Who / What / Where Game

[Jimbuna]

Fender?

[u crank]

There are many Fender guitar models. Need specific type please.:D

[Eichhörnchen]

'Stratocaster'?

[Jimbuna]

Telecaster?

[u crank]

'Stratocaster'?

Wrong 'caster'. :O:

Telecaster?

Jim's got it.

http://i.imgur.com/kuXgx2g.jpg

Over to you Mate. :salute:

[Jimbuna]

What is this?

http://i.imgur.com/mFxSkCm.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

An AFV turret?

[Jimbuna]

Aye

[Eichhörnchen]

British?

[Jimbuna]

Afraid not.

[Eichhörnchen]

American?

[Jimbuna]

Nope, your headed in the wrong direction.

[Eichhörnchen]

Is it WW2?

[Jimbuna]

Nope

[Aktungbby]

Finnish Patria?

[Jimbuna]

Nope not Finnish

[Eichhörnchen]

Modern?

[Jimbuna]

Yep

[Eichhörnchen]

French?

[Jimbuna]

No, that was my previous AFV, this one is from another country and it is in frontline service.

[Aktungbby]

isreali?

[Jimbuna]

No but you're getting a tad warm.

[troopie]

I think you derailed the thread Jim, I thought Tarjak was 'sposed to do that! Too hard!

'scuse me me for butting in guys but someone's gotta put you'se outta your misery.

It's a close-up of a ZTZ99. Chinese main battle tank. Lucky I'm OCD eh! :O:

[Aktungbby]

but is it a 99G or 99A2? I'm still not seeing it! Been driving me nuts since I became a 'tad warm.' http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/china/images/type-99-a2-image01.jpg http://tanknutdave.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Type-99A2-Workbook-Wrong-Tank-1-1024x536.jpg

[Jimbuna]

I think you derailed the thread Jim, I thought Tarjak was 'sposed to do that! Too hard!

'scuse me me for butting in guys but someone's gotta put you'se outta your misery.

It's a close-up of a ZTZ99. Chinese main battle tank. Lucky I'm OCD eh! :O:

Right on the money :yeah:

http://i.imgur.com/Ie8rJ22.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/DQbxLpJ.jpg

[troopie]

I'll make it an easy one for youse:

Where did this happen? (name the geographical feature in the vicinity). :hmmm:

http://i1320.photobucket.com/albums/u532/Screenshots13/guess_zpsvsg345q4.jpg

[Jimbuna]

That would be the Dutch submarine, the 0-19 when she run aground on Ladd’s Reef in the South China Sea during early July 1945.

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

^ Just slightly OT I met a guy at work about a week ago who served on the U.S.S Cod (SS 224) which rescued the crew of the O-19 on the 9th and 10th of July in the only international submarine to submarine rescue in history.

[troopie]

You got it in one, Jim; nice work. :know: I think she was exercising 'freedom of navigation' at the time.' :D

Maybe I made that a little too easy?



^ Just slightly OT I met a guy at work about a week ago who served on the U.S.S Cod (SS 224) which rescued the crew of the O-19 on the 9th and 10th of July in the only international submarine to submarine rescue in history.


What a coincidence!

[Jimbuna]

What and where is this?

http://i.imgur.com/LdU1mmU.jpg

[Aktungbby]

is it in England, Great Britain or the United Kingdom? :O:

[Jimbuna]

Nope.

[Aktungbby]

Italy?

[Jimbuna]

Nope.

[u crank]

Let's try the shotgun. :D

Europe?

[Jimbuna]

Aye.

[Aktungbby]

east or west of the former iron curtain?:D

[Eichhörnchen]

France?

[Jimbuna]

east or west of the former iron curtain?:D

East

[Jimbuna]

France?

France is west :):)

[Aktungbby]

Turkey? (not Eichhörnchen-the country:O:)

[Jimbuna]

Getting warm.

[Aktungbby]

Roman architecture in the middle east?

[Jimbuna]

Not the middle east

[Catfish]

Greece?
I already thought it was somewhere on Santorini (because someone you know has been there recently), but the architecture does not fit :hmm2:

[Betonov]

You're right, doesnt fit Santorini.
Lets try another island.

Knossos, Crete

[Aktungbby]

Greece?
I already thought it was somewhere on Santorini (because someone you know has been there recently), but the architecture does not fit :hmm2:

You're right, doesnt fit Santorini.
Lets try another island.

Knossos, Crete
Those aren't east of the iron curtain.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Iron_Curtain_map.svg/220px-Iron_Curtain_map.svg.png (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Iron_Curtain_map.svg)

[Betonov]

Politically no
Geographically yes

[Jimbuna]

Not on an island.

[Catfish]

Not Delphi, does not seem to be a treasure house :hmmm:

[Betonov]

Thessaloniki

[Jimbuna]

Not Delphi, does not seem to be a treasure house :hmmm:

Thessaloniki

Nope but you are both getting warm.

[Aktungbby]

an Aegean island?

