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German Simulator
- Thread starter jvollenberg
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In USSR before WWII was useing the same.
Interesting ... and very cool
Ivan ... do you have a picture of the USSR one?
Joe
Ivan ... do you have a picture of the USSR one?
Joe
I have some other variant images I'll post soon ...
Joe
Joe
Bellifortis
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This is a nice old traditional european ground salute, called in german a "Kanonenschlag" (imitating the firing of a cannon). An old style "M80" firecracker, to use the common US parlance. These were in use in europe already since the 17th century. The Prussian ones were as large as 500gr of good quality rifle black powder. They are still sold in germany for Sylvester celebrations (Class C fireworks), but now made in China and filled with 6gr of powder factory floor sweepings. So "times that are achanging".
Greetings,
Bellifortis.
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Bellifortis
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I knew that I had seen this simulator when somebody here in germany posted it on a fireworks site quite a while back. The copy are pages from a WW2 german TM. The salutes were produced by the factory "kun", which is J.F.Eisfeld, Kunigunde, one of the oldest german powder mills and fireworks manufacturers
. These were made in 1944. Today the mill is the only one still operating under the WANO label and I consider their products to be the Best. Britain is getting all its powder from this mill. They just patented a new milling process through which they increased the power of black powder by a good measure.
Bellifortis.
. These were made in 1944. Today the mill is the only one still operating under the WANO label and I consider their products to be the Best. Britain is getting all its powder from this mill. They just patented a new milling process through which they increased the power of black powder by a good measure.Bellifortis.
Bellifortis
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How did such a nice old item find its way from Norway to the USA ? The manufacturer Raufoss is a big name company.