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    MichaelY replied to the thread 47mm 47/32 and tank gun EP (effeto pronto).
    The major rounds for 47/32 HE, HEAT, APBC, AP I think thats the early HEAT Effetto Pronto, it is a very odd shape for a HEAT shell !?
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    Wargames reacted to Dili's post in the thread Invasion: Malta with Like Like.
    L3 was not air droppble. Jeff already told you above. It could be transported into the S82 belly.
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    Dili replied to the thread Invasion: Malta.
    L3 was not air droppble. Jeff already told you above. It could be transported into the S82 belly.
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    Wargames replied to the thread Invasion: Malta.
    Any other corrections? Right now, I estimate 4.2 Sm.82's to carry 96 men, 1 HMG, and 1-81mm mortar. It sounded like parachuting an L3 in...
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    sosonutwithti replied to the thread What Convoy Was This - 17/09/1942.
    Thanks so any supplys from Greece was from luftwaffee transports . from Sept 3rd.
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    jwsleser replied to the thread What Convoy Was This - 17/09/1942.
    There were two convoys in Settembre 42 Pireo to Tobruk. 1 Sep Pireo P.cst Stige escorted by Hermes, arrive Tobruk 3 September. 3...
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    sosonutwithti replied to the thread What Convoy Was This - 17/09/1942.
    Well I know the Italians used mz motor barges and WW1 destroyers from Crete to tobruk .any records from Sept 1942. I have a...
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    Dili reacted to jwsleser's post in the thread Invasion: Malta with Like Like.
    Brain cramp on my part. In too much of a hurry. Corrected.
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    jwsleser replied to the thread Invasion: Malta.
    Brain cramp on my part. In too much of a hurry. Corrected.
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    Dili replied to the thread Invasion: Malta.
    SM79 or SM 82? I don't think 22 SM79 can lift a para btg. 3 SM79 could probably lift a plt. If there are 3 coy each with 3 plt in btg...
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    jwsleser replied to the thread Invasion: Malta.
    Wargames Aerorifornitori doesn't translate well. They are aerial resupply containers i.e. drop containers, in German Mischlast...
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    Dili replied to the thread Invasion: Malta.
    It is possible that due to short distance fuel weight can be reduced, but the limitation probably is space instead of weight. as you can...
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    Dili replied to the thread Invasion: Malta.
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    Wargames replied to the thread Invasion: Malta.
    Jeff: Thanks for the corrections and I'm sure you have more: I translate "aerorifornitori" as "air refuelers". Was that your intention?
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    Wargames reacted to jwsleser's post in the thread Invasion: Malta with Like Like.
    Interesting replay of this possibility, but there are many things that simply aren't correct. I will briefly focus on the paracadutisti...
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