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    Gspragge posted the thread 2 Post WW2 Bofors rounds in Projectiles.
    Drill round and a breakup round. The breakup must have had some kind of filling ? It weighs nothing without any. Break up marked...
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    mikeGolf reacted to Snufkin's post in the thread Interesting grenades with Like Like.
    Some more images of the experimental egg grenade, showing the Mills igniter anvil and the head of the double-pipped, unslotted striker:
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    mauser1889 replied to the thread ID 55mm ?.
    Well, that is disappointing, nobody knows it.
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    stecol replied to the thread Mysterious landmine..
    Unknown
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    AKON_ replied to the thread Mysterious landmine..
    Hi Stecol The archive replied that it did not know or replied that they did not find anything or did not reply at all ? Akon
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    stecol replied to the thread Mysterious landmine..
    Already done, no results.
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    Eggburt1969 replied to the thread ID of propelling cartridge.
    No idea why I thought it's name started with a 'P? Maybe mixing it up with 'ZP' (RU: ЗП), as such AO Zavod Plastmass (АО Завод...
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    Snufkin replied to the thread No. 36 MkI filler plug specs.
    Herewith the WWI specs for the No.36 filler plug, and drawings from 1917 and 1974 - the latter included as the 1917 one might not be...
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    AKON_ replied to the thread Mysterious landmine..
    The Anslado archive is available on the website: https://www.archimondi.it/s/1/item-set/9608 The large archive collection is not...
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    Lostround reacted to pat's post in the thread Mysterious landmine. with Like Like.
    bonjour, est ce que tu sais d'où proviennent les photos ? y a t'il possibilité de voir l'intérieur de l'objet ? Hello, do you know...
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    Bangle99 posted the thread Wanted 2in Mortar Bore Brush in Wanted Items.
    I’m wanting to find a 2in mortar bore brush and handle if someone has a spare. I recently picked up a nice early airborne mortar and...
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    stecol replied to the thread Mysterious landmine..
    One of the three pictures comes from the Ansaldo archives; I don't even remember where I found the other two. Unfortunately, I don't...
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    Snufkin replied to the thread Interesting grenades.
    Some more images of the experimental egg grenade, showing the Mills igniter anvil and the head of the double-pipped, unslotted striker:
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    Beavertail replied to the thread ID of propelling cartridge.
    Thank you for the very useful information. It makes a lot of sense now you mention it. On the triangle within a triangle I have been...
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    Beavertail reacted to Eggburt1969's post in the thread ID of propelling cartridge with Like Like.
    As far as I'm aware the 'triangle within a triangle' is the manufacturer's symbol. The 26 seen in the above image is likely the batch...
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