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    Natter replied to the thread Clock for Torpedominen.
    WO 208/5538 is a 16-page folder with description of the organisation and personell of MK 700. It has relevance to the item in question.
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    Natter replied to the thread Clock for Torpedominen.
    Your specific device is from a Lichtsicherung (Li.S.) for a Uhrwerkeinschalter (U.E.S. II). As far as I know, these additional devices...
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    ThomasP replied to the thread German 20mm Oerlikon.
    Hey Luuk9319, What specific Oerlikon case is it - eg 20x72 RB, 20x80 RB, etc?
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    Francesco_Dif reacted to AKON_'s post in the thread RPG-40 anti tank grenade fuze with Like Like.
    Manual: (...,RPG-40 ,.. ): https://broneboy.ru/1-hranilische/ruchn_pt_orujie/Nastavlenie_strelk(1946).djvu School cut of a grenade -...
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    Francesco_Dif replied to the thread Italian Smoke Grenade?.
    Yes, Italian. White Smoke canister M4 (HG03) , made by SIMAD.
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    I emailed him years ago; he was selling the book as a PDF. Perhaps someone still has his email address...
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    AKON_ replied to the thread German 20mm Oerlikon.
    Emblem: Zbrojovka Brno is the letter "Z" in a barrel with a bore. Akon
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    flak18 reacted to Linkman's post in the thread .5 vickers with Like Like.
    This headstamp is shown in "British Small Arms Ammunition 1864 - 1938" by P. Labbett (page 223). Text includes the following... The...
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    Rrickoshae reacted to Linkman's post in the thread .5 vickers with Like Like.
    This headstamp is shown in "British Small Arms Ammunition 1864 - 1938" by P. Labbett (page 223). Text includes the following... The...
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    ron3350 replied to the thread German 20mm Oerlikon.
    I show a Czech 15mm Besa headstamp with the similar Z in a circle just for interest.
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    WWIIBuff reacted to BMG50's post in the thread Looking for two Holy Grails... with Like Like.
    Thats what i am after the condition. When you think they used thousands of these in the UK all the bits buried and scattered everywhere...
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    Linkman replied to the thread .5 vickers.
    This headstamp is shown in "British Small Arms Ammunition 1864 - 1938" by P. Labbett (page 223). Text includes the following... The...
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    15 inch replied to the thread German 20mm Oerlikon.
    The mark under the eagle is a lion rampant so Bulgarian? I have also seen the Z on Czech 8mm. I don't know about the BV - that might...
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    Hello everyone, Does anyone know what happened to Soviet Cannon by Chrisitian Koll? I have been trying anything to get my hands on a...
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    I now know what it is ; Called a "Turns Bow' it is for operating a hand turned lathe ~ Like this crude example, but the identical...
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