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Some photos from Cowden beach this morning -

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Retarder unit?

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Possibly 3 inch RPs? Thought they were bits of pipe at first, but on closer examination you could see lugs and flush fitting screws.

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Practice bombs and 75mm shot

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Some photos from Cowden beach this morning -

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Retarder unit?

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Possibly 3 inch RPs? Thought they were bits of pipe at first, but on closer examination you could see lugs and flush fitting screws.

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Practice bombs and 75mm shot

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Yes it is a retarder of a 1000lb er .

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Anyone know what this is, found at Skipsea/Low Skirlington, I think it could possibly be a part from a Sherman Tank?? The one i've been banging on about we found the wheels, tracks, hatch from, quite a lot of writing on it for such a little thing, it says on it:-

24/31 RYG 1
SMC 4/1942 /| (thats supposed to be the war dept arrow by the way.)[/QUOTI

It`s part of a Bomb .

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Anyone know what this is, found at Skipsea/Low Skirlington, I think it could possibly be a part from a Sherman Tank?? The one i've been banging on about we found the wheels, tracks, hatch from, quite a lot of writing on it for such a little thing, it says on it:-

24/31 RYG 1
SMC 4/1942 /| (thats supposed to be the war dept arrow by the way.)[/QUOTI

It`s part of a Bomb .

Fuze, Percussion, Direct Action, No/138

digging on the ww2 riffle range in porthcawl, can anyone identify the item in the yellow box, its quite heavy and dosent feel like part of a clip, but a 303 fits inside the recess perfectly

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Retaining cam from the metal bands around late-war onwards ammo boxes.

I'll dig one out in a mo to get a photo.

looking at it now, that makes perfect sense lol thanks so much for identifying the item, back down the range next week weather permitting, i have a tip on an ammo dump from the bloke who dug the hole in 1956! why did they not recycle the metal?? seems a waste to dump everything, although it was quite a march to the nearby camp..

Here you go, sorry about the nasty phone-camera photos:

A few bits and bobs found today.

US Army Signal Corps BA-30 (D-cell) battery, made in 1943 by the Bright Cell Battery Co.:



Prophylactic cream:



Macleans toothpaste tube:



P-51 fuel selector placard:



P-51 flare pistol port, yet to be cleaned up:

You wouldn't want to get your prophylactic cream and your Macleans mixed up...