[Buddahaid]

Part of the Acropolis in Athens where the Caryatids are.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HqUnaRFOnz0/UbiR2jsz3lI/AAAAAAAAGLM/0j_cTfAuCCs/s1600/IMG_2602A.jpg

[Catfish]

^ That's it, cutout at the lower right...

Who drives a Spitty can never be completely wrong :up:

[Jimbuna]

Part of the Acropolis in Athens where the Caryatids are.


Rgr that, no need to post my picture now :)

Over to you :up:

[Buddahaid]

On a similar theme. What and where is this?
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd52/sirwinpb/SubSim/WWWG10.jpg (http://s225.photobucket.com/user/sirwinpb/media/SubSim/WWWG10.jpg.html)

[Aktungbby]

in the Mediterranean?

[Catfish]

Also assume it's mediterranean.
Don't think it's Santorini (my standard phrase :O:)

[Aktungbby]

looks Roman (small brick) in nature; Villa Jovis on Capri?

[Buddahaid]

On the Mediterranean, yes.

[Jimbuna]

On the island of Malta?

[Buddahaid]

Not on an island.

[Aktungbby]

old Roman seaport?

[Jimbuna]

Turkey?

[Aktungbby]

Isreal ?

[Jimbuna]

Anyone can post one guess until there is a posting from the starter to say whether or not it has been answered correctly. At that time, you may post a new guess.

[Buddahaid]

No to all those.

[Eichhörnchen]

In Italy?

[Buddahaid]

No, but near.

[Eichhörnchen]

Greece, then...

[Jimbuna]

Sicily?

[Eichhörnchen]

It's not on an island

[Buddahaid]

Greece it is.

[Eichhörnchen]

It's too fuzzy... can you sharpen it up or show a bit more?

[Jimbuna]

http://i.imgur.com/zBel9QU.jpg

[Takeda Shingen]

Looks like my least favorite map in Overwatch....

[Buddahaid]

No to all guesses but I'll expand the photo. The sharpness is due to the photo being a scan from a magazine.

http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd52/sirwinpb/SubSim/WWWG11.jpg (http://s225.photobucket.com/user/sirwinpb/media/SubSim/WWWG11.jpg.html)

[Aktungbby]

Is it a temple to Poseidon (Neptune)?

[Buddahaid]

That it is.
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd52/sirwinpb/SubSim/the-temple-of-poseidon.jpg (http://s225.photobucket.com/user/sirwinpb/media/SubSim/the-temple-of-poseidon.jpg.html)

[Aktungbby]

What and where is this?
At Cape Soúnios? http://static.sacred-destinations.com/img/214/gohistoric_23412_m.jpg (http://www.sacred-destinations.com/greece/temple-of-poseidon-sounio/photos/temple-cc-asmythie)

[Buddahaid]

Cape Sounion. It's OK it's the only one in Greece.

[Aktungbby]

WHAT IS THIS? http://i738.photobucket.com/albums/xx22/aktungbby/Capture_zpshbohhkjl.png

[Catfish]

^ A more or less famous picture

[Aktungbby]

more or less! :arrgh!:

[Buddahaid]

Well, less for me. I haven't a clue.

[Aktungbby]

As of this mid- morning around 09:30GMT, in theory, 116,914 attentive kaleun wannabbes should or could know...so I'll say more!:D

[Catfish]

Wassily Kandinsky ? :hmmm:

[Aktungbby]

Nope, although on a 24 hour shift U could think that; at the time it was cutting edge if not 'new wave':har:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/Vassily_Kandinsky%2C_1926_-_Several_Circles%2C_Gugg_0910_25.jpg/800px-Vassily_Kandinsky%2C_1926_-_Several_Circles%2C_Gugg_0910_25.jpg

[Catfish]

L. Lisickij ? :hmmm:
http://www.allposters.de/-sp/Mit-Dem-Roten-Keil-Schlag-Die-Weissen-Poster_i13405949_.htm

But doesn't fit.. vaguely looks familar..
I guess it's something completely different, and i'm acting the goat here :haha:

[Aktungbby]

http://imgc.allpostersimages.com/images/P-473-488-90/89/8936/WLER300Z/poster/el-lissitzky-mit-dem-roten-keil-schlag-die-weissen.jpg Well as long as we're going 'round in artistic circles, let me aim U in the right direction-soda speke (I'm practically giving it away):oops: http://cdn.simplesite.com/i/a9/0e/282600882359373481/i282600889614219026._szw1280h1280_.jpg (http://cdn.simplesite.com/i/a9/0e/282600882359373481/i282600889614219026._szw1280h1280_.jpg)

[Eichhörnchen]

Is that a home-made Hardon Collider?

[Aktungbby]

nope

[Catfish]

Is that a home-made Hardon Collider?

^ i see what you did there. Steve! Steve!!!
:haha:

[Catfish]

"..going round.. circles.. aim .. direction .. speke(?).."

