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  • fert
    fert replied to the thread Any information?.
    Hello chispa Chamber is larger than bore. 149mm is the bore caliber regards PS please check your private message
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    chispa replied to the thread Any information?.
    Thanks, Hoeksel and fert! Fert, I have a question, you mention 149, but I’m getting a larger diameter than that how is that possible? I...
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    bloome posted the thread Diameter tailpistol No.23 in Bomb Fuzes, Pistols etc.
    Hi, can anyone give me the outher dimension of the diameter from the tailpistol No.23 ? Thanks!
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    Rrickoshae reacted to Alpini's post in the thread 15 cm incendiary? with Like Like.
    Usage 1910-1918 only. The shell had a black powder smoke/flash/bang charge. The shells were re-banded and used multiple times.
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    Rrickoshae reacted to AKON_'s post in the thread 15 cm incendiary? with Like Like.
    Not incendiary – upon impact and the functioning of the base fuze, the ,,Übungsgranate,, (practice shell) does not shatter; instead, it...
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    Alpini replied to the thread 15 cm incendiary?.
    Usage 1910-1918 only. The shell had a black powder smoke/flash/bang charge. The shells were re-banded and used multiple times.
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    AKON_ replied to the thread 15 cm incendiary?.
    Not incendiary – upon impact and the functioning of the base fuze, the ,,Übungsgranate,, (practice shell) does not shatter; instead, it...
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    Berle reacted to Rrickoshae's post in the thread Italian 42x 185 Lorenz Tempini cartridge case with Like Like.
    Hmm, so this isn’t the only one. Strange that it has no date or inspection stamps - maybe those identifying characters were stencilled...
  • pzgr40
    pzgr40 posted the thread 15 cm incendiary? in Projectiles.
    In the past I read somewhere this was an incendiary shell. But what era, what country? And does somebody have a drawing or manual?
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    John8 posted the thread Unknown heavy steel box - ammunition (?) in Identification.
    Could someone identify this heavy steel transportation box. Top has a handle and both sides a handle. The holes must have been for wood...
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    pzgr40 reacted to no3nh4's resource Las espoletas del Museo Historico Militar de Cartagena with Like Like.
    Study on the fuses displayed in the Military History Museum of Cartagena (Spain).
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    Busta reacted to spotter's post in the thread Bocn rules and guidelines reminder with Like Like.
    Following a lot of recent posts i would like to remind members of the BOCN rules and guidelines, We dont have these rules just for the...
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    ThomasP reacted to AKON_'s post in the thread Russian 120mm krupp with Like Like.
    Руководство службы полевой артиллерии. Отдел 5. Боевые припасы, 1913.
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    ThomasP reacted to AKON_'s post in the thread Russian 120mm krupp with Like Like.
    Руководство службы при 122-мм (48-лин.) гаубице образца 1909 года / ... СССР. — Изд. офиц.. — Москва : Артил. упр. РККА, 1929. —; 26х17...
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    ThomasP reacted to AKON_'s post in the thread Russian 120mm krupp with Like Like.
    An older Russian manual (for the 122mm Model 1909 (Krupp) howitzer lists four different lengths for explosive shells (expressed as...
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