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Latest comment: 15 years ago by Rcbutcher in topic Your photo of the 37-mm pom-pom
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Your photo of the 37-mm pom-pom
Hi there, thanks for posting the photo of the 37-mm pom-pom at the museum. Do you have any more info on this gun, especially if it was a Boer or British gun ? I'd like to add more information to the gun's Wiki page about the Boer guns. Rod. Rcbutcher (talk) 02:36, 24 August 2008 (UTC)
- Good work on getting the German gun info Nick ! Also the photos of the 7-pdr. Rod Rcbutcher (talk) 07:36, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
- I'm rather disappointed with the 7 pounder photos. The flash on my camera was not good enough to get a clear shot of the 7 pounders on field carriages. I've put a gallery of guns from the museum at http://www.roux.co.za/mhm/gallery.html if you want to have a look and let me know if any will be useful on commons. The 75mm mountain gun is quite interesting as it is serial Nr. 1, but there is no wikipedia page for it yet. More info on that gun is available at http://www.sacktrick.com/igu/germancolonialuniforms/militaria/mountaingun.htm --NJR ZA (talk) 18:35, 26 August 2008 (UTC)
- My interest in Wikipedia in this case is to upload information, photos, diagrams etc. that allow e.g. a school student to research what great-grandad or great-great-grandad did in these wars, whatever side he was on. E.g. if the ancestor is known to have worked a Krupp field gun, it's great if people can go to Wikipedia and find the gun, see the gun details, how it was operated, how far it could shoot, how it was moved around etc : and be able to imagine great-great-grandad in action. So images of shells, closeup gun breech details, gun being towed etc. are most useful. Stuff that contributes to building an action mind-picture : bringing history to life and hence making it interesting. Rod Rcbutcher (talk) 09:04, 27 August 2008 (UTC)
- It would be great if you could upload photos and details of the Boer artillery too.. Specifically, model details and specs for the 75mm Krupp and Creusot guns, if the museum has the details. There are some photos of the 75mm guns on Commons, but no model info or specs. We need to put together some proper pages on them..Rod Rcbutcher (talk) 10:11, 28 August 2008 (UTC)
- My interest in Wikipedia in this case is to upload information, photos, diagrams etc. that allow e.g. a school student to research what great-grandad or great-great-grandad did in these wars, whatever side he was on. E.g. if the ancestor is known to have worked a Krupp field gun, it's great if people can go to Wikipedia and find the gun, see the gun details, how it was operated, how far it could shoot, how it was moved around etc : and be able to imagine great-great-grandad in action. So images of shells, closeup gun breech details, gun being towed etc. are most useful. Stuff that contributes to building an action mind-picture : bringing history to life and hence making it interesting. Rod Rcbutcher (talk) 09:04, 27 August 2008 (UTC)