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Dakotaranger

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Cross section photos of WWII Ammo
« on: June 22, 2013, 07:28:34 AM »
http://petapixel.com/2013/06/21/ammo-cross-section-photos-of-bullets-used-during-wwii/ Oct last year a photographer went to a Swiss bunker to take pics of 900 cross sectioned ammo from WWII This has a few of the pics
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Re: Cross section photos of WWII Ammo
« Reply #1 on: June 22, 2013, 07:39:36 AM »
My Uncle used to do that for a living at Ravenna Arsenal near here.  By remote control actually....LOL


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Re: Cross section photos of WWII Ammo
« Reply #2 on: June 22, 2013, 11:45:03 AM »
Really interesting pictures.  Would love to see the whole series (ideally with each round labelled).  Thanks for the link.

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