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    Linkman replied to the thread Muzzle brake/flash hider.
    The long number 1005-99-963-0516 is the NSN (NATO Stock Number). I just put this into the search engines and returned the Original...
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    earni74 replied to the thread Muzzle brake/flash hider.
    Hi Roger,if you mean the exit end, its 82mm as mentioned in my first post Mick
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    ThomasP reacted to tnor_fr's post in the thread 53 mm Gruson cartridges with Like Like.
    Hello, Superb cutaway ! You can still see and touch a cannon in Mars-la-Tour (54), in the church square.
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    ThomasP reacted to Gspragge's post in the thread 53 mm Gruson cartridges with Like Like.
    They also show up left and right secound from the bottom on this chaps souvineer of service lithograph. An 1890s design I think but...
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    ThomasP reacted to pzgr40's post in the thread 53 mm Gruson cartridges with Like Like.
    The 53mm Gruson gun was designed in 1890 by the Gruson company in Magdeburg, and was knowns as the '5cm Schnellfeuer kanone'. It used...
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    ThomasP reacted to PETERTHEEATER's post in the thread British bomb data plate question with Like Like.
    The RAF Vocbulary of Stores was Air Publication AP 1086 . It provided a unique alpha/numerical identifier for every item in the RAF...
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    ThomasP reacted to 303's post in the thread British bomb data plate question with Like Like.
    Thanks very much for taking the time to look through your APs and for such a detailed reply – I really appreciate it. That's...
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    ydnum303 replied to the thread Muzzle brake/flash hider.
    Mick, The stamps appear to show a type of "broad arrow", and the ED monogram of Enfield. What is the diameter of the exit hole? Roger.
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    RichardB reacted to Szakatz19's post in the thread 47mm Bhler shell with Like Like.
    British army in the Western Desert, captured Bohlers from the Italian army. They were initally put onto Portee trucks, for use...
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    RichardB reacted to wingsofwrath's post in the thread 47mm Bhler shell with Like Like.
    Speaking of these, this drawing has just popped up from a random Italian archive and reproduced on tanks-encyclopedia, showing the Breda...
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    RichardB reacted to wingsofwrath's post in the thread 47mm Bhler shell with Like Like.
    I've been trawling through Russian forums looking for ground found Böhler shells with Romanian markings, and while only some interesting...
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    RichardB reacted to greif's post in the thread 47mm Bhler shell with Like Like.
    Many years ago this 4,7 cm HE cartridge was offered for sale on the internet. On the cartridge case it is marked in red paint: 4,7 cm...
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    RichardB reacted to wingsofwrath's post in the thread 47mm Bhler shell with Like Like.
    Again, severely late to the party, but I can confirm this is a 47mm Schneider Concordia (the marking "47-5A" is specific to this gun and...
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    RichardB reacted to Tony Williams's post in the thread 47mm Bhler shell with Like Like.
    My three examples: Dutch at the top, then Italian case, then Swiss dummy HE. Headstamps of the three rounds (same order)
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    Eggburt1969 replied to the thread DZ dm93.
    Details on the fuze were double checked against German and US official documentation, and the manufacturer Junghans Microtec. The result...
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