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    pzgr40 replied to the thread 53 mm Gruson cartridges.
    @ Gspragge; I think the 53 mm was called 5 cm, the 57mm was called 6cm. @WoW; I think the whole design is strange with the drivingband...
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    Gspragge replied to the thread 53 mm Gruson cartridges.
    Why does the box indicate 5cm intead of 6cm if things were rounded off. Just asking !
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    Gspragge posted the thread .455 Pistol ammunition case in Ammunition Packaging and Containers.
    With the No 80 Mk IV fuze was this nice cartridge box, Dominion Arsenals 1927. Whether the box is older and was repacked I can't tell...
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    Gspragge posted the thread No 80 MK IV in Fuzes.
    I obtained this one which was not fired. These are extremely rare in Canada unless a tourist example from France or a scarse range pick...
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    Rrickoshae replied to the thread 15mm cartridge for id please.
    that’s excellent Thom, thank you. Any thoughts why no date stamp? atb Dave
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    PETERTHEEATER posted the thread RAF WW2 - No 44 Mk III Nose Pistol - Safety Clip in Bomb Fuzes, Pistols etc.
    Greetings, Available publications describe the subject Pistol as differing from the Mk II in several respects. The vane cap (5 vanes)...
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    ron3350 reacted to Rrickoshae's post in the thread 15mm cartridge for id please with Like Like.
    Please see the attached photo of a 15mm cartridge that appears German but the headstamp is unusual. The case is a standard 96mm and is...
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    ron3350 reacted to ThomasP's post in the thread 15mm cartridge for id please with Like Like.
    If I am reading the manufacturer's code correctly (auj) then I have it listed (in my notes) as Monheimer Ketten- u...
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    ThomasP replied to the thread 15mm cartridge for id please.
    If I am reading the manufacturer's code correctly (auj) then I have it listed (in my notes) as Monheimer Ketten- u...
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    ThomasP reacted to AKON_'s post in the thread Mine with Like Like.
    Since we don't have the function to edit our own text, I won't do anything about it. photo where it is better readable.
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    ThomasP reacted to AKON_'s post in the thread Mine with Like Like.
    A little searching and there is at least something.... ....Interesting index from the EOD regulation. Akon
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    ThomasP reacted to AKON_'s post in the thread Mine with Like Like.
    Related...
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    ThomasP reacted to Natter's post in the thread Mine with Like Like.
    FYI: D (Luft) 4921 Fremde Flugzeugminen. Beschreibung, Wirkungsweise und Anleitung zum Bergen und Entschärfen (Jan. 1942) can be...
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    ThomasP reacted to Dreamk's post in the thread Mine with Like Like.
    Akon Hi! During Gardening missions (the RAF code name for air dropped minelaying missions) on the Danube in 1944, Czechoslovakia was...
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    ThomasP reacted to Dreamk's post in the thread Mine with Like Like.
    Akon Hi! The sources of the German info was not so much German agents in England as from captured intact samples: Crashes of the low...
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