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Re: T5 Paint Colors for U-505
Posted by: Natter ()
Date: August 28, 2011 11:35PM

Simon Wrote:
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> I also believe that all the warheads except for
> the T5 were a bronze colour. The other day I was

That's partly correct: Bronze was indeed used in the beginning, but as expensive raw-materials like this became sparse, bronze (and brass for propellers and plugs etc.) were replaced by steel.

The whitehead-tail of the G7a was even nickle-plated early on in production (looks like chrome), but this was also stopped (all G7a in postwar service had the tailpiece painted as a corrosion-protective, but I haven't seen any photos indicating this was applied by the germans).

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Re: T5 Paint Colors for U-505 Rainer Bruns 02/05/2004 03:21AM
Re: T5 Paint Colors for U-505 ROBERT M. 02/05/2004 04:25AM
Re: T5 Paint Colors for U-505 Keith Gill 02/05/2004 05:03AM
Re: T5 Paint Colors for U-505 Maciej Trybus 02/05/2004 11:25PM
Re: T5 Paint Colors for U-505 joe brandt 02/08/2004 09:04PM
Re: T5 Paint Colors for U-505 ROBERT M. 02/09/2004 02:35AM
Re: T5 Paint Colors for U-505 Natter 08/28/2011 04:40PM
Re: T5 Paint Colors for U-505 Simon 08/28/2011 06:27PM
Re: T5 Paint Colors for U-505 Natter 08/28/2011 11:35PM
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