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Got this from a friend many years ago. He mentioned at the time that it came from a US airforce training ground, so it might have been used
in some kind of aircraft weapon system. Any clues?
It is the high velocity 40mm grenade fired by the Mk-19 automatic grenade launcher. The gun is sometimes mounted on the chin turret of Cobra helicopters.
I haven't seen an example of a three-piece one like this before. The two piece HE version have an aluminum ogive/fuze that screws into a steel body. There have been inert loaded versions of that design. U.S. HE grenades have a yellow Ogive/fuze and OD body.
Target practice projos are usually all blue in color. Yours appears to be a practice as it has aluminum on the base, but it does have the potential to be a dud HE.
Perhaps some of the other members are familiar with this particular three piece design.
I do not think it's a dud because the guy I got it from used to be a weapon
advisor for the Dutch Air Force, and the shell feel like one piece of solid aluminum.
I expect he got the shell before his retirement which dates it back to
at least 15 years or more. Hope this helps.
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