Thread: What Was a Magnum?
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Old 5th June 2025, 00:59
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Re: What Was a Magnum?
According to references in the book "An Expendable Squadron: The Story of 217 Squadron, Coastal Command, 1939–1945" By Roy Conyers Nesbit, a Magnum was an air-dropped 2000 lb electro-magnetic mine, activated by the magnetic field of a ship passing over the mine.
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