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  • MINENAZ16
    MINENAZ16 replied to the thread EOC 12 Stud Projectile..
    Hi, You have to find (not easy) a 22mm (thread) brass hexagonal fuze (with powder delays with holes on top or a percusion fuze Desmarest...
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    switch replied to the thread Croatian PMR / PMR-U Fuze.
    Hi zix013 Thanks for that - I will see what I can find. Cheers Switch
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    ron3350 replied to the thread EOC 12 Stud Projectile..
    Thanks MINENAZ16. That info looks the same as my query. I thought it may be for France. Now I need to know the fuze type shown and...
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    ron3350 reacted to MINENAZ16's post in the thread EOC 12 Stud Projectile. with Like Like.
    Hello, Could also made for french guns. We used a similar shell called "Obus de 4 (1863)" (Pictures from Google images)
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    Dreamk replied to the thread Mine.
    Hi Akon! Indeed - quite unexpected finding! Here some doc from Henry Belot's Deminest, about the British air drooped A MkV (the Mk...
    • Mine  A MkV.gif
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    kz11gr reacted to MINENAZ16's post in the thread WW1 German artillery color plates with Like Like.
    https://www.lovettartillery.com/Ger_Artillery_Ammo_Text_Color_Plates.html
  • Darkman
    Darkman reacted to MINENAZ16's post in the thread EOC 12 Stud Projectile. with Like Like.
    Hello, Could also made for french guns. We used a similar shell called "Obus de 4 (1863)" (Pictures from Google images)
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    switch reacted to zix013's post in the thread Croatian PMR / PMR-U Fuze with Like Like.
    This mine was never officially introduced into service with any army. It was a locally produced improvised mine, without strict...
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    zix013 replied to the thread Croatian PMR / PMR-U Fuze.
    This mine was never officially introduced into service with any army. It was a locally produced improvised mine, without strict...
  • Dronic69
    Evening All, Just wondering if anyone is planning to visit the Krigsmuseet (Danish War Museum) in Copenhagen? They have a book I'm after...
  • MINENAZ16
    MINENAZ16 replied to the thread EOC 12 Stud Projectile..
    Hello, Could also made for french guns. We used a similar shell called "Obus de 4 (1863)" (Pictures from Google images)
    • Obus de 4 Mle 1863 FRENCH 2.jpg
    • Obus de 4 Mle 1863 FRENCH.jpg
    • Obus de 4 French.jpg
    • Obus de 4 French 2.JPG
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    AKON_ replied to the thread Mine.
    Hi Dreamk https://www.facebook.com/reel/1687820729116582 Detail from the destruction (source: official press) As a landlocked country...
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    AKON_ reacted to Dreamk's post in the thread Mine with Like Like.
    Looks like a British air dropped Mine
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    ojdenni replied to the thread T 98 E6 Fuze information needed..
    Hi Ron, I've been trying desperately to find one of these fuzes - I'm trying to make a 3D model of it. Any chance you could give me some...
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    switch replied to the thread Croatian PMR / PMR-U Fuze.
    Hi zix013 Thanks for your reply, and I think you have hit the nail on the head. I agree that there are many similar style igniters, but...
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