OK...What is this (more giant bullets)

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This WAS found in a scrap bin at a foundry....almost went into the oven

I 'think' its a Brit BAT2 round?....recoiless??

Dark blue denotes inert practice round but...

Its rocket assisted...what would have happened if it went into the pot?

No...its not mine...it wasnt kept...I didnt find it

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Is it common to write 'HE' on practice rounds?
With the temperature of the melt in a foundry being considerably above the temperature needed to cause a detonation in a confined explosive...
Someone could have had an interesting day....

Even if no HE charge but still rocket propelled I would expect the same response from the rocket fuel.
 
A lot explosives tend to burn rather than explode when exposed to heat. Being detonated by shock rather than a fuse. Though i have no info on anything like this particular explosive
 
From Jane's....
120 mm L11 tank gun; 120 mm L30A1 (CHARM) tank gun
All RO Defence 120 mm tank gun ammunition is manually separate loaded, although the bundled stick propellant charges may be loaded in either calico bags or as rigid thin-walled CCC; at one time bagged charges were used for all types of projectile. All charges are ignited electrically via vent tubes fed from a vent tube loader. The vent tubes may be the L3 for the L11 gun or L4 for the L30 gun.


SH/Prac L32A6 This training projectile is used to simulate the operational HESH L31 which it matches ballistically. The SH/Prac L32A6 is available in a completely inert form, filled with an inert HE substitute (a composition of calcium sulphate and castor oil), or an inert HE substitute plus a live fuze and a flash pellet for spotting purposes. Four small tracers are housed in the projectile base. As with the HESH L31, the SH/Prac L32A6 is fired using the L3 bag charge containing 3.04 kg of NQ/S27-09 propellant. Muzzle velocity is 670 m/s.

You're welcome...can I take the Ferret for a spin now? :D
 
Klunk it is an inert round, I've seen thousands of them throughout the years. Used to be after annual range clearance, the Ammo Techs certify the salvage "free from explosives" then they were generally sold to a scrap dealer for weight. Because of a couple of accidents in the last few years, NDHQ has come out a new directive on range scrap and salvage. I'm sure you will still find hundreds of thousands of the in junk yards all across of the west.
 
DaveGP said:
SH/Prac L32A6 This training projectile is used to simulate the operational HESH L31 which it matches ballistically.

You're welcome...can I take the Ferret for a spin now? :D
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You da man...

So those arent rocket motors...they are tracers....BF tracers...

Ferret is in the shop....wait out
 
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