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  • sksvlad
    sksvlad reacted to M8owner's post in the thread Dien Bien Phu (1992) with Like Like.
    However, the French were able to air lift in five US M24 Chaffee tanks in pieces and then reassemble them on site. That was rather unique.
  • wingsofwrath
    wingsofwrath replied to the thread 75 Krupp unknown.
    Glad to have confirmation on the exact rim diameter. Speaking of, is there any difference between the 75x117R88 Krupp code 40 and the...
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  • wingsofwrath
    wingsofwrath reacted to Hoeksel's post in the thread 75 Krupp unknown with Like Like.
    Just to add, the non-Bulgarian straight 75x117R88 has Krupp code 40 (e.g., China, Ottoman). From my research I concluded Bulgarian cases...
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    ASD replied to the thread MIne anti personel No.6, Carrot mine.
    I'm not sure how helpful this is but I have come across the odd comment suggesting 'Carrot' mines were used in the Falklands. Such...
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    earni74 reacted to rigby's post in the thread Madsen rounds with Like Like.
    Here are my 20mm Madsen. German HE-T-SD Danish Dummy Belgian AP-T (1980!!!) British Case Finnish Case
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    thehairbarebunch reacted to earni74's post in the thread Madsen rounds with Like Like.
    just thought I would show the 20mm and 23mm Madsen rounds I haveMerry Christmas
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    M8owner replied to the thread Dien Bien Phu (1992).
    However, the French were able to air lift in five US M24 Chaffee tanks in pieces and then reassemble them on site. That was rather unique.
  • Defender
    Defender reacted to sgtlynn's post in the thread The Boobytrap Recpgnition Manual Updates with Like Like.
    All versions of " the Boobytrap Recognition Manual" have had updates made to them. Some small changes, corrections, etc and some fairly...
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    ThomasP reacted to Gspragge's post in the thread Gruson/Krupp 57 x 184 cases with Like Like.
    I suspect a mountain gun of some sort. The Gruson catalogue shows a similar but longer case. These came with a brass three piece plaque...
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    ThomasP reacted to Alpini's post in the thread Gruson/Krupp 57 x 184 cases with Like Like.
    See title ;-) Officially dimensions are 57x185 but they were called "6 cm". It's very difficult to find anything about the gun: Prussian...
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    ThomasP reacted to Alpini's post in the thread Gruson/Krupp 57 x 184 cases with Like Like.
    This 6 cm Mountain gun may have had the same barrel as in the turrets delivered to prussian military but I am not sure. The case...
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    ThomasP reacted to Hoeksel's post in the thread 75 Krupp unknown with Like Like.
    Just to add, the non-Bulgarian straight 75x117R88 has Krupp code 40 (e.g., China, Ottoman). From my research I concluded Bulgarian cases...
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    ThomasP reacted to AKON_'s post in the thread 75 Krupp unknown with Like Like.
    https://www.kpemig.de/1Weltkrieg-75cm-Gebirgskanone-L-14-Krupp-AG-Essen-Ruhr-1915-mit-99-Seiten-und-19-Falttafeln
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    Hoeksel replied to the thread Gruson/Krupp 57 x 184 cases.
    I made an estimation of the shell case dimensions on your image, assuming a 57 mm caliber. My estimation is 57x184R76 which is very...
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    Hoeksel replied to the thread 75 Krupp unknown.
    Just to add, the non-Bulgarian straight 75x117R88 has Krupp code 40 (e.g., China, Ottoman). From my research I concluded Bulgarian cases...
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