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  • Darkman
    Darkman reacted to Alan1's post in the thread QF 18Pr Mark 1 shells with Like Like.
    Here is a pic of three 18Pr Mark 1 shrapnel shells, fired, retrieved and silver plated. Presumably they were the first fired by a unit...
  • DICKAREN
    DICKAREN reacted to Alan1's post in the thread QF 18Pr Mark 1 shells with Like Like.
    Here is a pic of three 18Pr Mark 1 shrapnel shells, fired, retrieved and silver plated. Presumably they were the first fired by a unit...
  • B
    BD History replied to the thread Captain Hunt.
    To clarify and confirmed by Amanda with the RE Museum today 18/11/2025 Capt Hunts Medals are with them. I found another post from the...
  • Andysarmoury
    Andysarmoury reacted to Alan1's post in the thread QF 18Pr Mark 1 shells with Like Like.
    Here is a pic of three 18Pr Mark 1 shrapnel shells, fired, retrieved and silver plated. Presumably they were the first fired by a unit...
  • A
    Alan1 posted the thread QF 18Pr Mark 1 shells in Projectiles.
    Here is a pic of three 18Pr Mark 1 shrapnel shells, fired, retrieved and silver plated. Presumably they were the first fired by a unit...
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  • Andysarmoury
    Andysarmoury replied to the thread LEXPEV status?.
    You can still view it on web archive, https://web.archive.org/web/20211128013706/http://www.lexpev.nl/grenades/index.html
  • D
    Dreamk replied to the thread 'W' Bombs.
    I found on ww2talk.com some more data on the operational use of the w bombs . Source: "The Whitley Boys (4 Group Bomber Operations...
  • L
    LEI-13-HG reacted to Amanda2648's post in the thread Captain Hunt with Like Like.
    Hello i have located my Great Grandfathers Medals they are in the Royal Engineer Museum in Gillingham Kent !!
  • BMG50
    BMG50 replied to the thread M9 Rifle Grenade questions.
    Anyone?? found out the orange rifle grenade with 3 rivets is a early type, wondered if practice nose caps, a replaceable item could...
  • BMG50
    BMG50 replied to the thread LEXPEV status?.
    Lexes site was a great reference site to refer to, i even put some rare thing on there like British training S.mine etc. Now sadly his...
  • B
    Busta reacted to LEI-13-HG's post in the thread German SD 1 fragmentation bombs with Like Like.
    From what I can see, apart from the French variant, the differences were so small, they did not require a new name.
  • Antoon
    Antoon replied to the thread 'W' Bombs.
    Here a drawing of the 'W' Bomb dated 14-01-1940, made by Albert Midgley and another German drawing. Who has info about the (Small Bomb)...
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  • Antoon
    Antoon reacted to Millsman's post in the thread 'W' Bombs with Like Like.
    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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    stillp reacted to Snufkin's post in the thread What's this? with Like Like.
    As TimG has said, ECC is the monogram of the case manufacturer Edward Curran, Cardiff. No such entity as Elswick Cartridge Company. The...
  • S
    stillp reacted to TimG's post in the thread What's this? with Like Like.
    4" Naval. Manufactured by ECC - Edward Curran, Cardiff. Worked on by TRE - Royal Naval Armaments Depot (RNAD) Trecwn (TRE) TimG
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