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German aircraft rounds
It is also on here as well in the downloads section,
Best Weasel.
http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/downloads.php?do=file&id=26
Best Weasel.
http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/downloads.php?do=file&id=26
Lou
Well-Known Member
There must be someone,,,,,Anyone???? :tinysmile_hmm_t:
charley777
Well-Known Member
Possibly potentially painful ?
Tony Williams
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Lou
Well-Known Member
Nice one Dave,I almost missed your post. Those are fantastic,,,
Tony Williams
Well-Known Member
You did really well there Lou,
The stampings look nice and crisp, that is one of two practice variants i have seen, i have one of those but in a much more relic state than that one. Thanks for showing it there is another older thread with a small discussion on these in the link below.
Best Weasel.
http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/63345-3.7-cm-Hartkern-Projectile
The stampings look nice and crisp, that is one of two practice variants i have seen, i have one of those but in a much more relic state than that one. Thanks for showing it there is another older thread with a small discussion on these in the link below.
Best Weasel.
http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/63345-3.7-cm-Hartkern-Projectile
thehairbarebunch
Well-Known Member
Cracking round Weasel,
Hard to get hold of aswell. I managed to get a cross sectioned example recently which I've enclosed a few images of.
Developed for use in Schrage Musik installations on Nachtjagd aircraft the projectile was used in both MG FFM and MG151/20 rounds. Fitted with the Hydrostatic AZ9501 it was designed to detonate the incendiary composition inside wing fuel tanks, the favourite aiming point with Schrage Musik. No tracer
was used in this application so as to keep this weapons use secret.
MG FFM M Geschoss for comparison. (top)
Without doubt this round cost the lives of many brave Bomber Command aircrew without them having knowledge of Schrage Musik's existance.
Hard to get hold of aswell. I managed to get a cross sectioned example recently which I've enclosed a few images of.
Developed for use in Schrage Musik installations on Nachtjagd aircraft the projectile was used in both MG FFM and MG151/20 rounds. Fitted with the Hydrostatic AZ9501 it was designed to detonate the incendiary composition inside wing fuel tanks, the favourite aiming point with Schrage Musik. No tracer
was used in this application so as to keep this weapons use secret.
MG FFM M Geschoss for comparison. (top)
Without doubt this round cost the lives of many brave Bomber Command aircrew without them having knowledge of Schrage Musik's existance.
not really, always keep the eyes open! It's a well known reproduction/fake sold as original. It has been turned on a lathe from a single bar of iron including the driving band. Fortunately, the fakers are not able to produce FES (sintered iron) driving bands.