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November 25th, 2003, 02:53 PM
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'Trace' - clue ! - geddit ? 
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November 25th, 2003, 03:08 PM
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hahaha...Martin and Knight, I appreciate trying your hardest for those of us who are too lazy to research...he invented tracers? 
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November 25th, 2003, 03:33 PM
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Not quite - but you're on the right trajectory ! Or shall I post some bullet points...? [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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November 25th, 2003, 05:16 PM
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you're ruining my philosophy for the lazy, Martin  [img]tongue.gif[/img] ...don't make me go look it up. But right now all I got is bullets and tracers and all I can come up with is he created the modern machine-gun or he created tracers... [img]redface.gif[/img]
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November 26th, 2003, 04:28 AM
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One last clue ( I've given it away already ) - he definitely wasn't Swiss !
( You'll go wild when I tell you ! [img]tongue.gif[/img] )
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November 26th, 2003, 04:48 AM
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Did he invent/introduce some kind of cockpit clock? Maybe he belonged to S. Smith & Sons ?
If not, I give up.
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November 26th, 2003, 05:28 PM
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Here's a most unusual clue, and if no-one gets it this time I'll give up !
The answer has actually been given by another forum member, in another thread, in a posting made this very day....  
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November 26th, 2003, 10:04 PM
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cartridge fired ball, AP, tracer or incendiary bullets weighing around 11.3 grams at 744 m/s
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Did he invented this?
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November 27th, 2003, 06:06 AM
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That is de wrong answer !!
( Clue : that's your last clue ! )
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November 27th, 2003, 06:59 AM
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Was he the one to discover the German magnetic mine?
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November 27th, 2003, 09:42 AM
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Wild guesses, de wrong answers...and Tony Williams mentioned it yesterday 
Smith invented the 'de Wilde' explosive .303 round used in limited numbers, but with great effect by Fighter Command's better shots such as Stanford Tuck.
To confuse the issue, he did not invent the real 'de Wilde' round which came from Switzerland but the British round was allegedly named thus to confuse the Germans as the real dW was difficult and time-consuming to produce - Major Smith's bullet was quicker to make.
Over to you, KM - the effort of giving all the clues has given me a headache...
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November 27th, 2003, 11:22 AM
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In fact Friedrich deserves the honor, his guess was closer... but Martin: I don't think anybody goes wild in here for not having found this out - most of us are *not* ammunition buffs, you know
[ 27. November 2003, 06:43 AM: Message edited by: KnightMove ]
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Erm, Martin...
The British "de Wilde" bullets were the invention of C. Aubrey Dixon, a Captain in the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (he retired with the rank of Brigadier), one of the unsung heroes of the Battle of Britain.
http://freespace.virgin.net/john.dell/spitcom.htm
During the Battle of Britain, the British used the Dixon-De Wilde round for similar purposes, and pilots generally felt that this was extremely useful.
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaver...n/fgun-am.html
You didn't mix up a name by any chance, hmmmmmm?
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Whoops ! Sorry [img]redface.gif[/img] [img]redface.gif[/img] - in that case you definitely deserve the next question, KM !
I shall now do the decent thing - a revolver loaded with one ( de Wide, of course ! ) round, and....
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November 27th, 2003, 01:34 PM
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Ok. What was the name of the ultimate German flak tank, of which only a one-digit number could be produced until the war was over?
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November 27th, 2003, 01:53 PM
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Here Martin, allow me... 
Seriously, it can happen to anyone.
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Was it the Flakpanzer IV (Kugelblitz) ?
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Ouaip, and Bratwurst got the next question. [img]smile.gif[/img]
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Aw crap I won! As I haven't been following this thread from its inception, give me about 4 hours to go home and dig something out! What kind of stuff has been done to death? I seen quite a few mechanised questions and munitions questions.
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Ok guys,
Hope this is not ridiculously easy. This is from a collection of private photos, so I hope its reasonably obscure. [img]smile.gif[/img]
I won't even say what country its from.
Can anyone tell me what both items are, the one in the foreground and the one in the foxhole behind it. Also what are they both used for.
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I have no idea, but that Russian archer is a man to be reckoned with... [img]tongue.gif[/img]
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The one at foreground: Komandohilfegerät 35, an antiaircraft gun director, a sort of mechanical computer
at background: EmR 4m R40 ? a 4m base rangefinder.
The both equipment were used with German heavy AAA
Regards, Juha
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I'm impressed!
That is correct for the item in the foreground, the item in the background, I'll let you have it. Its a listening device for Aircraft out of range of sight I believe.
Over to you Juha!
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