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  • AMMOTECHXT
    AMMOTECHXT replied to the thread Examined.
    It might be letters for "IOO" - Inspecting Ordnance Officer. In the context of Examined, that could well be the meaning. It might be...
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    AMMOTECHXT replied to the thread ICI Box End..
    Hi Ron, no idea about the stripes I'm sorry to say. The metal bits look like a kind of commercial package. Perhaps the entire thing...
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    Dreamk reacted to Bombdoc's post in the thread Question about this Britsh Pistol Nr 710 B with Like Like.
    An interesting side note regarding the 710 was that the photocell used was a "special build". After the pistol was made obsolete, the...
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    Alpini replied to the thread 38.5x197 Nordenfelt.
    It seems they used 1 1/2" designation for different calibers. Because 1.475 calculates to 37 mm. Really confusing. From "Maxim...
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    Dado posted the thread Examined in Identification.
    Hi. I need help. What does the number 100 next to Examined mean? Thanks for your help.
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    Nabob reacted to microplastic's post in the thread 122mm rocket fuze LZMH-1, Czechoslovakia with Like Like.
    Cutaway model of the Czech LZMH-1 fuze used for the LR-112 unguided air-launched rocket, caliber 122mm. The fuze can be set for...
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    TimG reacted to Bombdoc's post in the thread Question about this Britsh Pistol Nr 710 B with Like Like.
    An interesting side note regarding the 710 was that the photocell used was a "special build". After the pistol was made obsolete, the...
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    Alpini reacted to 15 inch's post in the thread 38.5x197 Nordenfelt with Like Like.
    Here are some pics of the two projectile variants seen in Australia. The black steel proj in marked N89 with another N. One N stands...
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    Alpini reacted to Darkman's post in the thread 38.5x197 Nordenfelt with Like Like.
    1.5” is 38mm (38.1mm). Hawkinson is wrong in specifying 38.5mm. These Nordenfelt cases are not part of the 37mm family
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    Bombdoc replied to the thread Question about this Britsh Pistol Nr 710 B.
    An interesting side note regarding the 710 was that the photocell used was a "special build". After the pistol was made obsolete, the...
  • Millsman
    Millsman replied to the thread 'W' Bombs.
    Albert Midgley began his armaments career at CAV with Charles Anthony Vandervell. Pre war he had been designing electrics for car...
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    Chris reacted to Antoon's post in the thread 'W' Bombs with Like Like.
    SD 719 is also on the website of the AHB. See...
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    ThomasP reacted to Alpini's post in the thread 38.5x197 Nordenfelt with Like Like.
    Those are from an Argentine book:
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    ThomasP reacted to ron3350's post in the thread 38.5x197 Nordenfelt with Like Like.
    These were used by the Australian Navy and I was told a gun is somewhere in Qld/NSW . They are 1 1/2" and not 1 1/2 pr. I think the gun...
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    ThomasP reacted to 15 inch's post in the thread 38.5x197 Nordenfelt with Like Like.
    Here are some pics of the two projectile variants seen in Australia. The black steel proj in marked N89 with another N. One N stands...
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