GMH wartime pics

[gjamo]

https://www.hrc.org.au/94

[Barry Churcher]

Thanks for that link Graeme. I just spent two hours going through it. I found it interesting about the production issues with the Aussie Mosquitoes and then saw there were quality control issues with the Canadian ones. As I looked at one photo on the site I thought "I have one of those". Then I noticed I got credit for the photo. Neat! You could spend all day following some of the links.

Cheers,
Barry

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Barry Churcher

As I looked at one photo on the site I thought "I have one of those". Then I noticed I got credit for the photo. Neat!

Cheers,
Barry

You and me both! Some of my pictures have been used to illustrate C216 and C219 Bofors Ammo boxes, but the credit goes to MLU.

[Mike Cecil]

At least someone/something was credited, Tony!

I have had a number of images used without my knowledge or permission. The most recent was a particular image involving a view of the driver's hatch of an M1 Abrams which was lifted from my website and posted on both a Facebook page and a private blog: no credit, no asking, no thank you.

Seems that kind of thievery is just accepted on the WWW these days.

Mike

[gjamo]

Gentlemen if anyone is offended or think their copyright has been breached let me know and I will ask the author to address it. Just be aware that tracing the ownership of these images through the MLU site was difficult for him.

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by gjamo

Gentlemen, if anyone is offended ...

Not at all.

I am happy to see a website that is contributing to discussion and documenting something, and if my pictures help that discussion, well and good. In fact, for "Fair Use" in discussions, I have probably been guilty of the same thing. A picture says a thousand words, and it saves me typing! I am happy too for the credit to go to MLU, if it was Photobucket et al, they would claim ownership and copyright of the image in any case!

I would have an issue if it was a commercial website promoting a product, or a seller on e-bay using my pictures to (mis)represent an item they are selling.

gjamo, IF however, you are in the mood to contact the website, you could tell them that while the accepted abbreviation for pound is "lb", the nomeclature for Artillery pieces is customarily shown as "Pdr", ie 2Pdr, 6Pdr, 25Pdr, etc. That is well documented with the wartime GMH publications, but a few of the more modern articles by current authors have fallen foul with a couple of 25lbers, 6lbers. Small bikkies in an otherwise great resource on GM-H production.

[Mike K]

Originally Posted by gjamo

https://www.hrc.org.au/94

Thanks for pointing us to that site ! The site is a compilation from different sources.

He states that Chev , Ford and Studebaker wheels and chassis components were interchangeable ? Hmmm
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"Manufacturers such as GM, Ford, and even Studebaker could swap chassis, wheels and many other components to suit initial build
component availability"