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    Soviet YaM-5 anti-tank mine.

    Four models of the YaM-5 series of wooden antitank mines were employed by the Soviets during World War II.
    These mines, which differed only in overall dimensions and weights, are cased in an oblong wooden box with a hinged lid.
    The front of the lid has an overlap with a centered recess which accomodates the protruding striker of the
    MUV pressure fuze.
    On each side of the recess there is a staple which retains the peg which is passed through the eye of the striker retaining pin.
    When pressure is exerted on the lid and it is depressed, the retaining pin is withdrawn from the striker and the mine detonates.
    In the postwar era, a larger YaM-10 mine has been produced.
    It is of the same basic design as the earlier YaM-5 models.
    Source: http://www.lexpev.nl/minesandcharges.../yamserie.html

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    Correct, the YaM 5. Researching this led me to interesting places and I have put together more than a dozen future posts for here.






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    New picture.


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    Carl Gustav Pvg fm/42 recoilless anti-tank rifle.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mad orc View Post
    Carl Gustav Pvg fm/42 recoilless anti-tank rifle.
    That's correct.


    The Swedish Pansarvärnsgevär fm/42 made by the Carl Gustav company was an interesting early hybrid antitank weapon – a recoilless rifle firing solid armor-piercing projectiles. It used a 20x180mm case, propelling the 108g (1650gr) bullet at 950 m/s (3150 fps). This was capable of perforating 40mm of perpendicular armor plate at 100m (a high explosive projectile was also made). This was on the high end of armor penetration for anti-tank rifles, and the m/42 was able to do this with a weapon weighing just 11.7kg (25 lb) – less than a quarter of a comparable 20mm conventional rifle.This was possible because of its recoilless design – upon firing, the rear end of the cartridge case would blow out and vent out the back of the weapon, instead of being firmly sealed like a conventional rifle. This created a counter balancing recoil impulse which prevented the gun and shooter from having to absorb the full recoil energy produced by a heavy bullet launching off at high velocity. The tradeoff was that much of the potential energy of firing was wasted venting out the back instead of pushing the bullet forward, which is why the cartridge case was so oversized.About a thousand of the guns were made by the end of World War 2, at which time even it had been made quite thoroughly obsolete by the rapidly increasing thickness of tank armor. It would, however, be the stepping-stone to the m/48 Carl Gustav 84mm recoilless rifle, which used a shaped charge warhead to perforate armor with a stream of molten melt instead of relying on velocity of a hardened projectile.
    Source: https://www.forgottenweapons.com/car...ntitank-rifle/

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    This is a very rare gun .

    Here's a very very tough one ,you won't be able to guess this one easily .It is a very little known gun .
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    Vickers machine gun

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    Quote Originally Posted by paleologos View Post
    Vickers machine gun
    I don't see a picture. And a Vickers mg is not exactly rare or little known.

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    Rare? That is, without a doubt, Maxim Machine Gun, with its inventor Hiram Stevens Maxim.

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    Quote Originally Posted by paleologos View Post
    Vickers machine gun
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    To Jagdpanzer -The 'rare' comment was suppossed to be a joke .
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    Isn't that the 1884 Maxim MG which pre-dates the partnership with Vickers?






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    Quote Originally Posted by Spear Dog View Post
    Isn't that the 1884 Maxim MG which pre-dates the partnership with Vickers?
    Yep, it is. This image is actually one of first that pop up when you google Maxim Machine Gun. The mount and gun also lack features that were common for Vickers, although they weren't universal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spear Dog View Post
    Isn't that the 1884 Maxim MG which pre-dates the partnership with Vickers?
    Yes, it's Hiram Maxim with his machine gun.

    Source: https://www.argunners.com/maxim-machine-gun/

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    I appeal to the other people -Can someone rep spear dog as well .
    But its Paleologos's turn .
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    Don't need rep, but it's Sar1n's turn .






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    It seems to me that Sar1n is correct.

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    Oh, look...a vague picture of an early probably pre-ww I destroyer. Random guess and probably wrong: Beagle Class Destroyer.

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    Nah.

    Looks like I'll have to give hints. This ship is unique. For good reason.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sar1n View Post
    Looks like I'll have to give hints.
    Or a better picture where we can see what she actually looks like. It's impossible to see any details that will help with identification.
    This ship is unique. For good reason.
    Really bad design?

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