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[Depmandog]

Carcross, Yukon Bruce

Bingo!!

 

[crash325]

European Cartridge designations are mostly descriptive of the measurements of the cartridge. Example 7X57 means 7mm bullet diameter and cartridge case length of 57 millimeter.

What does the 06 mean in the American cartridge 30-06 ?
What does the 70 mean in the American cartridge 45-70 ? What does the 45 mean? Ocassionally the cartridge was called the 45-70-405 what does the 405 mean?

06 = year of development.
70 = grains of black powder
45 = bore size
405 = overall cartridge length. I think??

What was the first cartridge to be converted from black powder to smokeless??

Today we have rim fire & center fire. There was another self contained cartridge percussion type. What was it??

WW2 Sherman tank had what type of engine???

 

[Jim Shooz]

Didn't the Sherman tank have a radial engine ???

 

[crash325]

Didn't the Sherman tank have a radial engine ???

Yep 9 cylinder Air Craft engine that ran on Gasoline.

The tank had a nick name. What was it & why?

how did "Tanks" get named "Tank"???

 

[Jim Shooz]

Hony ?

 

[k0ua]

Yep 9 cylinder Air Craft engine that ran on Gasoline.

The tank had a nick name. What was it & why? The Germans called them "Ronsons" or "Tommy Cookers" Because when hit by German shells they often burst into flames and "cooked all within"

how did "Tanks" get named "Tank"???

They were developed in secret by the British, and the curious were told that the tank hulls they were building were "water tanks". The secret was kept, because when they were first deployed against the Germans, it caught them completely by surprise.

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