WWII Ordnance Fiber Tubes - Identification and Sizes

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Re: WWII Ordnance Fiber Tubes - Identification and Sizes

Post by Quest Master » Thu Mar 17, 2016 5:41 am

WWII T31 2.36" Rocket Fiber Container, TH - Incendiary
No specification for a Fiber Container! Ordnance School Text, Rockets and Launchers, February 1944, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
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Re: WWII Ordnance Fiber Tubes - Identification and Sizes

Post by Quest Master » Thu Mar 17, 2016 7:04 am

WWII M8 4.5" Rocket Fiber Container, High Explosive
WWII M9 4.5" Rocket Fiber Container, Practice

M97 Fiber Container. Ordnance School Text, Rockets and Launchers, February 1944, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
Note specification for fiber container sealing tape: 2" adhesive tape, 38" long, yellow in color with designation of the rocket in white for high explosive and light blue for practice.
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WWII M8 4.5" Rocket M4 Fuze and M1 Auxiliary Booster Fiber Container
M106 Fiber Container. Ordnance School Text, Rockets and Launchers, February 1944, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland.
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"If the DUKW was introduced in 1944 it would have been called a FUKW."
45 GMC DUKW (105mm)
42 Ford GPW
44 Willys MB
44 Clark CA-1
43 Studebaker T-24
42 Harley WLA
44 Cushman 53
42 Willys MBT
44 Columbia F-92L
43 Huffman G-519

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Re: WWII Ordnance Fiber Tubes - Identification and Sizes

Post by DesertRick » Thu Mar 17, 2016 5:27 pm

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3-7/8" O.D.

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