July 03, 2006
Whatziss, solved!
Eric was very close - and Frank, building on Eric's work, finally bridged the last tiny gap.
The plate was used by German Stormtroops to pull the fuzeloops not of the Steilhandgranaten - stick grenades, but rather the wire loops of the egg grenades.
In other words - like this.
Well done guys - it wasn't an easy one, it's not a well known, nor very common, piece of kit. As far as I know - until I posted these pics - the website that Frank found was the only other place you could find a picture of this - in far worse shape than that in the Arsenal of Argghhh!
If cease fires in the name of peace actually produced peace the Middle East would be the most peaceful place on earth by now.
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Mebbe it's just Clobbering Time.
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Just sayin'
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Mebbe it's just Clobbering Time.
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Just sayin'
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