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Cool Ammo cross section photos

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  • 25-06-2013 8:43am
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    Holdover
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    Very good cross section photos of various types of ammo here
    http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1shvyY

    Lots of unusual stuff, can anyone identify them and their uses?


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    Hunterbiker
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    That's a great find!


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    deerhunter1
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    Holdover wrote: »
    Very good cross section photos of various types of ammo here
    http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1shvyY

    Lots of unusual stuff, can anyone identify them and their uses?

    Nice one


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    Cass
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    That's pretty cool.

    Some of them look seriously nasty, and others are a little puzzling. One seems to have cotton wool in it, another has a "void" from the primer into the case.

    As was said on the page some back story or description would be nice.
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    Vegeta
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    Cass wrote: »
    Some of them look seriously nasty, and others are a little puzzling. One seems to have cotton wool in it, another has a "void" from the primer into the case.

    Big plus one on the puzzling front, some are just bizarre.


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    knipex
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    One appears to be some form of Sabot round and one appears to have what looks like a wooden bullet ??


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    Hunterbiker
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    knipex wrote: »
    One appears to be some form of Sabot round

    I thought that.


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    German pointer
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    [QUOTEand one appears to have what looks like a wooden bullet ??[/QUOTE]


    I read somewhere not sure where that the Japanese used wooden warheads in some of their rifles during the Pacific conflict on the islands. This was supposed to get a marine injured and then 2or3 more to take him off the battle field thus 1 enemy injured and 3 off the field of battle. Not sure how well it worked for them though


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    kowloon
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    The Germans used wooden bullets for training (WW2), they were made of really soft wood that broke up. I was told there was an attachment that broke up the bullets but I've never seen one.


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    The Aussie
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    The one with the cotton wool looks like a Multi Enviroment Round/ Ammunition.

    Further down the page the stacked projectile (3 conical shapes stacked) looks like a version of a Armour Peircing round.

    The nasty looking ones are Shrapnel rounds.

    Would love to see all 900 with descriptions


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    peterk19
    Registered Users Posts: 2,278 ✭✭✭peterk19


    Some more info on them here

    http://www.amusingplanet.com/2013/06/photos-of-bullets-sliced-in-half-by.html


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