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Thank you very much!
I've never expected, the B.-Tross could have been such a puzzle...?

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Grzesio

Thank you! As far as B.-Tross is concerned, looking here: http://www.wwiidaybyday.com/kstn/kstn416b1feb44.htm it could be Batterietross maybe...? Although it seems to me, the Batterietross was an unit replacing (combining) both the Gefechts- and Gepaecktross - so simultaneous presence of Gefechts-, ...

Hello, In the Stabsbatterie of the schwere Nebelwerferabteilung (mot) of 1943 there are two units listed at the end, abbreviated as B.-Tross and G.-Tross. What are they? G.-Tross is apparently a Gepaecktross (not Gefechtstross, as this one is listed separately with full name). Am I right? I have no ...

Just a couple of notices... >(Vielfachwerfer - Soviet 8 cm BM-8 rockets) 8 cm Vielfachwerfer auf m.gep.Zgkw. Somua S303 (f), based on the Somua MCL 8 cm Vielfachwerfer auf m.gep.Zgkw. Somua S307 (f), based on the Somua MCG 8 cm Vielfachwerfer auf m.gep.Zgkw. U305(f), based on the Unic TU1 The launch...

Here you can see how a German liquid incendiary bomb looked like: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v432/Grzesio/Bombki1.jpg Flam C 500 on the left hand side and two of the Flam C 250 type. Germans used a lot of incendiary bombs with liquid filling. These included B 10 (weight 11 kg, carried in clus...

It's simply gasoline.
Otto engine is a German name of a carburetor engine.

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Well, it's not a pure fantasy, as such a badge was actually instituted on 8 July 1944, but it wasn't made any more (save for a prototype). And so, as Paul said, there are no original Ballonbeobachterabzeichens on the market.

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Grzesio

Neither Stielhandgranate 24 (or 43) nor Eihandgranate 39 were fragmentation grenades - they were blast ones, thin walls with a lot of HE filling. Fragmentation effect could be increased by addition of an external fragmentation jacket (extremely rare in case of the model 39), but it was still not a t...

The weapon was never used in combat. Luxemburg???? Another joke? As karltrowitz said, it WAS used against Luxembourg in 1944/45. Two fifty meters long guns designated LRK 15 F 58 (60 km range) were located on the Ruwer river walley slope near Lampaden, 42.5 km from the city. They belonged to 1./705...

there is a capt. russ 152 mm in the CWM that shelled Canadian troope in Italy and was captured. It's a Soviet 122 mm gun model 1931/37 (A-19). a german 155mm round, is not the same as a russian 155mm, or an american 155mm. Soviets did not use 155 mm artillery calibre - their standard was 152,4 mm. ...

Not sure how significant these would be with WWII munitions. Rather significant - when you look at German shaped charge projectiles, these fired from rifled guns could pierce armour about as thick as their calibre, while non-rotating projectiles some 2-3 times thicker. HEAT rounds have penetration ...

This is exactly what I think - this caption was refering to the box itself, not the contens. E.g. WWI era and earlier German ammo boxes were stencilled with instructuions like "Leer zurück an Nahkampfmitteldepot Cöln-Gereon oder Posen-Lazarus" - while 1939 instructions "Nicht sparen&q...

Sorry for not answering your question, but I have yet another one. A standard undercarriage for the 8,8 cm Flak 18 was the SdAh 201, while SdAh 202 was used for the Flak 36 and 37. These undercarriages were absolutely not interchangeable, due to different lower carriages of the guns. You say, you ow...

No, there were numerous types - bot the helmet cover and the Tarnschlupfjacke design varied with time (not to mention various cammo patterns applied). The helmet cover had basically foliage loops added at the front and rear sides and number of hooks securing it to the helmet reduced from 4 to 3. The...

According to my books about German decorations and uniforms (e.g. Ailsby, Klietmann, Lumsden, Davis...) there was no Budapest shield.

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Grzesio