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105/130mm projectile

EODGUY

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There is an interesting thread on a 175mm discarding sabot projectile with some good information. It got me to thinking about a projectile I have that I have not been able to pin point the program it was built for. It is a 105mm TP projectile in a double sabot/bore rider sized up to 130mm. The fuze is also interesting because they have "X'd" out the model number. The MTSQ M500A1 fuze has a series of "X's" stamped into the aluminum removing the original model number. There is no other number in its place. I have never taken the fuze apart to see if I could determine if it was modified in any way.
 

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Very nice, there's several similarities between this and the 175, it just looks like it was developed at the same time etc.
Dave.
 
Any chance that the fuze is not original to the item? It seems to match in condition, but why a MT fuze?
 
I have wondered about the fuze projectile combo since I got it. It is in so tight I can't get it out and don't have a fuze wrench to do it the right way. I questioned the MTSQ use on a test round, but then rationalized it that they could have used the SQ function. Still doesn't explain why they would mark out the model number though.
 
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