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I'm not sure I would take the right or left handed rifling just base on this picture.
Very common for negatives and glass plates to be reversed if no writing was present in the picture.

Anyone know enough about 303 clips to know if that is a 4 and or a 2 stamped on the base of the clip?

https://forum.cartridgecollectors.org/t/303-british-clips/5174
 
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I'm not sure I would take the right or left handed rifling just base on this picture.
Very common for negatives and glass plates to be reversed if no writing was present in the picture.

Anyone know enough about 303 clips to know if that is a 4 and or a 2 stamped on the base of the clip?

https://forum.cartridgecollectors.org/t/303-british-clips/5174
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Note where the slit for the spring end of the charger is in the photo. The photo is not reversed.
 
Reminds me of "Brass Monkeys"
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In the heyday of sailing ships, all war ships and many freighters carried iron cannons. Those cannons fired round iron cannon balls. It was necessary to keep a good supply near the cannon. However, how to prevent them from rolling about the deck? The best storage method devised was a square-based pyramid with one ball on top, resting on four resting on nine, which rested on sixteen. Thus, a supply of 30 cannon balls could be stacked in a small area right next to the cannon. There was only one problem...how to prevent the bottom layer from sliding or rolling from under the others. The solution was a metal plate called a "Monkey" with 16 round indentations. However, if this plate were made of iron, the iron balls would quickly rust to it. The solution to the rusting problem was to make "Brass Monkeys." Few landlubbers realize that brass contracts much more and much faster than iron when chilled. Consequently, when the temperature dropped too far, the brass indentations would shrink so much that the iron cannonballs would come right off the monkey. Thus, it was quite literally, "Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey."
 
The FW 189 as originally intended.

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But what if you need a ground attack or Nachtjager aircraft? That's the "C" rendition:

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Interesting attempt to minimize structure. "Gimme enough wing to lift lots of guns, enough armour to protect Der Flieger, and enough tail surfaces to keep the whole thing airborne."
 
In every single underground partisan related book I have read Fw189 is universally called "frame" as in picture frame (polish "rama" for example) and just as universally hated.

Polish AK,Russian partisans and especially Titos Yugoslav troops raided airfields stationing those whenever possible.

Did you know there was a Russian SU-12 recon designed based on FW189? Prototype was build but it never made into production.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhoi_Su-12
 
Very few I think.Fw is a very,very skinny target from straight back so fighter approach from there is a nonsense.Gunner on FW has to worry about top back and underside directions. Sure way to shoot FW down is always bead on just like He-111.
 
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