amoured train 15'' romney hyde

[Panda]

Brillient! now needs some sounds for them and surely you can make them actually fire something?

[dana]

that japaneese design looks like somthing from The Cat in The Hat orGreen Eggs N Ham

[DCRfan]

Amazing stuff!
I'd never heard of acoustic mirrors before this thread.

edit, perhaps this Japanesse design is more Gn15ish.

And to think I thought the Japanese did not have a sense of humour.

Thats one of those things you need a photo of the prototype or no one would believe you.

[Panda]

the jap one reminds me of a load of tubas or other big bass brass instruments, mounted on old pram frames

[Peter]

And to think I thought the Japanese did not have a sense of humour.

According to wikipedia the name translates to "War Tuba"

[Steve Bennett]

The japanese version looks more like it is for broadcasting than listening Some kind of psychological weapon maybe

[KEG]

Hi,

Didn´t they use trumpets to destroy the walls of Jericho ?

The Swiss still use these huge Alphorns as a hearig aid to know, when the tourists are invading

A friend of mine, built his Tuba Mobile some years ago, to frighten the people:



So who is the first with a steam driven tuba in Gn15?

Have Fun

Juergen

[Panda]

thats brillient! how about a steam powered electric string folk rock quartet?

That would certainly win the wars, scaring everyone away!

[Simon Andrews]

I have seen the Japanese photo before. Isn't it a direction finder for AA artillery Used for locating aircraft at night

Simon.

[Peter]

I have seen the Japanese photo before. Isn't it a direction finder for AA artillery Used for locating aircraft at night

That would seem to be right.

[Stu]

I have seen the Japanese photo before. Isn't it a direction finder for AA artillery Used for locating aircraft at night

Simon.

That would be why their sitting next to a battery of Anti-Aircraft guns in the picture

[Steve Bennett]

Ah, that makes more sense if they were used for direction finding.
I thiught some of the radar I used in the 1970's was a bit primative, but compared to those, I now realise how advanced we were

[Simon Andrews]

That would be why their sitting next to a battery of Anti-Aircraft guns in the picture

Thought they may have been four wheeled Bassoons Part of some sort of Japanese mechanised military band

Back to the tuba, wasn't there something similar on the sleeve of one of the Kate Bush albums (Are Kate Bush albums something I should admit any passing aquaintance with on this forum )

Simon.

[KEG]

Hi,

Before then inventon of the AA Tubas, every gunner had an Ear trumpet


http://www.hearingaidmuseum.com/gallery/Non-Electric/EarTrumpets/index-trumpets.htm

On the other side, steam driven organs were called Calliopes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calliope_(music)

Have Fun

Juergen

[Steve Bennett]

Back to the tuba, wasn't there something similar on the sleeve of one of the Kate Bush albums (Are Kate Bush albums something I should admit any passing aquaintance with on this forum )

Yes, I think you are right, though i dont remember which album.
Anyway, you are too young to have had a crush on Kate Bush as a teenager I'm not though

[dana]

japan amoured train
http://uk.geocities.com/sadakichi09/arm ... ed%20Train

[scott b]

I for one am very dissappointed to find out that those are not war tubas I was trying to imagine the guy trying to actually blow a plane out of the air, and what would it sound like?
Now my next question, what exactly was a Reconnaissance Waggon used for did they sneak it into hostile railyards for it to look around under the cloak of darkness?
3rdly, Kate Bush mmmm, running up that hill, oh yes. Sorry guys drifted away there.

Scott B

[Panda]

isnt running up a hill by katie melluar?

[More_Cats_Than_Sense]

isnt running up a hill by katie melluar?

Possibly, but

(snip)

3rdly, (snip) running up that hill (snip)

Scott B

"With no problems" is certainly a Kate Bush track

[More_Cats_Than_Sense]

I for one am very dissappointed to find out that those are not war tubas I was trying to imagine the guy trying to actually blow a plane out of the air, and what would it sound like?
Now my next question, what exactly was a Reconnaissance Waggon used for did they sneak it into hostile railyards for it to look around under the cloak of darkness?
3rdly, Kate Bush mmmm, running up that hill, oh yes. Sorry guys drifted away there.

Scott B

Similar to, Kate Bush - The Experiment IV, perhaps?

[Steve Bennett]

isnt running up a hill by katie melluar?

Close, but a different song. Katie Melua did a cover version of "Crawling up a hill" originally recorded by John Mayall's Blues Band back in the 1960's.
The correct title for the Kate Bush song is "Running up that hill".
Still good more than 20 years later
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BZsXVf6INc

[Peter]

And now for some thing completely different, the RHDR armored train

Photocopy of a short article from the May, 1945 issue of Popular Science from one of my favorite sites: Modern Mechanix

[scott b]

Peter You`re getting off topic, we were talking about Kate Bush..... Sorry caught out daydreaming again, Kate Bush OK I`ll try to stop
It is not Kate Bush related or war tuba (there needs to be a book) related but I do love that pic of the armored train, but I still think if everyone was firing to the one side it would tip right over but I do think a bunch of German planes must have crashed looking at that train thinking they where much higher than they were.
Do trumpets sound at 1000 posts?

Scott B

[Oztrainz]

Hi Scott, The M medal is now proudly displayed under your Lister avatar.
Congrats

[Steve Bennett]

Congrats Scott, that is a milestone well worth taking note of and a new medal aswell . Careful though, you are in danger of spending too much time on here, take that from one who knows . Well done mate .