SS eagle M1\165 Rudolf Tham,Gablonz
SS eagle M1\165 Rudolf Tham,Gablonz
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Narvikregiment dog tags
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Buttoms with skull
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Finnland badge for German gebirgsjager (Marsh 820 km from Rovaniemi untill Petsamo)
Very nice-finnland coin 1 marka....
Finnland enamel charm for pocket watch
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Hello Franz Repper,
ThankĀ“s for welcome.
/ Olle
Hello again and everyone,
Somebody can tell plane and weapon type?
Found near Murmansk
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great work, but pretty scary opening the bombs
I think that the weapon is a VYa 23 23mm which I believe was unique to the IL -2.
Andy
I think Andy is right. The top piece is an aileron with a trim tab. There is a photo of another here, although only small.
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Andy is spot on-it's definitely a Volkov Yartsev VYa-23 aircraft cannon from the Ilyushin IL-2 ground attack aircraft. These guns were supposed to be for destroying German tanks but proved to be miserably inadequate for it. It was a gas operated belt fed auto cannon and fired a 23x152B cartridge in both incendiary and armor piercing rounds. According to one source, a total of 64,655 VYa-23 were built. Were any ammunition rounds found by it? They would be a very nice collectors item, for sure! William
William
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