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Friday 1 April 2011

HG Wells outgunned

HG Wells famously used matchstick-firing artillery models in his Little Wars, but he would have been seriously outgunned by Franz Stollberg, unearthed by Don Featherstone in Wargamer's Newsletter 101, of August 1970.

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7 comments:

  1. mekelnborg1 April 2011 at 00:18

    Those were the days.

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  2. Steve-the-Wargamer1 April 2011 at 12:17

    Ditto! :o)

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  3. BigLee1 April 2011 at 14:25

    Lokks like fun.... but I'd never let them aim at my painted minitaures!

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  4. MSFoy1 April 2011 at 21:45

    Brilliant article - I note a distinct lack of Frau Stollberg bringing in coffee and biscuits for the chaps - presumably she was in the bunker?

    I am still wondering uneasily just what "near lethal" means in this context!

    Great stuff - regards

    Tony

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  5. Red Cardinal8 April 2011 at 12:30

    Tony, I suspect it means that you wouldn't want to stand in front of one of those guns when it was fired :)

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  6. Rafael Pardo9 April 2011 at 18:39

    Hi
    They look as a taem of very serious scientists!
    Thanks for sharing
    Rafa

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  7. Der Alte Fritz17 April 2011 at 23:24

    I'm surprised that he could have made working cannons in such a small scale and not have to worry about them exploding/bursting.

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