Western Desert Fuse

[pete]

Guys,

This is a photo of a fuse from a collection of photos a friend took when he was deep in the Western Desert. This was on a NZ desert Air strip, which was left like it was yesterday, like it had been just abandoned. It looked on this fuse like a palm tree? My friend said it is a Desert environment fuse?

Some more pics attached for your enjoyment....


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[type91]

Amazing finds, A friend of mine who worked in North Africa with BP in the 1960's found a perfectly preserved Thompson SMG after a sand storm as if some one just placed it there. he also found a trench dug out and underground bunker unearthed by the sand storm to reveal a storage area for Jerry cans and half a dozen mummified Italian soldiers.

[Fritz84]

Hello pete!!
beautiful photos compliments
very special as the sand has cleaned the SRCM
one is devoid a flap/tab and cap very dangerous
the long body what is it? riegelmine?

Amazing finds, A friend of mine who worked in North Africa with BP in the 1960's found a perfectly preserved Thompson SMG after a sand storm as if some one just placed it there. he also found a trench dug out and underground bunker unearthed by the sand storm to reveal a storage area for Jerry cans and half a dozen mummified Italian soldiers.

Hi type91
if it is possible you have any pictures?
Mattia

[jiipee76]

Nicely sandblasted Italian SRCM35 Handgrenades or "Handgranate 328 (i)" in german use.Also i see one Breda M35.

Dry weather have kept them nicely.

[MG-Freak]

Wow, they are in excellent condition. Are there more photo's of finds in the desert?

[pete]

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=326621


Yeah its a bar mine....

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[MG-Freak]

Thnx Pete!
I know that topic. Was wondering if there are more (unpub) pic's

[type91]

Pete were you the one who posted some picture of S-Mines found in the same part of the world.

[25thapril]

Bar mine question

Hello to all just a quick question about the bar mine shown on page 6 I'm not sure that this is a german reigal mine I may be wrong but could it be something like the Italian Anti personal Ramp mine as it looks to long and thin to be a reigal also not sure what year the reigal came into production it might have been after the African campaign . Just my thoughts so please let me know if I have got it all wrong I can handle criticsm I'm married

Regards Daryl

[pete]

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I haven't looked it up myself, but I was told it was a UK bar mine...???

I didn't post the S Pics no, and, I will ask a few more guys I know for Western Desert photos so we can see more stuff....

Regards to other stuff found, there was a HUGE underground tank of Red wine found at one point too by accident on a left over Italian Villa on the coast vacated during WW2 and lived in by Libyans until modern day.....mmmmmmmmmmm!..........now whether it was drinkable and then destroyed or dissappeared I have no idea but i CAN tell you "some" Libyans do drink....LOL!

Pete