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Thanks Hazord. Can't say that finding a test photo for my turn is that easy.
Anyway, as it's getting late over here and it's daylight in the States, OZ and Far East, here's one that you chaps should ID fairly quickly...
Tom.
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US cluster bomb dispenser.
Jawasinger
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US SUU30 cbu17 dispenser
By the design of the lug mounting it looks like the SUU 30A/B (Rusted top half). It isn't a dispenser unless you have both halves.
The A/B model has the lug screwed into a hardback of the top half. The other models have a rod that runs through the body, or a ring around the inside of the body. On the model with the rod, the lug isn't a part of the top half, it is attached to the top of the rod which is attached to the bottom half. The model with the ring is the same way, the lug is part of the bottom half.
The A/B model has the lug screwed into a hardback of the top half. The other models have a rod that runs through the body, or a ring around the inside of the body. On the model with the rod, the lug isn't a part of the top half, it is attached to the top of the rod which is attached to the bottom half. The model with the ring is the same way, the lug is part of the bottom half.
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Thanks Hazord. It is a SUU30A/B top half, and in this case once filled with BLU-26/B or BLU-36/B bomblets, shown by the CBU-24A/B designation. There were a number of possible options to be guessed at...
I'll give this one to Jawasinger. The SUU30A/B also carried BLU-86A/B as the CBU-71A/B - maybe he meant that rather than CBU-17.
Anyway, over to Jawasinger...
I'll give this one to Jawasinger. The SUU30A/B also carried BLU-86A/B as the CBU-71A/B - maybe he meant that rather than CBU-17.
Anyway, over to Jawasinger...
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paul the grenade
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paul the grenade
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no, try again.
WW1 French Mortar,,,,,,, Dave
paul the grenade
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im afraid not dave.:tinysmile_tongue_t:
Both case heads shown were originally made as 24 bore pinfire shotgun cartridges in France.
The one on the left made by Marcel Gaupillat & Cie. Paris. I believe Marcel operated between 1891 and 1914, so its a pre-WW1 case (head only).
The case (head only) on the right was made by Cartoucherie Francaise.
They appear to be set into the side of a tin can, and both appear to have had their pins deliberately set pointing in the same direction, along the length of the tin.
My guess is it's a French improvised grenade, made from an empty tin with the heads of pinfire shotgun cartridges set around the circumference (probably more than the two shown) I'm guessing some form of sleeve (possibly a larger tin with a rim) was placed around the outside of the tin resting against the pins, with the idea of detonating one or more of the primers when the tin was thrown and it's impact was transferred to the pins.
The one on the left made by Marcel Gaupillat & Cie. Paris. I believe Marcel operated between 1891 and 1914, so its a pre-WW1 case (head only).
The case (head only) on the right was made by Cartoucherie Francaise.
They appear to be set into the side of a tin can, and both appear to have had their pins deliberately set pointing in the same direction, along the length of the tin.
My guess is it's a French improvised grenade, made from an empty tin with the heads of pinfire shotgun cartridges set around the circumference (probably more than the two shown) I'm guessing some form of sleeve (possibly a larger tin with a rim) was placed around the outside of the tin resting against the pins, with the idea of detonating one or more of the primers when the tin was thrown and it's impact was transferred to the pins.
paul the grenade
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sorry lads, nowhere near yet!