BOCN Guess what it is

[spotter]

Thanks Bonnex for the explanation and additional images now i understand what it is.

 

[smle2009]

Did it actually work?,I would have thought it would make it easier for a dog to follow, seeing as the person dragged it behind them?.....just wondered because my dog is a total grot and just loves stinky smelly things :tinysmile_cry_t:

Tony

 

[Bonnex]

Apparently it did. The idea is that the dog could follow it until the evader left it at about a mile out. Supposedly the dog could not pick up the human scent after a mile of sniffing the drag chemistry. It did rely on the operator not being contaminated by the drag, and the dog having sufficient time with the substance on route. Of course if the evader was not sufficiently ahead of the stalkers then he is likely to have been caught before releasing the drag. One of the references (I think it is Brunner 'OSS Weapons') credits the dog drag with saving three lives.

 

[switch]

Good evening - I suppose it is now my turn by default!

Not sure if you have seen this one before? Any ideas?

Cheers

Switch

 

[Nabob]

1. flare launcher
2. butchers gun

 

[switch]

Good Morning Nabob

Not even warm yet. I am afraid it is not anything to do with flares or butchers!

Cheers

Switch

 

[beihan62]

Detonator,???

 

[pzgr40]

-A crimping tool for detonators?
-a gauge

 

[switch]

beihan62 - Getting a lot warmer, but not quite there!

Another picture if it helps??

Cheers

Switch

 

[beihan62]

Container for transporting/carrying detonators ?

 

[switch]

Sorry for the delay, and thanks to beihan62 for his efforts to identify the item - I think it's time for an answer to keep the ball rolling.

This is a British Delayed Action device known as a Waterproof Initiator Unit. Essentially a brass cylinder with a threaded captive cap at one end, and waterproof coupling at the other, it would have contained a pair of Switch No 10 (Time Pencils) of the required delay, and was linked to the explosive charge with a length of Cordtex.


Over to you beihan62

Cheers

Switch

 

[beihan62]

Thanks Switch,result of another guess on my part,I would be grateful if someone could post a pics because as yet I am unable to do so,
Regards and thanks,
Don,

 

[Nabob]

Hi Don,
stepping in for You won't be easy but I try with this.
Bob

 

[Nabob]

How about this.

 

[beihan62]

Bomb release mechanism electrical circuit connector,?,

 

[Slick]

What Don says, as CAD activator.

 

[bacarnal]

Possibly a Russian one, at that. Cheers, Bruce.

 

[HAZORD]

What they said, electrical initiated cartridge to activate the Russian bomb rack.

 

[Nabob]

You are right.
It is a connector on the multiple bomb rack MBD-2.

Over to you Don.

 

[HAZORD]

Nabob,

Are the bombs in the photo made from concrete?