Today i received 2 more nice 20x102 rouds from Japan.
The first one was a lightblue (over-)painted TP round. When i stripped the blue paint of, the original black color was revealed, and also some original white Japanes markings...
20MM DUMMY - M51A1 - NS-1001-47, and on the drivebelt: NS-1-5 20MM JM55A2
Guess this was original a Japanese manufactured M55 TP round (seen the 'J' in the JM55A2 designation), converted to dummy.
Second round was (at first glance) a XM254 Dummy round, but had different markings than the US ones:
20 MM DUMMY - M51A4N - PKL98G - 001-004
The M51A4N marking does not feel 'American' so, i guess it's also a Japanese designation...
So far, we only identified the manufacturer NS ( 'Nippon koki co., Ltd. Shirakawaseizosho' ) on those Japanese rounds, so if anyone has more info on any of these rounds or their markings, please let me know.
Same for the Japanese 20x102 Blank round in another post: http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/88578-Japanese-20x102-blanks (and in 'The Cartridge Researcher')
Thanks.
The first one was a lightblue (over-)painted TP round. When i stripped the blue paint of, the original black color was revealed, and also some original white Japanes markings...
20MM DUMMY - M51A1 - NS-1001-47, and on the drivebelt: NS-1-5 20MM JM55A2
Guess this was original a Japanese manufactured M55 TP round (seen the 'J' in the JM55A2 designation), converted to dummy.
Second round was (at first glance) a XM254 Dummy round, but had different markings than the US ones:
20 MM DUMMY - M51A4N - PKL98G - 001-004
The M51A4N marking does not feel 'American' so, i guess it's also a Japanese designation...
So far, we only identified the manufacturer NS ( 'Nippon koki co., Ltd. Shirakawaseizosho' ) on those Japanese rounds, so if anyone has more info on any of these rounds or their markings, please let me know.
Same for the Japanese 20x102 Blank round in another post: http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/88578-Japanese-20x102-blanks (and in 'The Cartridge Researcher')
Thanks.
