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Sneb rockets
- Thread starter Dave17
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bazooka chris
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Welcome to Bocn
i see you just bought it from DandB Militaria.
http://www.dandbmilitaria.com/inert-sneb-harrier-rocket.html
From Bazooka Chris
i see you just bought it from DandB Militaria.
http://www.dandbmilitaria.com/inert-sneb-harrier-rocket.html
From Bazooka Chris
Apparently I found my own answer, its a display colours SNEB. I found an identical one here : http://www.specialistauctions.com/auctiondetails.php?id=1288802
Dave,
What you have is a 2.75 inch (70mm) FFAR, Folding Fin Aircraft Rocket. It has a dummy 6-1/2 Lb. warhead and a Mk. 40 motor which is the older Vietnam era motors with foldout fins. SNEB rockets are French made and are 68mm. The guy on specialist auctions has both types of 2.75 inch rockets, the MK.40 short motor like yours and the Mk. 66 motor which is also called the Hydra, which has roll-out fins and has a longer motor body. When he says his are SNEB type, he doesn't know what he is talking about. Your warhead is the oldest design and smallest used on the 2.75 inch rocket. They also had 10 Lb. and 17 Lb. warheads. The Hydra program is what was designed to be used on the Apache helicopters, where the antiarmor warhead has 9 HEAT submunitions inside like the 9 heads on a Hydra.
More 2.75 inch stuff here:http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/80979-M229-2-75-INCH-rocket-warhead?highlight=rocket
What you have is a 2.75 inch (70mm) FFAR, Folding Fin Aircraft Rocket. It has a dummy 6-1/2 Lb. warhead and a Mk. 40 motor which is the older Vietnam era motors with foldout fins. SNEB rockets are French made and are 68mm. The guy on specialist auctions has both types of 2.75 inch rockets, the MK.40 short motor like yours and the Mk. 66 motor which is also called the Hydra, which has roll-out fins and has a longer motor body. When he says his are SNEB type, he doesn't know what he is talking about. Your warhead is the oldest design and smallest used on the 2.75 inch rocket. They also had 10 Lb. and 17 Lb. warheads. The Hydra program is what was designed to be used on the Apache helicopters, where the antiarmor warhead has 9 HEAT submunitions inside like the 9 heads on a Hydra.
More 2.75 inch stuff here:http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/80979-M229-2-75-INCH-rocket-warhead?highlight=rocket
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