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    M8owner replied to the thread A Proper Home Made 6pr 7CWT gun ;.
    That took skill and love to produce. It is magnificent. Do the hand wheels elevate and traverse the gun? May I ask what you had to pay...
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    M8owner reacted to Gspragge's post in the thread A Proper Home Made 6pr 7CWT gun ; with Like Like.
    I have no idea who made this or when. Bare steel finish, I'm thinking of painting it as it is having slight rust issues. Overall 39...
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    TimG replied to the thread No.117C fuze colour band help.
    @Rrickoshae, Dave, It's normally a number or "L" or "LL" (Light or very light) TimG
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    Rrickoshae replied to the thread Unusual 30mm shell for I’d please.
    Ah ok fert, that’s something that I hadn’t considered. Many thanks, Dave
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    Busta reacted to AKON_'s post in the thread NC50 fins device with Like Like.
    Table from Merkblatt 216 (dated January 1944) which lists further technical data: It is interesting that it also provides references...
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    AKON_ 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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    flak18 reacted to sksvlad's post in the thread Paths of Glory (1957) with Like Like.
    1916, 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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    switch reacted to Buster's post in the thread Unknown Rocket with Like Like.
    The 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...
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    Rrickoshae 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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    TimG 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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    Buster posted the thread Unknown Rocket in Rockets.
    The 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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    microplastic posted the thread EL ZtZ 59 A bomb fuze, Germany in Cutaways.
    Cutaway 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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    Rrickoshae posted the thread No.117C fuze colour band help in Fuzes.
    Please 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 :)
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