Yes, ok, up there is a UKW Dipol antenna for direction finding a.s.o., but what you posted further north is a graphic picture, not a photo.
Or is it from a subsim? A view from above, at this antenna and slot, but why is the tower white?
:hmmm:

[Aktungbby]

Practically givin' it away!:wah:: http://liberationtrilogy.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/aad-maps-18.jpg

[Catfish]

The boat which ran aground there? U 6xx? No tower emblem fits.

I am now running in circles, too, and cannot find a direction :O:
really, no idea. Someone else, please.

[Aktungbby]

"..going round.. circles.. aim .. direction .. speke(?).."

Yes, ok, up there is a UKW Dipol antenna for direction finding a.s.o., but what you posted further north is a graphic picture, not a photo.
Or is it from a subsim? A view from above, at this antenna and slot, but why is the tower white?
:hmmm:
U R so close! the thing went round in circles and was occasionally IN the circle; aim and direction were elements; and the graphic picture was 'part' of subsim at around 09:30 GMT: press on to a finish hombre! :woot:

[Jimbuna]

I'm totallt stumped :hmm2:

[Eichhörnchen]

Is this connected with the Distant Early Warning Line in the arctic circle?

[Aktungbby]

NO. WWII. Another view as previously posted in the midmorning (around 09:30 GMT) and occasionally paired with your HARDON COLLIDER for improved 'panning':woot:http://i738.photobucket.com/albums/xx22/aktungbby/inset%20tunis_zpsyyrkg6qv.png

[Catfish]

OMG
FuMB 26 'Tunis'

The small two 'paddles at the upper end.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/penaeus/FuMB26_Nova_Scotia_zpsnuncm41p.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/penaeus/media/FuMB26_Nova_Scotia_zpsnuncm41p.jpg.html)

:dead:

I still have no idea what the initial photo shows of it though :timeout:

[Eichhörnchen]

Too obscure for me...

Can we have another 'who is this bald man' next?

[Aktungbby]

OMG
FuMB 26 'Tunis'

The small two 'paddles at the upper end.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/penaeus/FuMB26_Nova_Scotia_zpsnuncm41p.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/penaeus/media/FuMB26_Nova_Scotia_zpsnuncm41p.jpg.html)

:dead:

I still have no idea what the initial photo shows of it though :timeout:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/FuMB-26_Tunis.png/1024px-FuMB-26_Tunis.png

AS posted around 09:30 GMT:D http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2415329#post2415329 (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?p=2415329#post2415329) ...also fitted with the FuMB-26 Tunis antenna. The FuMB 26 Tunis combined the FuMB Ant. 24 Fliege and FuMB Ant. 25 Cuba II antennas. It could be mounted in either the Direction Finder Antenna Loop "was occasionally IN the circle":O: and separately on the bridge. CATFISH takes it!

[Catfish]

Ok.. after getting over this last one.. what is this?

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/penaeus/www640px_zpstjdogjgp.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/penaeus/media/www640px_zpstjdogjgp.jpg.html)

Should be easy for some here :)

[Jimbuna]

AEG G.IV 'VII' with shark mouth markings.

[Catfish]

Right! :up:

A.E.G. G.IV (Allgemeine Elektrizitaets-Gesellschaft Grossflugzeug IV)
Here is the photo it's from, and a drawing.


http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/penaeus/AEGGIVSharkteeth640px_zpsl3sotysq.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/penaeus/media/AEGGIVSharkteeth640px_zpsl3sotysq.jpg.html)

Jim is next :)

[Jimbuna]

What is this (include the name please).

http://i.imgur.com/ajz5qgz.jpg

[Catfish]

Something military?
Submarine?

[Jimbuna]

Yes and yes.

[Garion]

Looks like the bottom of a conning tower. :D

Cheers

Gary

[Eichhörnchen]

Is it British?

[Catfish]

Russian Delta?

[Catfish]

Ah no, now i think it is a 'backpack' modular dry dock shelter (DDS) used to house SEAL Delivery Vehicles and other transportation devices used by special forces personnel.
Maybe aboard an Ohio class sub (?)
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-ohio-class-guided-missile-nuclear-submarine-is-one-1713642363#_ga=1.156692210.856494537.1431573216

[Jimbuna]

Looks like the bottom of a conning tower. :D

Cheers

Gary

Close

Is it British?

Nope

Russian Delta?

Nope

[Jimbuna]

Ah no, now i think it is a 'backpack' modular dry dock shelter (DDS) used to house SEAL Delivery Vehicles and other transportation devices used by special forces personnel.
Maybe aboard an Ohio class sub (?)
http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/the-ohio-class-guided-missile-nuclear-submarine-is-one-1713642363#_ga=1.156692210.856494537.1431573216

Amazing!! You never named the sub but your link is to the same photo I took the reference from, USS Michigan (SSGN 727) :up:

I am impressed :sunny:

http://i.imgur.com/C5VSTO8.jpg

Deservedly over to you :salute:

[Catfish]

Thank you. Will have to be home to post a new one, this evening.. :salute:

[Catfish]

Name of where this is, and function.. :D

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/penaeus/flite_zps8lwaltow.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/penaeus/media/flite_zps8lwaltow.jpg.html)

No questions until tomorrow, going out.. :03:

[Eichhörnchen]

Is it a dry dock?

