X-Rayed Ordnance

[peteblight]

Here's some pictures of various items we've xrayed over the years.
Some of the quality isn't great as they've been scanned for uploading.

Picture 1 - Empty Aircraft bomb (not sure which one) showing the central burster.

Picture 2 - Empty German 10.5cm projectile, showing burster.

Picture 3 - Mustard filled 25pdr mk 10, showing a liquid level and the piston used for disseminating the agent.

Picture 4 - Chloropicrin filled 4" Stokes mortar, showing a liquid level and central burster.

Hope you find them interesting

 

[John D. Bartleson Jr.]

Ordnance Radiographs;

Pee,
Those are some fine radiographs, may I ask what you used to make them, electroic or live source?
John

 

[peteblight]

The first 3 were shot using an Andrex 300kv set and wet processing. The Stokes was shot using an XR 300 pulsed x ray set and polaroid developing system.
The quality of the originals is far better.

 

[leeski]

great pictures peteblight so if its black inside that means its empty

regards lee

 

[peteblight]

The way it works is that denser areas are whiter, so depending on the fill, then there will be a difference between the fill and voids.
After working with an x-ray for a while you can get a good "feel" for the contents.

Pete