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  • millsbomber
    millsbomber reacted to Snufkin's post in the thread Unknown ball grenade ? with Like Like.
    Grenades marked "Hand Grenade, Mark I, Malta 1915" appear from time to time - one was sold at Bosleys as recently as 24 September: Malta...
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    Luuk9319 reacted to fert's post in the thread Unknown 76.2 headstamp with Like Like.
    hello, again russian case reworked by Georg Roth 1905
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    Luuk9319 reacted to Hoeksel's post in the thread Unknown 76.2 headstamp with Like Like.
    A friend shared attached picture with a very convincing Russian WW1 case reworked by DWM. So I guess we are indeed looking at a Russian...
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    ThomasP reacted to Natter's post in the thread "S" Mine Mark IV with Like Like.
    Spesifications attached. I doubt you will find the info you mention in those documents...
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    ThomasP reacted to Natter's post in the thread "S" Mine Mark IV with Like Like.
    No photos, but the handbook has plenty of drawings: ADM 186/385 C.B. 1298 Handbook for Submarine Mine, Type IV (S. IV. Mine) (1917)
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    ThomasP reacted to Busta's post in the thread "S" Mine Mark IV with Like Like.
    Does anyone have any information or photographs of the "S" Mine Mark IV, as shown in the picture below from this thread? I couldn't find...
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    ThomasP reacted to Busta's post in the thread "S" Mine Mark IV with Like Like.
    Still stuck on finding a picture of this one, so here is what I have and what I am missing. NavWeaps, British mines page, on S Mark 4...
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    Busta replied to the thread "S" Mine Mark IV.
    Thanks Natter, much appreciated. I haven't been able to find a copy of ADM 186/385 (C.B. 1298) myself so far. If anyone has a scan or...
  • Natter
    Natter replied to the thread "S" Mine Mark IV.
    Spesifications attached. I doubt you will find the info you mention in those documents...
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  • Natter
    Natter replied to the thread "S" Mine Mark IV.
    No photos, but the handbook has plenty of drawings: ADM 186/385 C.B. 1298 Handbook for Submarine Mine, Type IV (S. IV. Mine) (1917)
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    Irod7 reacted to Hoeksel's post in the thread Unknown 76.2 headstamp with Like Like.
    A friend shared attached picture with a very convincing Russian WW1 case reworked by DWM. So I guess we are indeed looking at a Russian...
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    Irod7 reacted to fert's post in the thread Unknown 76.2 headstamp with Like Like.
    hello, again russian case reworked by Georg Roth 1905
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    Rrickoshae replied to the thread Unusual 20mm Oerlikon fuze.
    That would make sense - Swiss supplied cases. I’m assuming that the rotating barrel was part of a ‘bore safe’ trial
  • Burney Davis
    Burney Davis replied to the thread Fuze base plug ID.
    I don't believe any of those fuzes used aluminium parts, certainly not the ones I have anyway. Anyone with any other thoughts?
  • fert
    fert replied to the thread Unknown 76.2 headstamp.
    hello, again russian case reworked by Georg Roth 1905
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