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Originally Posted by Jordan Baker
Those look great Bruce.
Now to add some pain to your efforts.... the signal flares had a different knurl to the brass rim depending on the colour of the flare  |
Oh go ahead. Provide the info so I can include it...
Details on these flares is sparse, or so I'm finding. There seems to be a lot of variety beyond just colour (ie. two or three flares in one tube, etc.). I expect my original may be civilian but the brass seems to match its military cousins. Alternatively, the (late) war dated and military marked ones I have are aluminum cases base to tip.
The other oddity is that the flares (in Fox and Otters at least) go nose down in the bin with the base and primers face up. There is no protective cover. This is rather exposed and subject to accidental hits with things shaking around inside a moving armoured vehicle. Not exactly safe.