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    apfsds reacted to TimG's post in the thread No.8 engine starter cartridge with Like Like.
    This cartridge differs from other British engine starters in that the case doubles as a ‘barrel’. The cartridge contained approx 720...
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    Alpini replied to the thread PADR FABR KARLSRUHE 1895.
    It looks like a 37x94R.You should try to clean the headstamp and take better pictures. It looks like an export headstamp so it was...
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    SCJB reacted to ASD's post in the thread Pig Stick with Like Like.
    From the RE BD EOD History Group page <https://www.facebook.com/groups/rebdeodhistory/>
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    SCJB reacted to TimG's post in the thread Pig Stick with Like Like.
    Here are some cartridges - From the left - The first two a C.E.R.U. 204 (Cartridge Ejection Release Unit) an RAF store and the "parent"...
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    TimG replied to the thread Pig Stick.
    Thank you very much for that. It gives me something to research. TimG
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    TimG reacted to SCJB's post in the thread Pig Stick with Like Like.
    As I understand it, because they are "UN0275 Cartridge, Power Device" rather than (for example) "UN0014 Cartridge, Small Arms, Blank"...
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    SCJB replied to the thread Pig Stick.
    As I understand it, because they are "UN0275 Cartridge, Power Device" rather than (for example) "UN0014 Cartridge, Small Arms, Blank"...
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    HI, I'm David and this is my first post. I'm a keen metal detectorist, not an ordnance collector but like to learn as much as possible...
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    Cutaway model of a Spanish EXPAL P-4-A metal free anti personel mine. The minebody is build up of a lower and upper PVC half which are...
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    ThomasP reacted to TimG's post in the thread No.8 engine starter cartridge with Like Like.
    This cartridge differs from other British engine starters in that the case doubles as a ‘barrel’. The cartridge contained approx 720...
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    Luuk9319 reacted to ron3350's post in the thread German 1918 casing 75x383 with Like Like.
    Others may explain better than I can. It is a German 75mm Field Gun case by Fritz Neumeyer from June 1918 lot 156. It is quite common so...
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    Luuk9319 reacted to Hoeksel's post in the thread German 1918 casing 75x383 with Like Like.
    It is German made for the standard Russian field gun. The primer is Russian as well. Shell case measurews 76,2x384R90.
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    switch reacted to TimG's post in the thread Pig Stick with Like Like.
    Here are some cartridges - From the left - The first two a C.E.R.U. 204 (Cartridge Ejection Release Unit) an RAF store and the "parent"...
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    SG500 reacted to TimG's post in the thread Pig Stick with Like Like.
    Here are some cartridges - From the left - The first two a C.E.R.U. 204 (Cartridge Ejection Release Unit) an RAF store and the "parent"...
  • SG500
    SG500 reacted to TimG's post in the thread No.8 engine starter cartridge with Like Like.
    This cartridge differs from other British engine starters in that the case doubles as a ‘barrel’. The cartridge contained approx 720...
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