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<blockquote data-quote="Grey Panner" data-source="post: 672995" data-attributes="member: 15464"><p>In the fifties, when war-surplus ammunition was freely available, bulk purchases of 303 rounds would often contain a few with black projectiles. As has already been stated, these were armour piercing rounds. Very occasionally someone would encounter a tracer but this was rare and I can't remember what colour they were.</p><p>I never heard of incendiary rounds being available publically. It seems obvious that they would have been scrupulously kept back when surplus ammo was disposed off.</p><p>Machine gun belts used to be loaded TAB, TAB, TABI, which stood for Tracer, Armoured Piercing, Ball, with the I indicaing Incendiary.</p><p>This would appear to indicate that the round discovered by Connan was certainly of military origin and since it has been definitely identified as 50 calibre and of US manufacture it would almost certainly be a US Army relic.</p><p>It's an interesting historical find.</p><p>Grey Panner</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Grey Panner, post: 672995, member: 15464"] In the fifties, when war-surplus ammunition was freely available, bulk purchases of 303 rounds would often contain a few with black projectiles. As has already been stated, these were armour piercing rounds. Very occasionally someone would encounter a tracer but this was rare and I can't remember what colour they were. I never heard of incendiary rounds being available publically. It seems obvious that they would have been scrupulously kept back when surplus ammo was disposed off. Machine gun belts used to be loaded TAB, TAB, TABI, which stood for Tracer, Armoured Piercing, Ball, with the I indicaing Incendiary. This would appear to indicate that the round discovered by Connan was certainly of military origin and since it has been definitely identified as 50 calibre and of US manufacture it would almost certainly be a US Army relic. It's an interesting historical find. Grey Panner [/QUOTE]
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