[Catfish]

Is it a dry dock?

What you look at is not a dry dock. Whether where it is is a dry dock, in a way..

[Catfish]

Maybe i should better ask of which structure or thing, this pulley is a part of.
The pulley is also a permanent part, it has not just been temporarily installed.

The bigger 'thing' has already been one of the subjects of a thread some months ago.

[Jimbuna]

Is it used in the process of mining?

[Catfish]

Is it used in the process of mining?

:o
No. The whole thing is perfectly mobile in its natural habitat :D

[Eichhörnchen]

Has it anything to do with ships?

[Catfish]

Has it anything to do with ships?

Absolutely.

[Aktungbby]

Is it a bracing cable tensioner for the trireme replica sailing /oared vessel Olympias to keep the keel straight in various wave conditions? Important hypozomata (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trireme#Construction) (bracing ropes) had to be replaced by a steel rope because no natural fibre or synthetic fibre ropes with about the same elasticity as hemp (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp) could not be obtained. The steel cables tension could be varied as the keel bent on the waves.http://www.hellenicnavy.gr/images/plg_jdvthumbs/TRIHR002-d37c398354f7b48b6c5c14f21070bef9.jpg

[Catfish]

[COLOR=orange]Is it a bracing cable tensioner for the trireme replica sailing /oared vessel Olympias to keep the keel straight in various wave conditions ...]

:up:
Perfectly right! As with all bigger boats made of wood that have low draft like those galleys, or old egyptian vessels made of Papyrus, but also newish Mississippi steamers, bow and stern have to be kept upright by braces, also lending the hull some elasticity and tension in the waves. Interesting enough the hulls of the viking Drakars did not need this kind of bracing, probably due to oak planks and the use of unsawed, but instead cleft wood.

The »Olympias« is currently berthed high and dry in a museum in Athens, which was used as a kind of dry dock, but what you see here is only the inner portion of the Trireme with the central bracing cable.

Whole picture, and two more:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/penaeus/Tri2SubSIm_zpsnds4cmny.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/penaeus/media/Tri2SubSIm_zpsnds4cmny.jpg.html)


One deck higher:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/penaeus/Tri3_zps08qgnulc.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/penaeus/media/Tri3_zps08qgnulc.jpg.html)


Front view in the museum:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/penaeus/Tri1_zpshvtvmllk.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/penaeus/media/Tri1_zpshvtvmllk.jpg.html)


Next for Aktung :)
(omg will never find the next out lol)

[Aktungbby]

http://i738.photobucket.com/albums/xx22/aktungbby/45th-insignia_zpsds1h2jao.jpgWhat infamous division wore this patch?

[Jimbuna]

The U.S. 45th Infantry Division.

[Eichhörnchen]

Very sneaky, Aktung :haha:

[Aktungbby]

The U.S. 45th Infantry Division.
:arrgh!: TOO EASY! Jimbuna takes it! Infamous imho!:woot: After the war, courts-martial (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court-martial) were convened to investigate possible war crimes (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_crimes) by members of the division. In the first case, dubbed the Biscari massacre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscari_massacre), American troops from C Company, 180th Infantry Regiment, were alleged to have shot 74 Italian and two German prisoners in Acate (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acate) in July 1943 following the capture of an airfield in the area. Patton asked General Omar Bradley (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Bradley) to get the case dismissed to prevent bad press, but Bradley refused. A non-commissioned officer (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-commissioned_officer) later confessed to the crimes and was found guilty, but an officer who claimed he had only been following orders was acquitted ( a defense not permitted at Nuremburg:hmmm:??!)....In a second incident, the Army considered court-martialling several officers of the 157th Infantry Regiment under Lieutenant Colonel (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieutenant_colonel_(US))Felix L. Sparks (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felix_L._Sparks) after servicemen were accused of massacring German soldiers who were surrendering at the Dachau concentration camp (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concentration_camp) in 1945. Some of the German troops were camp guards; the others were sick and wounded troops from a nearby hospital...Accounts conflict over what happened and over how many German troops were killed. After investigating the incident, the Army considered court-martialling several officers involved, but Patton successfully intervened. Seventh Army was being disbanded and Patton had been appointed Military Governor of Bavaria, placing the matter in his hands. Some veterans of the 45th Infantry Division have said that only 30 to 50 German soldiers were killed and that very few were killed trying to surrender, while others have admitted to killing or refusing to treat wounded German guards.The swastika, long a native American symbol of harmony, until corrupted by the Hitlerite regime, was 'politically corrected' by WWII to the equally native Thunderbird. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9e/45thIBCTSSI.png/150px-45thIBCTSSI.png (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:45thIBCTSSI.png)https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/45th_Infantry_Division_plaque.jpg/800px-45th_Infantry_Division_plaque.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/45th_Infantry_Division_(United_States (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/45th_Infantry_Division_(United_States))

[Jimbuna]

This shouldn't prove too difficult.

