French politician, known for keeping a mistress with whom he was very much in love. She refused to marry him for fear it would destroy his reputation. He died of an accident. France named a battleship after him, the "Leon Gambetta."

In 1914, after the outbreak of hostilities, this battleship was patrolling the Mediterranean. George Von Trapp, of Sound of Music fame, commanding a submarine for Austria, came across the Gambetta, fired a torpedo, sinking the battleship within nine minutes. Julie Andrews starred in a movie as the nanny who became Von Trapp's wife, escaping with the family from Austria as it was being consumed by the Third Reich. Julie Andrews also starred as a nanny in the movie, "Mary Poppins."

mike robel · Post by **mike robel** » Thu Apr 23, 2020 2:52 am

If I could reliably post photos here, I would post photos of vehicles (or parts of them) for Identification. They could be of actual tanks, various models, or GHQ vehicles/planes.

Might be more interesting than just various military trivia.

Perhaps someone with better luck posting photos than Jim (PG) or I could have a go?

panzergator · Post by **panzergator** » Thu Apr 23, 2020 3:12 am

Oh, c'mon, Mike. You're just sore cuz you didn't get the Gambetta question.

chrisswim · Post by **chrisswim** » Thu Apr 23, 2020 4:54 am

I read about Gametta. Did not know about the warship sunk by von Trapp.
My grandfather knew von Trapp in Austria and later here in the US.

mike robel · Post by **mike robel** » Thu Apr 23, 2020 6:37 am

All I heard on the Gambeta questions was my gunner saying "Cannot Identify"

panzergator · Post by **panzergator** » Thu Apr 23, 2020 6:41 am

Time to work on your target acquisition, Mike. And slap your gunner up side his head.

Go back and finish up Cav Dogs unfinished question.

chrisswim · Post by **chrisswim** » Thu Apr 23, 2020 7:43 am

Question
4-22 #1
What is this? What is the caliber?
When did it serve for the US?
Name 3 other countries that used this?

4-22 #2

What is this vehicle? Is it armed, what with? Name 3 countries that used this?

panzergator · Post by **panzergator** » Thu Apr 23, 2020 8:10 am

The M110A2 was in service with the US Army from 1977, when the longer barrel was installed on M110A1, until 1994. It is an 8inch howitzer. It was usually assigned to general support, employed in a 2-battery battalion as part of division artillery. It served with the United States, Great Britain, Israel, and Iran.

The second pic is the starboard quarter view of AMX30.