Picture below of 1945 90MM M71 HE shell - recently acquired.
Any idea why there would be blue paint under the OD paint? I'd guess a dummy with inert fill changed to active.......... Lettering looks like it was added after WW2, possibly Korea (not sure why I think that! - maybe because of the yellow painted lot number which I've not seen before).
Also, can anyone explain what the difference is between a straight TNT load and the TNT with supplementary charge?
Many thanks for looking and any help.
Duncan.
Any idea why there would be blue paint under the OD paint? I'd guess a dummy with inert fill changed to active.......... Lettering looks like it was added after WW2, possibly Korea (not sure why I think that! - maybe because of the yellow painted lot number which I've not seen before).
Also, can anyone explain what the difference is between a straight TNT load and the TNT with supplementary charge?
Many thanks for looking and any help.
Duncan.