What is this?

http://i.imgur.com/WQf2Ysd.jpg

[Catfish]

Panzer(kampfwagen) IV ? Also could be a II, because of the diagonal steel sheet.. hmm..

the searchlight.. :hmmm:

[Jimbuna]

Now I thought the searchlight would either give it away or confuse matters and it looks like it is doing the latter.

[Catfish]

Is it "de-chained"?

[Eichhörnchen]

Is it Italian?

[Jimbuna]

Is it "de-chained"?

Not sure what you mean but if you mean without caterpillar tracks fitted, the answer is no.

[Jimbuna]

Is it Italian?

Not Italiano.

[Eichhörnchen]

Is it a Daimler Scout Car?

[Betonov]

Halftrack, kfz. 251

[Catfish]

^ i don't think so.
Isn't it a real tank. There must be ten thousand types of tanks worldwide. :hmmm:
Kleines Kettenkraftrad Typ HK 101 (Sd.Kfz. 2) ? No, does not fit. Hmm.

[Jimbuna]

Is it a Daimler Scout Car?

Halftrack, kfz. 251

Not British or German.

[Jimbuna]

^ i don't think so.
Isn't it a real tank. There must be ten thousand types of tanks worldwide. :hmmm:
Kleines Kettenkraftrad Typ HK 101 (Sd.Kfz. 2) ? No, does not fit. Hmm.

Certainly is a 'real' tank.

[Catfish]

The "star" wheel sure looks strange..
M1 "combat car" ?

[Jimbuna]

Afraid not.

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Is the the Japanese Type 1 Chi-He?

[Eichhörnchen]

Is it from World War 2?

[Jimbuna]

Is it from World War 2?

Yes but a little too late.

Is the the Japanese Type 1 Chi-He?

That be the one :up:

http://i.imgur.com/Tgt2Waz.jpg

Over to you :salute:

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

What is this?
https://s6.postimg.org/q9c18otoh/what_is_this.png

[Aktungbby]

German aircraft?

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Nope

[Catfish]

Part of a snorkel?

This could be anything, from a screwdriver to a rocket :haha:

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Part of a snorkel?

This could be anything, from a screwdriver to a rocket :haha:
No, not part of a snorkel. Here's a somewhat larger pic that might help.
https://s6.postimg.org/4bfkeweo1/what_is_this_1.png

[Aktungbby]

bomber nose?

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

bomber nose? It is. The real question is which bomber?

[Aktungbby]

Did it have a pressurized cabin ?

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

Did it have a pressurized cabin ? Given it's service ceiling it might of been pressurized but I've not found any details if it was or not.

[Aktungbby]

well that excludes B-29 then.

[Buddahaid]

Nakajima G8N?

[Catfish]

B-25 nose?

[Kptlt. Neuerburg]

B-25 nose?
Nope
Nakajima G8N?
That's the one! Over to you.
https://s6.postimg.org/ie637m9fl/Nakajima_G8_N_war_booty.jpg

[Buddahaid]

Oh, I got it! Sorry just got up after a twenty plus hour work day.

What and where is this?
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd52/sirwinpb/SubSim/WWWG%2012a.jpg (http://s225.photobucket.com/user/sirwinpb/media/SubSim/WWWG%2012a.jpg.html)

[Aktungbby]

Is it in Greece?

[Buddahaid]

Why yes, it does happen to be in Greece.

[Aktungbby]

That is a capital view of an architrave!:O:

[Eichhörnchen]

Corinth

[Buddahaid]

Right place but what is it?

[Catfish]

Korinth, then it must be the (in german) Burgtempel, english "castle temple" (?) for Apollo. Been there during an excursion in the eighties.

If i am right i give it over to Eichhoernchen, after all he found it :yep:
And if not.. :hmph:


@Aktungbby: You silly bugger :haha:

[Aktungbby]

Oh, I got it! Sorry just got up after a twenty plus hour work day.

What and where is this?
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd52/sirwinpb/SubSim/WWWG%2012a.jpg (http://s225.photobucket.com/user/sirwinpb/media/SubSim/WWWG%2012a.jpg.html)
http://static.sacred-destinations.com/img/219/gohistoric_14912_z.jpgyup! temple of Apollo at Corinth: same hills and trees

[Eichhörnchen]

Best wait for Budda's adjudication when he wakes up next...

[Buddahaid]

Good morning and correct.

[Eichhörnchen]

Alright then I'll go... what's this?

http://i.imgur.com/G1N0tJx.jpg

[Catfish]

Telly Savalas from Above?
An egg?
:O::haha:

[Betonov]

Fetus

[Eichhörnchen]

No and no... it's not a bald joke for a change. Crazy. :)

[Jimbuna]

A fruit?

[Eichhörnchen]

Maybe I am but it's not

[Jimbuna]

Finger tip?

[Buddahaid]

Is it edible?

