Andy Naude
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Two South African 155 mm shells. One smoke and the sectioned one is practice.
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155 mm Practice
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Eggburt1969
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I was holding fire on replying to this as I thought the two 155 mm projectiles would be ID'ed rather quickly? As they haven't here's what they are as far as I can tell.
Both would seem to be South African Extended Range Full-Bore (ERFB) projectiles.
The white phosphorous (WP) busting smoke projectile is the M1A1. From the rear it would be the hollow base (HB) and not the base bleed (BB) unit (BBU) version, so an ERFB-BB.
The blue sectioned version is a dummy training ERFB V-LAP (Velocity-Enhanced Long-range Artillery Projectile). As it has knubs, it's likely the M9703, this as the M2005 is the non-knubed (non-ERFB) version. There's also the M0256 V-LAP, which is the IHE (insensitive high explosive) PFF (preformed fragmentation) version of the M2005.
Both would seem to be South African Extended Range Full-Bore (ERFB) projectiles.
The white phosphorous (WP) busting smoke projectile is the M1A1. From the rear it would be the hollow base (HB) and not the base bleed (BB) unit (BBU) version, so an ERFB-BB.
The blue sectioned version is a dummy training ERFB V-LAP (Velocity-Enhanced Long-range Artillery Projectile). As it has knubs, it's likely the M9703, this as the M2005 is the non-knubed (non-ERFB) version. There's also the M0256 V-LAP, which is the IHE (insensitive high explosive) PFF (preformed fragmentation) version of the M2005.
Originally invented by PRB Belgium.
