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Any idea what the deal was with the 6-inch? I thought that we had dropped it before 1940, was it manufactured for the UK? Markings on the base would seem to indicate that - ?
 
The 120mm USMC WP-T projo is great, super rare. It is interesting that the tracer section screws all the way into the WP cavity. They also made this round in a non-tracer version.
 
It is a U.S. M357 (T16E4) WP-T, fired from the M58 Tank Gun on the 65 ton M103 tank, which was in service from 1957 through 1974. It was a separate loading round, using a brass case the same size as the WWII 120mm AAA case.

Ammunition data sheets in TM 43-0001-28
 
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The 8 Inch Gun round is nice! I've never seen one with the older fuze design or in yellow.
 
Either had I. I figured that the detail in the fuze and extender was worth the extra photos -
 
You seem to have a plethora of variations of the experimental aircraft rockets that we have discussed in the past. More than I knew existed. Too bad they weren't taken better care of.
 
That 105mm RR round is really different, only partially perforated case with no bottleneck, rotating band without preengraving, and really primitive shape charge with massive steel nose and no ring on the spike. This looks like the first attempt at a spike nosed HEAT round. It looks more like a misinformation example than anything else. It would have very limited range.

I'm wondering if this was a low recoil round, instead of recoilless?
 
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