[Aktungbby]

:sign_yeah:^and does it go with bacon!!

[Eichhörnchen]

No, yes and could

[Catfish]

A peach?

[Eichhörnchen]

Nope

[Buddahaid]

A melon?

[Eichhörnchen]

Nope

[Betonov]

I'ts cheese.

Judging by the hole an ementaler.

[Aktungbby]

Jarlsburg cheese? (Norwegian not Swiss)

[Eichhörnchen]

http://i.imgur.com/FtVPn3E.jpg

Yes it's a cheesehole (I've no idea what kind) :)

[Buddahaid]

Cheese-louise! :88):huh::stare::shifty::o:yep:

[Betonov]

I'd say gauda.
Just arrived at work so you'll have to wait for 8 hours :O:

[Catfish]

I'd say gauda.
Just arrived at work so you'll have to wait for 8 hours :O:

Wait? What am i supposed to do at work, for the next hours :stare:

Eichhoernchen:Yes it's a cheesehole (I've no idea what kind) :)

And of course this is not dutch Gouda. This is Emmentaler, from Switzerland.
But then you said you have no idea what kind of a cheesehole it is.
I guess it is made of air? :hmmm:

[Betonov]

You're right, it is ementaler.
Gauda has smaller holes.

I'll do a "who" is this then, saves me the cropping.
Let me just dwell who's important but not well known :hmmm:

[Catfish]

...Let me just dwell who's important but not well known :hmmm:

You?
Me? :O:

[Betonov]

I'm well known :O:

[Betonov]

http://www.medvode.si/znamenitosti/jakob_a2.jpgWho's this guy ??

[Eichhörnchen]

A brave yet scary vicar.

[Betonov]

Brave yes, scary maybe, vikar no, a catholic priest.

Thats a hint :O:

[Catfish]

Jakob Aljaž ?
Slovenian priest and alpinist.

[Betonov]

That was too fast :O:

Catfish is right.
Memorable for securin the Alpinistic future of Slovenia by buying land and erecting mountain huts and mountain shelters troughout the Alps, thus making mountain climbing more attractive and making it a national tradition and not just an undertaking of the brave few.
His biggest achievment is the Aljaž tower on top of Triglav, a national symbol since it was built in 1895.

[Catfish]

^ Well i did not know who he is, i just connected some dots and ... :)

Ok here is, should not be difficult, and maybe i even posted it before :O:
What is it, where is it mounted on, and where?

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/penaeus/watzat_zpsdzwapjs5.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/penaeus/media/watzat_zpsdzwapjs5.jpg.html)

[Eichhörnchen]

The picture's very tiny... is that a guy in a white shirt and slouch hat there?

[Jimbuna]

A military vehicle?

[Catfish]

The picture's very tiny... is that a guy in a white shirt and slouch hat there?
Seems so, yes. I have no better photo, and this is of course a cutout

A military vehicle?
Also used as such i think.

[Eichhörnchen]

Is it a hovercraft?

[Catfish]

No.

[Jimbuna]

So, a civilian vehicle, sometime being converted to an armoured car?

[Catfish]

It was never armoured as far as i know. It also was not necessarily strictly a military vehicle, but most probably also used for military purposes.

[Eichhörnchen]

In the US?

[Catfish]

No. Also wrong continent.

[Eichhörnchen]

In... Europe?

[Catfish]

No.
But you said something about a.. hat?

[Eichhörnchen]

Australia!

[Catfish]

Not Australia.
And I thought that would be easy for you :woot:
After what i post regarding certain historical events, on a special theme.

[Eichhörnchen]

Well you've been droning on a lot about Brexit lately, and we're no longer a part of Europe (:haha:) so is it GB?

[Catfish]

^ droning, well :oops:
Lol no, not GB

[Eichhörnchen]

Umm... Africa?

[Catfish]

^ :up:

[Betonov]

Used for mining ??

[Catfish]

For.. mining? :o
No!
What do you think the device at the right side is for? Ok it is a bit hard to see i admit.

[Betonov]

Logging ??

The thing on the right side looks like half a propeler :88)

[Catfish]

Logging ??
I guess not. Maybe also.

The thing on the right side looks like half a propeler :88)
:up: Though it's a whole one. Bad picture, i know.

[Betonov]

Christ, here's a longshot: airplane wreckage recovery vehicle ??

Damn it, I think I got. But I'll play by the rules, won't change the answer before Catfish replies

[Eichhörnchen]

I think it could be one of these:

http://i.imgur.com/alrZ9FJ.jpg (Hard bun, Anze)

[Catfish]

Christ, here's a longshot: airplane wreckage recovery vehicle ?? ...

oops not exactly, not for recovery.

@Eichhoernchen: no, not a swamp fan.


And i thought all knew the story :hmmm:

[Betonov]

:up: i think you should have it now

@Eichhoernchen: no, not a swamp fan.

Actually, swamp fan or air boat would have been my answer :-?

Here's another longshot: wind simulator fan for movie sets :doh:

[Catfish]

Actually, swamp fan or air boat would have been my answer :-?

