| Thanks everyone. Some great info.
This is the only thing I could find on it - 'Shortage of brass led to the intro of steel cartridges which had to be lacquered to protect from rust. Breeches of weapons became hot and caused cartridges to stick. Machine gunners would have to change barrels after every burst and riflemen to force open the bolts with their entrenching tools' - by Tony Le Tissier.
__________________ '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. |