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World War Two beach range

AMMOTECHXT

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A section of my favourite beach, again in a jumbled order. The 12th photo shows a lot of dark bumps - about half are rusty lumps that contain shrapnel. The scaffold is most likely what is left of WW2 targetry. Photo 19 is a suspicious looking hole perhaps made by a .50 or 20 mm, with the toe end of my shoe to show the scale. Photos 11 and 13 to 15 are of remains of Nos 117 and 119 fuzes, photo 11 in the raw state before I knocked off the rust. Photo 13 is part of a 119 fuze, identifiable by a knurled ring around the body. 14 & 15 are a No 117 fuze. Photo 1 shows the same pieces of fuze and a piece of driving band from a heavy calibre shell. The other photos are of 4.2 inch mortars, I found five. Sometimes I can go years without finding any. The extent to which they have blown open maybe indicates they were filled with WP. I have loaned my DS Notes on ammo to MLRS publishing in the hope they will incorporate them into a modern publication for wider consumption, so I cannot refer to them. The bomb that was most complete was relatively very light and was actually hollow - I have encountered similar in the past.
 
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