Here's another longshot: wind simulator fan for movie sets :doh:

No and no.
Sry, just changed my answer above, i had understood you wrongly :oops:
It is not a vehicle built for the recovery of parts, nor is it a swamp boat/glider/fan. But there is something about aircraft wreckage and it being used for.. something else.

Connect the dots .. slouch hat, Africa, ... i fear you kill me when all is being revealed :haha:

[Catfish]

Hint: There once was peace, and a fair to be held. A famous german aviator of the time was forbidden to fly across certain british parts of Africa by plane, by british authorities.
So he and his plane made the journey by (a civilian) ship. 1st officer of said ship was a friend of my family. They arrived, and war broke out. WW1. The fair did not take place.

[Betonov]

dirigible ??

aka Zepelin

I mean the engine part that hangs on the outside ??

[Catfish]

^ No, not a dirigible/Zeppelin's engine. Would have loved to post a pic of naval "Africa-airship" L-59 (operation China-Show), the first airship to cover 6000+ miles non stop in WW1, but this would have been too easy i think.

ok one more hint: this is indeed the engine of an aeroplane, with its propellor attached.

Steve and Jim should know, but maybe they hold back?

[Catfish]

Come on.. a boat or skimmer is only one of possible devices, to put something like that on.

Another hint, though "at the other side" in a ****way: African Queen. but the real one.

[Jimbuna]

Is the engine from the Keystone-Loening K-84 Commuter?

Probably earlier though, I suspect.

[Catfish]

^ No. What i can tell is that the engine has appx. 100 hp. The name of the producing company (=name of inventor at the time) was later renamed and became a big company that is still alive today.

[Aktungbby]

1st officer of said ship was a friend of my family.
OMG we might be related!:woot: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/82/fe/17/82fe1795f05cd4a31cfa09bdb23bbfc9.jpgBruno Buchner's >https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Bruno_B%C3%BCchner_1910.jpg/800px-Bruno_B%C3%BCchner_1910.jpg Otto/AGO made by Pfalz The plane was shot down(1914) and the pusher engine converted to pushing a flat car. http://s400910952.websitehome.co.uk/germancolonialuniforms/wiki/Bundesarchiv_Bild_105-DOA5082,_Deutsch-Ostafrika,_Flugzeug_der_Schutztruppe.jpghttp://samilitaryhistory.org/vo122jmd.jpghttp://samilitaryhistory.org/vol122jm.html (http://samilitaryhistory.org/vol122jm.html) The idea of a 'rail zeppelin' gave rise to pure insanity!: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2015/12/05/39359/2/ (https://www.thevintagenews.com/2015/12/05/39359/2/) :up:

[Catfish]

Aktungbby has got it!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/penaeus/Draisine%20mit%20Rapp%20Flugzeugmotor%20aus%20Pfal z_zps4z4fauqn.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/penaeus/media/Draisine%20mit%20Rapp%20Flugzeugmotor%20aus%20Pfal z_zps4z4fauqn.jpg.html)

It is a german plane's engine, make and model "Rapp", in German East-Africa. Therefore the typical slouch hats worn by the german "Schutztruppe". The photo is taken in Dar-es-Salaam, where the Rapp engine was being mounted on a "draisine", a railcar being converted to be powered by airscrew, on the german Dar-es-Salaam - Kigoma tracks of the Ostafrikanische Eisenbahngesellschaft ~ East African Railway Corporation. Thus Aktung's "Schienenzeppelin" link :03:.
This vehicle did absolve two successful voyages on the tracks from the coast to the Tanganyika lake, and back. Then missing spare parts and fuel becoming scarce, the project was abandoned.

(There is a nice description of the problems railroad builders ran into in Africa from termites eating the sleepers/crossties of the rails, to elephants and giraffes running into telegraph lines and poles, in Stevenson's "Ghosts of Africa", a novel about the fighting in Africa: https://www.amazon.com/Ghosts-Africa-Novel-William-Stevenson/dp/1629144436.)


The AGO/Pfalz in military service, guarded by german Askaris:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/penaeus/Otto_AGO%20Doppeldecker%20in%20DOA%20aus%20Deutsch e%20Kolonialgesellschaft_zpsgsdvzo5r.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/penaeus/media/Otto_AGO%20Doppeldecker%20in%20DOA%20aus%20Deutsch e%20Kolonialgesellschaft_zpsgsdvzo5r.jpg.html)


The AGO during the rebuild as a seaplane. Buechner injured with white bandage in the middle:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/penaeus/Otto_AGO%20Doppeldecker%20Reparatur%20in%20DOA%20a us%20BA_zpsstt6nuql.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/penaeus/media/Otto_AGO%20Doppeldecker%20Reparatur%20in%20DOA%20a us%20BA_zpsstt6nuql.jpg.html)


The AGO as a seaplane, in the Rufiji delta:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y174/penaeus/Otto_AGO%20Doppeldecker%20Wasser%20in%20DOA%20aus% 20BA_zps6qove04k.jpg (http://s5.photobucket.com/user/penaeus/media/Otto_AGO%20Doppeldecker%20Wasser%20in%20DOA%20aus% 20BA_zps6qove04k.jpg.html)



The plane was invented by Gustav Otto, the son of the inventor of the internal combustion engine, Dr. Nikolaus Otto. It was an "AGO Doppeldecker", later also called a "Doppelpfalz".
The first plane was built by the Gustav Otto Flugmaschinenwerke, later renamed to AGO (Aeroplanwerke Gustav Otto), and most machines were then built under licence by the Pfalz Flugzeugwerke.

