ARTILLERY, WEAPONS & EQUIPMENT FORUMS http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=63528 "Landships Forum" Excellent WW1 Artillery, Armor and Aircraft web forum site. This is likely the most developed and interesting site on WW1 Era Artillery in English Language. This is the link to the main page: http://www.landships.freeservers.com/ http://forum.axishistory.com/viewforum.php?f=70&topicdays=0&start=0 Axis History Forum covering Fortifications and Artillery topics http://www.g503.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=27&topicdays=0&start=0 G503.com Message Forums (Artillery) This is a vehicle forum but with a very good artillery and anti-tank gun sub-group http://www.com-central.net/index.php?name=forums&file=viewforum&f=73 George Bradford's AFV NEWS armour web site. An excellent site for current and historic military vehicle topics http://www.com-central.net/index.php?name=Forums&file=viewforum&f=86 Artillery Web Forum from the same folks as AFV News http://www.bocn.co.uk British Ordnance Collectors Network includes Artillery related post and a web forum http://hmvf.co.uk/forumvb/forumdisplay.php?72-Artillery-amp-Anti-Tank-Weapons Historic Military Vehicle Forum, Artillery and Anti-Tank Guns section. An interesting forum out of the UK http://www.militaryhorse.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=3 Military Horse related forum http://warrelics.eu/forum/germany-ww1-ww2-armour-artillery-vehicles/ The War Relics Forum/ Armour, Artillery & Vehicles section. This seems to a very good foum with a number of different areas availible from the main page http://warrelics.eu/forum/ PRIVATE COLLECTIONS/CLUBS/MUSEUMS http://www.theworldwar.org/s/110/new/index_community.aspx The National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri USA. This is the only significant museum in the US solely dedicated to WW1. It has one of the best publicly displayed WW1 Artillery Collections in the US http://www.museumandcollector.com/index.html Matt Switlik's web site on Artillery and Artillery Safety related to American Civil War Era pieces http://www.imperialhelmets.com/ Imperial Helmets is an excellent web site illustrating a private collection of Imperial German pickelhaube, artillery instruments, horse equipment, communications equipment, and medical equipment http://www.historicalordnanceworks.com/ Historical Ordnance Works. This is Tom Bailey's company doing artillery restoration and producing Civil War Artillery barrels, carriages, limbers, and caissons http://www.johnsloughoflondon.co.uk/ John Slough's British Artillery Collection web site. An excellent collection with some pieces for sale in the UK http://www.historische-uniformen.de/Hauptseite.htm Verein Historische Uniformen des Deutsche Kaiserreiches 1871-1918. An interesting German Language site focusing on uniforms and re-enacting events of German military units from 1871-1918 http://sill-www.army.mil/famuseum/ US Army Artillery Museum, located at Fort Sill, OK. The Artillery Museum not only has a new location on post but has new management and is in fact a different museum than has traditionally been seen on Fort Sill. This one is solely dedicated to Artillery technology and history and has started good headway to stabilizing and in some cases restoring the artillery pieces that were for years simply left outdoors http://www.fortseclin.com/mediathequemusee.php French WW1 Era Fort Seclin web site. Didier Boniface's private collection of WW1 French Artillery is on display within this museum. Living History programs involve the artillery collection http://www.timstankworld.com This is a web site on Tim Scriven's military vehicle collection in Australia http://www.buckower-kanoniere.de/Geschuetz.htm Buckower Kanoniere is a very interesting "Living History" web site on early Prussian Artillery www.hl-barbara.de Garnisongeschichte Jüterbog St. Barbara e.V. Very good German Language web site on the history of German Artillery in Jüterbog INFORMATIONAL SITES http://www.bulgarianartillery.it/ An excellent web site on Bulgarian Artillery from 1878-1918. This site is certainly worth a look also if you are interested in Ottoman, Serbian, French German and Austro-Hungarian Artillery