5.56mm and 9mm training rounds

[smle2009]

Hi to all,
trying to find any info on these 5.56mm & 9mm training rounds,they have no headstamp but two of the 5.56mm and one of the 9mm is marked on the case UTM 5.56 RH & UTM 9mm RH,all of the 5.56mm and one 9mm have sprung loaded base/heads,the other 9mm has a fixed hollow point 'dummy' plastic projectile.
All of the 5.56mm are primed with a Kynoch .22"? blank.
RH...Raleigh Cycle Co???????.
Also trying to find out if they are used by the military or police, 5.56 drill round included for scale.

Cheers
Tony

 

[TonyE]

5.56mm

Hi Tony

These are being used by the army as far as I Know. The UTM rounds have been around for a whil and their website is here

http://utmworldwide.com/

I cannot remember the name of the other sort but I have an unfired 5.56mm. I will have to check.

Regards
TonyE

 

[smle2009]

Hi TonyE,
Many thanks,very intresting site and able to id all but one of these rounds from it.

All the best
Tony

 

[Lewis]

Tony,

The UTM 9mm with the Black plastic "bullet" is their Battlefield Blank. They also have a Silent Blank with a white plastic "bullet". Both bullets stay in the case when the blank is fired. The RH on the side of the case probably means "Reduced hazard". I have found the same marking on the headstamps of a number of 9x19mm cases from frangible rounds here in the US. This is not a general commercial marking. Another marking shows up on cases "NTF" which means Non-Toxic Frangible". I was told by one manufacturer that this marking was specifically required on cases for Frangible 9x19mm sold to the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Georgia for use on their range. I suspect that the RH marked cases are also intended for the FLETC or some similar organization since they are rarely encountered.

Lew

 

[smle2009]

Hi Lew,
Many thanks for the info,just got to find out about the "bass" coloured 5.56mm,same idea but different manufacturer me thinks.

All the best
Tony

 

[Lewis]

Tony, Not my area but some of the 9x19 loads for UTM made in South Africa (when PMP was making their cartridges) have a darkened finish that looks like a lacquer and some are copper plated. Just from your photo I'm not sure your's is actually brass. It looks like it may be some sort of finish. Just an idea and probably wrong!

Cheers, Lew

 

[smle2009]

Hi Lew,
yes it is just a brass finish,also the sprung part at the base of the round is somewhat longer than the others when extended,so must be used in a different 'action' than UTM's?

Cheers
Tony

 

[spotter]

Attatched images show two 5.56 UTM battlefield blanks and a UTM 9mm man marker round,please note the 9mm man marker round is missing the marker component which can be seen in the drawings.
The Left round is shown in the unfired state with the firing pin ball still held in the tube,the round on the right shows fired condition with the firing pin ball impacted the forward primer and the tube extended by gas pressure (not spring)
Both the 5.56 use rimfire rear primers the 9mm is centrefire
further information documents and video explaining how these function can be found on the UTM website
http://utmworldwide.com/overview.aspx

 

[TonyE]

Nice sections!

Thanks
TonyE

 

[Tony Williams]

These are intricate little devices. Some years ago I was given a set of sectioned UTM rounds by the designer, including a 5.7x28, a couple of different 5.56x45, a 7.62x51, a couple of different 9x19 and a .40 S&W. Some of these were prototypes at the time, and I'm not sure whether they all made it into production.