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mickk said:
yellowjack said:
It's not a practice round - the yellow band denotes a HE (High Explosive) round.
ApOrbital said:
Yellow Means practice nothing was in it.
This is why I love this place.
http://downloads.slugsite.com/cc-pdfs/MM2597.pdf (specifically pages 7 to 11)
...this is a US Army training document. It was easily available on the open internet already. All of my training publications are protectively marked as "Restricted" so I won't share those. Suffice to say, the colour markings of UK ammunition are the same, as they follow an international marking convention.
My experience in this field? Five years as the Ammunition Storekeeper/Accountant at Wimbish Station Support Unit. Wimbish Station is the home of both 33 Engineer Regiment (EOD), and 101 (City of London) Engineer Regiment (EOD).
So I feel entirely qualified and justified in stating, for the record, that, if the mortar round in the photograph has not been 'photoshopped' or edited in any way, then the olive drab body, and the yellow band around it, designate it as a live High Explosive filled mortar round. Reasons for not exploding? I couldn't say from the photo, but it may not have been fused correctly by the loader at the firing point. It may have had a defective fuse or other vital component. Or it may be that it's relatively 'soft' landing on the tyre meant it failed to function as intended.
The light blue used to denote a practice round is usually painted over the entirety of the shell. This is because there is no need to 'camouflage' a practice round because they are not used in the face of the enemy. Practice rounds may additionally have coloured bands to denote additional fill material. 'Practice' does not mean 'no explosive content'.
An additional darker blue is used by UK forces to denote a 'drill' round. The difference between 'practice' and 'drill' is that a practice munition is one that is fired, and therefore may contain limited explosive content such as smoke or incendiary effects, and propellant material. A drill round is one that contains no explosive content whatsoever, and is used only to train personnel in the drills for the preparation and loading/unloading of a weapon system prior to moving onto practice rounds or "full live" firing.
I'll bite...
slartibartfast said:
irocfan said:
"Lucky guy in his car get's hit by a mortar rocket that didn't explode #Bengazi #Libya"
Dave46 said:
Cool.Now on its way to Iceland.
http://www.flightradar24.com/data/airplanes/ur-820...
(I am guessing this link will not be very useful after a few hours have passed .....)
One thing that for which I had not realised the implications until just now is that the Antonov company is based in Ukraine.
Hmm.
Edited by LongQ on Sunday 16th November 23:29
Hugo a Gogo said:
Fishtigua said:
Doncaster has an Airport?
Really????
The things we learn on the 'tinternet.
Robin Hood AirportReally????
The things we learn on the 'tinternet.
named after the legendary resident of Doncaster/Sheffield...
It was the former RAF Finningley. A mate of mine was pretty much the last one off site when it closed in 199(?)
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