Brandflasche

[oberjaeger]

like to show you both versions of the german industrial made Brandflasche. for sure not the best choice as a anti tank weapon, but better than nothing. mostly used on the easter front.....

[oberjaeger]

here you can see the marking for the small one 1 and the bigger one 2. i know there are fakes out there, but i am sure they don´t have these details...both bottles a still smelling after oil/ petrol and tar.....

[oberjaeger]

a closer look on the original magnesium igniters....and a view in a transportation box which was found years ago in the Halbe area.....

[oberjaeger]

the labe inside the box and a wartime picture of the bottles wrapped in paper to protect them

[Euronymous]

Really very nice and not so common

[WWIIBuff]

Very nice examples. I did not know there were two types. Thanks for showing them to us.

What did you use for charges?

[oberjaeger]

this magnesium filled igniter is one of the favorite used ones....started with a matchbox....

[oberjaeger]

in action....

[whsammler]

Here is the one in my collection.

[oberjaeger]

now we have a 5 on the bottle...seems it isn´t the size, looks more like a manufacturer code?
best regards jens

[WWIIBuff]

this magnesium filled igniter is one of the favorite used ones....started with a matchbox....

Those are great. They must have been very difficult to find.

I wish you had not shown them, now I will have to start searching for a couple to go with my Brandenflasche.

in action....

What book is this from?

Here is the one in my collection.

Another very nice example. Thanks for sharing.

now we have a 5 on the bottle...seems it isn´t the size, looks more like a manufacturer code?
best regards jens

Actually Jens I believe this is a mold number. That way the manufacturer could identify issues with a mold if the bottles began to show imperfections or cracks when produced. The Flascheneismine bottles had the same types of numbers (see picture borrowed from another forum).

[whsammler]

Again from my collection.

[klarkon]

This is FLASCHEN-EISMINE 42 on the left.

http://lexpev.nl/minesandcharges/eur...eismine42.html

[WWIIBuff]

Again from my collection.

Nice Flascheneismine 42 with a "6" mold number. Not all of the Fl.Es.Mi.42 had mold numbers, maybe just the bottles with the "greenish" hue to them. The one I have in my collection is the clear glass variety, and it does not have a number on it.

[Euronymous]

Which specificities have bottles for Flascheneismine 42 ? The bottle could be a regular bottle for milk or other stuffs.