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BTable from Merkblatt 216 (dated January 1944) which lists further technical data: It is interesting that it also provides references...
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AAKON_ replied to the thread NC50 fins device.Table from Merkblatt 216 (dated January 1944) which lists further technical data: It is interesting that it also provides references...
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F1916, French Army in trench warfare with Germans https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050825/?_ssoLoop=1. High Command makes a plain stupid...
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SThe attached pictures show two recent acquisitions which purport to be rocket type rounds. They came from a company who were believed to...
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fert replied to the thread Unusual 30mm shell for I’d please.Hello, looks a french made (MR=Manufacture de Machines du Haut-Rhin) for 30mm HS 830-831 https://www.cartucheria.es/30mm/30x170.html... -
RRrickoshae replied to the thread No.117C fuze colour band help.Ok to that Tim, that makes sense. Would the green disc be marked in some way or just left blank to identify a weight difference? many...
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TTimG replied to the thread No.117C fuze colour band help.The yellow band is to negate the knurled ring. The latter would normally identify it as a 119. The disc might be a the remnants of a...
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BThe attached pictures show two recent acquisitions which purport to be rocket type rounds. They came from a company who were believed to...
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MCutaway model of the EL ZtZ 59 A bomb fuse, which was introduced in 1943. The fuse was used with the LC50 F/A flare bomb. It has three...
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RPlease see the attached photos of a 117C MkIV fuze (the 117C was a 119 assembled as a direct action only, omitting the graze element)...
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Investment replied to the thread No 27 1 pistol.Many thanks Gspragge for sharing a great item with forum members :) -
Clever Lad , here it is. Completed with very kind help from members here. :)
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RRrickoshae reacted to ron3350's post in the thread Unknown 25mm headstamp possibly Hotchkiss with
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As stated it is a 25mm Japanese Hotchkiss AA case. Showa 6/18 = June 1943. 2 bands on anchor = Kure Navy Arsenal and acceptance mark... -
RPlease see the photos of a 30mm shell, 100mm in length, threaded to accept a nose fuze and a base cavity, unthreaded, extending to the...
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RRrickoshae replied to the thread Bd.z.5103 base fuze query.Thank you for this Rigby, I had never seen the aluminium pieces before, normally one only comes across the steel but. I had always...
