live 1917 "anti-tank device" kept as curio

[Moonraker]

Oops

Moonraker

[centurion]

Pity we couldn't see it as AFAIK the French didn't produce any anti tank devices until 1918 when the Germans had some tanks! They did then produce some anti tank grenades.

[RobL]

Interesting, wonder what it could have been...

[centurion]

I'd suspect possibly a 1918 anti tank grenade or possibly a 1917 demolition charge

for example

[Martin Bennitt]

Wondered what this was going to be seeing as what it was posted under. Perhaps the guy might have earned a wound stripe had whatever it was gone off.

cheers Martin B

[spof]

"it was nevertheless stable enough to be expertly removed rather than blown-up on the spot."

That would have been fun explaining to his insurers!

[Moonraker]

Wondered what this was going to be seeing as what it was posted under. Perhaps the guy might have earned a wound stripe had whatever it was gone off.

cheers Martin B

Oops again, but this time it relates to my careless clicking on the sub-forum links. Which gives the mods a minor dilemma, whether to re-classify the thread and delete this post and Martin's, or let everything stand. Sorry

Moonraker