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German Rohrladung Stahl 3kg

596th aec

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I'm trying to find Photo's of the German Rohrladung Stahl 3kg known as the German Bangalore torpedo?

Matt.
 
Found only this single one:

Rohrladung 3kg.jpg Even though a pre-war development, I've never seen any other picture of this seemingly very rare bird.

There is no scale, but the charge/pipe was 1m long with a diameter of only 5cm, containing 3kg FP 02 and forward sealed with a wooden clot.
 
cant remember where got this from was on the internet somewhere
 

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This was introduced to replace the often selfmade "Gestreckte Ladungen" It was delivered in a wooden crate with 12 tubes. The tubes could be connected by a bayonet system.

The manual mentioned about an bigger introduced system, using 1,5 Meter long tubes with 6 Kg explosive each.
 

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Some closer view. The pipe is not in good condition.

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