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British Aden Round
- Thread starter jvollenberg
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Dave,
Do you know if they gave it a nomenclature?
Joe
Do you know if they gave it a nomenclature?
Joe
Hi, LV expt Adens were painted brown. I have 3 of them, see this thread, posts 1 and 17. They aren't repaints and are all stenciled as being experimental on the projectile.
I don't know when purple was introduced as expt for British rounds but brown was used for sure for Aden expt.
A friend has the 20mm version with an original brown expt painted projectile.
http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/27629-Mauser-213/page2?highlight=mauser+213
Hope this helps.
Dave.
Hopefully Joe can confirm any markings on the case or proj. If you look at post 17 on the thread below the 2 x black painted rounds are the American versions of the LV Aden.
Dave.
http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/thread...ght=mauser+213
Every British Markings handbook since WWII and possibly before says that experimental ammunition is marked to Colour Dark Violet in accordance with BS381C. These include the Inter Services Markings Handbooks of 1948 and 1960, JSP316 and Def Stan 08-10 to my knowledge.
These 30mm rounds are British and therefore the Brown is correct because the cartridge cases contain low explosive i.e. propellant - I do not know if the projectile has a small low explosive component giving a flash or something.
As you can see from the photo there are exceptions for items which are limited to a specific user. I know that the cases for Injectors EOD were for many years marked as experimental and these fell within the 20 - 40mm range, but without the dark Violet marking because of its limited user.
These 30mm rounds are British and therefore the Brown is correct because the cartridge cases contain low explosive i.e. propellant - I do not know if the projectile has a small low explosive component giving a flash or something.
As you can see from the photo there are exceptions for items which are limited to a specific user. I know that the cases for Injectors EOD were for many years marked as experimental and these fell within the 20 - 40mm range, but without the dark Violet marking because of its limited user.
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The only markings on the item are the ones shown. Evidently we must have forgotten to take pictures of the base of the case.
Joe
Joe