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  • jvollenberg
    jvollenberg replied to the thread PMRO.
    Did the PROM-1 use the S-Mine fuze at some point? I was thinking this might have been an artillery shell concerted. Joe
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    Alpini replied to the thread Unknown 40mm case.
    Wouldn't have written here if it isn't a 4 cm.
  • LEAFLET
    LEAFLET replied to the thread 1 Kg Sega aircraft bomb, Belgium , 1930's.
    Thanks for your reaction Dreamk, Next to the 1 kg Incendiary as you wrote there is a 1 kg Fragmentation aswel like DJH wrote above? LEAFLET
  • RichardB
    RichardB reacted to Rrickoshae's post in the thread Original paint 37MM M51? with Like Like.
    In fairness, original paint does not fall into rust pitting holes. This looks to have been painted over rust pits and then restencilled...
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    sgdbdr 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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    Hoeksel replied to the thread Unknown 40mm case.
    Alpini, is your case a 4 cm case? I do not know a 4 cm case with 57 mm rim. I do know a DWM 47x82R56 case with shell case number 142A.
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    Hoeksel replied to the thread 95 mm shell casing.
    I have seen these images via a mutual Italian collector. I was happy with that because in my article on Krupp export numbers (see this...
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    bombista posted the thread 95 mm shell casing in Identification.
    I'm looking for information about the cannon that used this shell casing and its ammunition: 95x120 R110.
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  • Darkman
    Darkman reacted to Rrickoshae's post in the thread Original paint 37MM M51? with Like Like.
    In fairness, original paint does not fall into rust pitting holes. This looks to have been painted over rust pits and then restencilled...
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    ron3350 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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    ron3350 reacted to stuff's post in the thread .9 Elswick with Like Like.
    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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    ron3350 reacted to 37bis's post in the thread Unknown 40mm case with Like Like.
    Hello, Who knows this Lorenz Karlsruhe shell case that I can't identify. Caliber = 40mm Length = 171mm Diameter of rim = 54mm Thanks, Didier
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    Szakatz19 replied to the thread Squeezebores from other countries.
    As I understand it, the Swiss developed the Janacek squeezbore system, mainly for bunker/fortress installations, 4.7 cm and 7.5 cm...
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    AKON_ replied to the thread Time fuze mčz S/30, Czechoslovakia.
    ron3350 said: Note the clear plastic over the base holes. I guess it is to waterproof the fuze...
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    AKON_ reacted to strakv's post in the thread Avu with Like Like.
    The Hungarian manual is from 1986
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