"identifying british gun rounds" Topic
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| Fettster | 13 May 2014 1:37 p.m. PST |
I know different colours are painted to tell different types of round apart, but
1. What are they?
2. Are they the same for tanks, anti-tank guns, artillery (I.e if he is yellow, is this the same for all types and calibers? Thanks Leigh |
 Doms Decals  | 13 May 2014 1:44 p.m. PST |
Basic was HE yellow, smoke green, AP black, but there was a variety of different coloured bands used to more specifically denote the type. |
| Fettster | 13 May 2014 3:05 p.m. PST |
Perfect,thanks Dom. I have seen piat rounds that are black with a yellow band, are the ap-he? |
| Neroon | 13 May 2014 5:22 p.m. PST |
It's not as cut and dried as that. Check out this site (downloadable PDFs) link cheers |
79thPA  | 13 May 2014 8:08 p.m. PST |
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| Leadgend | 13 May 2014 9:59 p.m. PST |
Lots of detailed info on British ammo: nigelef.tripod.com/ammo.htm The British used a lot of US guns which usually came with US ammo and thus has the US colour scheme. The PIAT fires a hollow charge bomb so they are explosive however the yellow band on an AP shell seems to indicate a practice round. |
| Fettster | 14 May 2014 5:25 a.m. PST |
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