because Bulgaria used many foreign weapons http://germanmilitaryoptics.wordpress.com/ German Optical Instruments of the World Wars. Very good reference source on WW2 German Optics both direct and indirect fire http://www.turkeyswar.com/ This is an English Language web site devoted to the Ottoman Empire in WW1. Equipment and Uniforms as well as military history subjects are covered http://members.tripod.com/~nigelef/fc_1914-18.htm British Artillery web site. This one is excellent on British Artillery Fire Control Equipment for WW1 & WW2 http://www.dutchusdoughboys.nl/ A very interesting web site dedicated to Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 32nd Infantry Division from a Dutch American perspective. Both Dutch and English language http://www.sacktrick.com/igu/germancolonialuniforms/militaria/koenigsberggun.htm Excellent web page by MC Heunis on WW1 Era German Naval & Field Artillery in Africa. Also see the main page for other Colonial German topics http://canonspgmww1guns.canalblog.com/ "Canons 14-18" Web Site on WW1 Era Artillery that can be found today in Europe. Many great photographs. This is the perfect site to look over before a trip to WW1 European Battle Fields and Museums. Also, has photos and French Language description of the German and French WW1 Era Artillery of the "Lovett Collection" here in the US http://www.passioncompassion1418.com/english_index.html English Language site from France covering WW1 Topics http://www.poczytaj.pl/68753 Artyleria austro-węgierska w latach 1860-1890 by Łukasz Chrzanowski is an excellent Polish Language book on Austro-Hungarian Artillery. The book is extremely well illustrated and worth getting even without a reading ability in Polish http://www.tarrif.net/cgi/production/all_penetration_adv.php WW2 Artillery & Anti-Tank Gun ballistic & armor penetration data http://home.earthlink.net/~turnerbrigade/woodruff.htm Turner Brigade Site dedicated to Civil War Artillery and the Woodruff Gun The best friction primers that are available are from: Phil Sieglein Phil does not have a web site but he is the best source for friction primers. I have used these for over twenty years with very few misfires
UNIFORMS http://www.greatwar.com/ Great War Militaria. This is an excellent source for reproduction WW1 & 2 German Uniforms. Most of the reproduction uniforms seen on my site are from Great War. They also have many original items for sale. This is one of the most knowledgeable groups in the US involved in WW1 Era living history, reenacting and collecting http://www.kaisersbunker.com/ Excellent web site on German WW1 Era Uniforms and Helmets http://www.pickelhauben.net/pickelhaube.htm Colonel J's web site primarily covers German Pickelhaube with a great deal of useful identification information especially on unit marks. This site also offers a number interesting articles on various subjects concerning the German Army of the WW1 Era http://www.austro-hungarian-army.co.uk/index.htm Very good web site on the Austro-Hungarian Military http://www.militaria.at/Default.aspx Verlag Militaria. This is an excellent publisher for books covering the World War 1 Era. Subjects include the Austro-Hungarian Army, German Army, and the French Army. Most of the books give very detailed information and illustrations of uniforms and some equipment. "The Austro-Hungarian Artillery from 1867 to 1918" by Dr. M. Christian Ortner is excellent giving great technical details, photographs and drawings on this subject http://www.germancolonialuniforms.co.uk/ Home page for Colonial German Uniforms WEAPONS MAINTENANCE AND RESTORATION PRODUCTS http://www.ospho.com/ Ospho, a metal treatment for restorations. I use this after sandblasting parts to eliminate all remaining rust and to inhibit additional rust from forming FIELD ARTILLERY WARRANT OFFICER MEMORIAL LINKS He was a fellow 131A Field Artillery,Q36 Radar Team Leader Killed in Action during a rocket attack on the FOB at Mahmoudiyah, Iraq Another Link to a CW2 Dwayne Moore web page: http://www.militarytimes.com/valor/army-chief-warrant-officer-2-dwayne-l-moore/2705904/ Field Artillery Humor Genesis--- according to the Field Artillery
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