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    Eggburt1969 replied to the thread Fuse, Instantaneous.
    Some page screen captures about safety fuse/fuze, and various detonating cords, that I did a quick search for. It covers things such as...
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    • High Explosives and Propellants By Fordham (1980) - Page 121.png
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    TimG replied to the thread Fuse, Instantaneous.
    See here - https://www.bocn.co.uk/threads/soe-md1-sas-display-in-california-usa.110177/post-344377 by all accounts the metal sheathed...
  • Houndsworth
    Houndsworth replied to the thread Fuse, Instantaneous.
    Wow, very nice reference post! I have read the tin tube of early British detonation cord was a lead/tin alloy which make sense because...
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    Houndsworth reacted to AMMOTECHXT's post in the thread Fuse, Instantaneous with Like Like.
    Det cord came in 150 metre reels (probably 500 feet (150 metres = 492 feet, 1 & 1/2 inches says Dr Google) in pre metric times). While I...
  • Burney Davis
    Burney Davis posted the thread 17pr / 77mm HE in Projectiles.
    I have attached a line drawing of a projectile for the 17pr / 77mm gun. If anyone has an actual example of this projectile I'd be...
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    Hoeksel reacted to ThomasP's post in the thread A Hotchkiss Case with Like Like.
    Basic Hotchkiss "made-up" case, probably from the late-1800s. Probably US 12pdr. Used a lot for naval ordnance. This Patent probably...
  • AMMOTECHXT
    AMMOTECHXT replied to the thread Fuse, Instantaneous.
    Det cord came in 150 metre reels (probably 500 feet (150 metres = 492 feet, 1 & 1/2 inches says Dr Google) in pre metric times). While I...
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    Beavertail reacted to Chris's post in the thread smaw hedp warhead with Like Like.
    83 mm Rocket Here is one Hazord Regards, Chris
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    Beavertail reacted to richardwb1's post in the thread smaw hedp warhead with Like Like.
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    Beavertail reacted to BOMBSaway1980's post in the thread smaw hedp warhead with Like Like.
    83mm Smaw Warhead W/O rocket motor
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    Shell Shifter replied to the thread A Hotchkiss Cannister or ... ?.
    Thank you. It is a surprising design inasmuch as the walls of the case are thin and tin and I would think would rupture. Then again...
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    ThomasP replied to the thread A Hotchkiss Cannister or ... ?.
    Basic Hotchkiss "made-up" case, probably from the late-1800s. Note item E on Fig:1 - it is a cap for protection vs moisture and to...
    • Hotchkiss %22made-up%22 case patent pg1.jpg
    • Hotchkiss %22made-up%22 case patent pg2.jpg
    • Hotchkiss %22made-up%22 case patent pg3.jpg
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    ThomasP replied to the thread A Hotchkiss Case.
    Basic Hotchkiss "made-up" case, probably from the late-1800s. Probably US 12pdr. Used a lot for naval ordnance. This Patent probably...
    • Hotchkiss %22made-up%22 case patent pg1.jpg
    • Hotchkiss %22made-up%22 case patent pg2.jpg
    • Hotchkiss %22made-up%22 case patent pg3.jpg
  • Houndsworth
    Houndsworth replied to the thread Fuse, Instantaneous.
    I have never seen det cord firing in person, just in a film during a ROTC class in the mid-1970s. Sometimes the troops in Vietnam would...
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    Hoeksel replied to the thread A Hotchkiss Case.
    I checked my references but I have nothing coming close nor do I remember ever seeing such a shell case.
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