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On 5/11/2020 at 9:34 PM, jdm said:

Then focus on the manufacturing of this single, short lived item. As often happens the comments are worth to read no matter your stance on war and ordnance.

 

Very interesting, I'm familiar with most of the processes there having worked as a design development engineer for an automotive fastener company for 11 years, albeit everything on a smaller scale. What the film doesn't convey is the noise, smells and general foggy atmosphere in such a manufacturing plant, that has to be experienced to appreciate it. About 40 odd years ago I used to go metal detecting on Hamstead Heath and regularly used to find the nose cones and pieces of the bronze driving bands from these shells, that fell back to earth, after being fired at German aircraft during the blitz....

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