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    Gspragge posted the thread 4 Fuzes today ! in Fuzes.
    I'm having better luck at local auctions than at the military shows ! I suspect the 119 sectioned fuze ought to have a base piece...
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    SCJB reacted to TimG's post in the thread Limpet Mine Disposal Equipment (LMDE) with Like Like.
    The cartridge is here - https://www.abp-technologies.co.uk/eod-products/lmde-service-carts Appears to be based on an ejection cartridge...
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    SCJB reacted to roller63's post in the thread Limpet Mine Disposal Equipment (LMDE) with Like Like.
    Hi, Not sure if this is of any interest. I did a little research when I picked up this empty LMDE cartridge tin some time ago. This...
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    EliWright replied to the thread 6.6inch howitzer.
    This might sound crazy, but I believe the small studded shell is Japanese. I know of the existence of only 3 of these, and they are all...
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    LEI-13-HG reacted to ASD's post in the thread German Incendiary B2.2E-Z ? with Like Like.
    Yet another. Not all of the BoB film props - and the evidence seems convincing that's what they steel versions are - are stamped 'EOD'...
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    BOCNBOY66 replied to the thread PADR FABR KARLSRUHE 1895.
    Alpini, many thanks for your comments and expertise.
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    Alpini replied to the thread PADR FABR KARLSRUHE 1895.
    Yes, it's an export headstamp as I thought. So it's almost impossible to say where it was used and how it came to the UK.
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    I came across photos on Facebook (I don't know the author). We probably know the type (34) A... O On the left is the type (34) B, on...
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    The only anti roll device I have seen on a luftmine are the ones seen on the early LMA. The protruding lugs seen around the front end.
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    Rrickoshae replied to the thread Appledore Devon.
    Hmm, dandelions, really good for you. Full of minerals, iron, calcium, potassium and vitamins A C & K , they help manage blood sugar...
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    ASD replied to the thread FFE Certification.
    Connects with the link above <https://www.issee.co.uk/sites/default/files/nos/13.17.pdf>
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    ASD replied to the thread FFE Certification.
    Another interesting link. <https://www.issee.co.uk/resources/national-occupational-standards/1317-certify-free-explosives-ffe>
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    ASD replied to the thread FFE Certification.
    This is an interesting topic. I am not sensing much coherence (within open-source advice) but some confusion about what FFE means in...
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    BOCNBOY66 replied to the thread PADR FABR KARLSRUHE 1895.
    I have cleaned up the headstamp and here is a better photo.
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    ASD replied to the thread WW2 Mine Detectors.
    Also, via IWM, from the RE BD History Group page <https://www.facebook.com/groups/122960515004063/search/?q=detector>
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