Pfalz intended to advertise the plane and sent one to Africa, for showing what the plane type was capable of.
The engine used for the plane to be shown on the english-german fair in Dar-es-salaam was a construction from Mr. Rapp and his Rapp Motorenwerke (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapp_Motorenwerke), which was later to become BMW (Bayerische Motorenwerke).

As i already wrote in the 100 years ago thread the pilot and his plane were forbidden to fly from Deutsch-Suedwestafrika to Deutsch-Ostafrika over british territory by british authorities, so Buechner, his wife and the plane were instead shipped around the cape of good hope to German-Eastafrica.

The steamer belonged to the Woermann-Line, first officer was Mr. Krause (friend of my family). When they arrived at Dar-es-Salaam, the ship was unloaded, stuffed with colonial goods and headed back to Germany. It never arrived, but this is another story. After being assaulted by a british boarding party in a neutral harbour, the crew and Mr. Krause punched through Mozambique and its enemy lines and joined the german outpost in the Rufiji delta, where they helped unmounting the SMS Koenigsberg's guns for mobile land-use of Lettow-Vorbeck's Schutztruppe and Askaris.

Pilot Buechner assembled the plane and made a few flights around Dar-es-Salaam, when war broke out. So the fair was canceled and Buechner proposed to Lettow-Vorbeck, the military leader of the german "Schutztruppe", to use the plane for military purposes. Vorbeck agreed, but Buechner was injured and his plane damaged in the first recce mission, by british naval forces.

The plane was then ordered to be rebuilt as a seaplane, using floats instead of a landing gear, to help gathering intelligence in the Rufiji delta, helping the SMS Koenigsberg against the arriving british monitors.

After several successful recconnaissance and "bombing" missions (the plane was not really suited for anything of this kind) it was considered as not repairable. Engine and airscrew was then mounted on a railcar, to be used for pulling goods on the Kigoma railway.

The guns of the SMS Koenigberg were transported via said railway to the Tanganyika lake, where they were intended to be mounted on the german "Graf Goetzen" steamer, for control of the lake. But it was never intended to be used militarily and therefore unsuited, the deck structure being too weak to accomodate the Koenigsberg's guns. So Lettow-Vorbeck mounted the guns on wheels instead, to be used as mobile artillery.

Instead they cut a palm tree, mounted it on the fore deck of the Graf Goetzen, and painted it grey. It was enough to scare away enemies.
The ship also inspired the film "African Queen", where Humphrey Bogart personally sinks the german steamer..

The "Graf" is still underway on the lake today under the name "Liemba".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Liemba
The english Wiki is partially wrong though, just linked here for english readers.


Thats's it, in a nutshell :haha:

[Aktungbby]

YAY! ok simple: what's this? http://i738.photobucket.com/albums/xx22/aktungbby/Capture_zpswxa88dhr.png

[Betonov]

Schienzeppelin after being dissasembled for the upcoming war effort

http://i.imgur.com/tVamX.jpg?fb

Akktung, you magnificent bastard, I READ YOUR POST !!!!
https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AJXKVOxqkWM/hqdefault.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

Well all that certainly put my cheesehole in its place :-?

[Catfish]

Well all that certainly put my cheesehole in its place :-?

Nonsense, this was brilliant. I was always looking for some bally structure, until someone said it was a.. cheesehole :huh: Bloody brilliant idea :haha:

[Aktungbby]

Well I said simple! :03: Betonov takes it!:arrgh!:

[Eichhörnchen]

Nonsense, this was brilliant. I was always looking for some bally structure

That's because you're German... it's not your fault :haha:

[Betonov]

Shouldn't be too hard.

Who is the owner of these mustache

http://i.imgur.com/Ydv9rmJ.jpg?1

[Eichhörnchen]

Was he a Balkan figure?

[Betonov]

Was he a Balkan figure?

Yes.

[Eichhörnchen]

Franz Ferdinand?

[Betonov]

Franz Ferdinand?

Nope. This one was not assasinated

[Jimbuna]

Rudolf Maister?

[Betonov]

Rudolf Maister?

Correct :up:

http://www.gorenjci.si/Storage/Images/Img_00001533.gif
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Maister

[Jimbuna]

Who is this?

http://i.imgur.com/8vRJ8I9.jpg

[Eichhörnchen]

A Subsimmer?

[Jimbuna]

Yep