Korean War: Battle of Imjin

[Corea]

I have here a few bullets that have been fired and would love some help with the ID.

First: I believe this is a .50 caliber bullet from a Browning Machine Gun.
It has 8 land and groove marks with a right hand twist.
The size can be seen in the picture.
The puzzle is that the tip is yellow. That confuses me.


Second: I believe this is an American .30-06 bullet from an M1/2 Garand rifle.
It has 4 land and groove marks with a right hand twist.
The tip appears to be black, so possibly armour piercing.



Third: I am not sure about this. Possibly a British .303 bullet jacket.
It has 5 land and groove marks with a left hand twist.
It also has a boat tail.
Puzzling.


These were all found on a hill occupied by British troops then taken by the Chinese during the Battle of Imjin River.

Any help to confirm or correct my assumptions would really be appreciated.

Thanks a lot

 

[bacarnal]

Corea, First off, Welcome. From what I've seen, the members of this site are multicultural/national and are willing to help out anyone. To answer your questions, here goes. The first round looks like the projectile for the M48 Spotter Tracer round used for the .50 Cal Spotting Rifle for the 106mm Recoilless Rifle, which would be a little past the date for the battle. Is there a possibility that the site was used for military training afterwards? The second item is the .30 Cal M2 Armor Piercing Round, as you had surmised. The third has the profile of most boat tailed spitzer bullets. With the 5 lands and groves, I couldn't tell you if it is Soviet/ChiCom or British. I know someone that knows either of those two countries small arms could tell you either way. Cheers, Bruce.

 

[Falcon]

The last one looks like it could possibly be a British .303 Ball Mark 8. This was a boat-tailed bullet designed for the Vickers machine gun.

 

[Corea]

wow, really great information there.

bacarnal: For the first bullet: the site is very close to the DMZ and is still heavily fortified and there is evidence of modern military training. I collected four of those rounds, the other three are only partial as they split open on impact. The yellow tip was confusing me as I didn't think they used yellow only tips in the Korean War for the BMG.
Glad I'm right on the second one.

Falcon and bacarnel: The third bullet could be British .303 or Soviet?? I guess either would make sense as the hill was attacked by the Communist forces forcing the British off, but the British moved to a hill nearby and continued the fight, so would have shot at the hill.

I'm new to the world of military ammunition, but it is fun to try and work out what items are. I've never seen any real bullets before, so I was basing the finds off cartridges that were found in the general location.

I really appreciate all the help, as I like to record all my finds and would hate to label something wrong.

Thanks again.