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Gage · 03-01-2008, 08:57 PM

Does anybody know anything about the Germans having a shortage of brass and having to use lacquered steel cartridges?
Apparently the lacquer would melt when the breech of a weapon became hot and cause the cartridges to stick. Slowing down the rate of fire massively.

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Gage Battle of Barking Creek Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Somewhere in Time Posts: 1,375	Shortage of Brass Does anybody know anything about the Germans having a shortage of brass and having to use lacquered steel cartridges? Apparently the lacquer would melt when the breech of a weapon became hot and cause the cartridges to stick. Slowing down the rate of fire massively. __________________ 'There I stood at the bar, wearing a Mae West, no jacket, and beginning to leak blood from my torn boot. None of the golfers took any notice of me - after all, I wasn't a member!' Kenneth Lee - after being shot down on the 18th August 1940. John McClane: "Come out to the coast, we'll get together, have a few laughs..." Avatar: SOE (F Section) agent Andree Borrel murdered at Natzweiler Camp 6th July 1944.