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  • SG500
    SG500 replied to the thread 20mm APDS.
    Hi, I used to have one loaded in a 20 x 139 HS820/Oerlikon KAD steel case. The common version encountered has the curved profile to the...
  • pzgr40
    pzgr40 replied to the thread PMRO.
    I think you mean the PROM-1 mine
  • SG500
    SG500 replied to the thread .9 Elswick.
    Ah the thrill of the hunt!! Great finds. Dave.
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    Alpini replied to the thread Unknown 40mm case.
    I thought I have exactly the same with the same question but my example has a rim diameter of 57 mm and a screwed primmer. Made by...
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    Hoeksel replied to the thread Unknown 40mm case.
    I am pretty sure this is a very old Krupp 4 cm mountain gun, dimensions are correct. I suspect this is one of the first Lorenz cases...
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    microplastic replied to the thread Time fuze mčz S/30, Czechoslovakia.
    Thank you for the detailed information! Very interesting!!
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    microplastic reacted to Nabob's post in the thread Time fuze mčz S/30, Czechoslovakia with Like Like.
    Not plastic, it is a thin paper disc. The E variant is made of steel, the aluminium variant is sometimes called the A variant. In the...
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    Nabob replied to the thread Time fuze mčz S/30, Czechoslovakia.
    Not plastic, it is a thin paper disc. The E variant is made of steel, the aluminium variant is sometimes called the A variant. In the...
  • S
    stuff posted the thread 20mm APDS in Projectiles.
    Many years ago I picked up some 20mm APDS which I was lead to believe were for the 20x102 case. Recently having purchased several...
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    stuff posted the thread .9 Elswick in Projectiles.
    About 20 years ago I picked up a .9 Elswick case for £10! I did not know what it was at the time but working on the principal if I don’t...
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  • N
    Nabob replied to the thread Avu.
    The AVU and AVU-E have a screwed cap on top, later models do not have one.
  • S
    strakv replied to the thread Avu.
    The Hungarian manual is from 1986
  • US-Subs
    US-Subs reacted to richardwb1's post in the thread A couple of 40mm L70 questions. with Like Like.
    This is what TM 43-0001-28 shows:
  • US-Subs
    US-Subs reacted to Waringhem's post in the thread A couple of 40mm L70 questions. with Like Like.
    IMG3998 seems to be an "exhibition round" of a prefragmented round developed by Bofors and produced by them and others (Breda in...
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    37bis replied to the thread Original paint 37MM M51?.
    Hello, Here are some pictures of an M51 with tracer and its original paint. Furthermore, I'm still looking for the exact meaning of the...
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