Tag Picture Quiz

[Deleted member 6559]

I thought I'd deleted the filename. It is a mancatcher but what was the point in catching the man?

 

[Tim Marlow]

Unhorsing a rider

 

[Deleted member 6559]

For what purpose?

 

[Tim Marlow]

Capturing nobility for ransom, one of the few non lethal polearms

 

[Deleted member 6559]

Ransom's the word Tim. Over to you.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Okay, different period this time.....and quite easy...

Who’s army is riding literally the worst gun into battle....

 

[Jon Heptonstall]

They look a bit Spanish to me.
Jon.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Fraid not....

 

[Deleted member 6559]

Grand Old Duke of York.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Nah, he had ten thousand of ‘em....
Lads, the clue is in the question....

 

[Jon Heptonstall]

Doh.Austrian horse artillery possibly in the army of Francis Ii.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Correct Jon....and the gun is called.....a wurst cannon and limber....sorry about the pun Not actually horse artillery, but the nearest the Austrians got to them during the Napoleonic Wars...I couldn’t find a picture of a real one, these are Perry miniatures off of a blog somewhere...I re-coloured the picture to greyscale as I thought the uniforms were too distinctive...
Your go then Jon...

 

[Jon Heptonstall]

You cunning fox you.
here's an easy one.
when and where did this come in handy.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Western desert in an AT role?

 

[Jon Heptonstall]

It's a very particular gun.
Jon.

 

[Deleted member 6559]

25 Pounder used by the SAS, Battle of Mirbat, Oman 19 July 1972.

 

[Jon Heptonstall]

It's the Mirbat gun.Never seen it but on the visiting list.
Well spotted Peter.
Jon.

 

[Deleted member 6559]

OK, whose death mask is this?

 

[Tim Marlow]

Going by the nose, the Duke of Wellington?

 

[prichrd1]

That'll be Arthur Wellesley, aged 83, cause of death - epileptic seizure following a stroke.

Paul.