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German demolition charges

Tmine35

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Here some of my German demolition charges:
-200 grams, original labels on both
-1 Kilo, "real thing" and training version
-3 kilos, 2 different ones
-Z-patrone 37mm and 75mm
 

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-Z-patrone 37mm and 75mm

Very interesting to see the different charges. I like the barrel destruction charges.
There was a 7.5cm charge and container sold on an auction site a few years ago.
 

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Demo charges

Nice items T Mine, are these hard to find ? UK Demo stores are hard to get, im after a Mk 1 Bangalore head and a 1 Ib guncotton charge tin, ive only seen one tin in 3 years,and never a Mk1 head. cheers,Tony.
 
Barrel destruction charges are available every now and them but the others quite rarily.
 
Here's the pre-war type of the german 3kg demolition charge
 

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And here the late-war type, made of iron sheet instead of zinc
 

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Thanks for this useful post. Here is another 1kg training version.

Tony
 

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