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Smoke Canister for US 105mm M84 Base Ejecting Projectile

M8owner

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Look what I found.
 

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That thing is old. The current color for the last 40 or more years has been light green body with black lettering.
 
Could this be a different countries version? The light green would be the US/NATO color scheme. Possibly this was made for someone else? KC is Kilgore which is a US company, although works with Chemring, so there is an international flavor to it as well.

But thanks for showing it ... it is an interesting version.

Joe
 

The NATO Code of Colours for the Identification of Ammunition (except ammunition of a calibre below 20mm) is STANAG 2321 and is, as far as I know, from 1960 or 1964. But every country could/can still use their own nearest equivalent colour. I think this smoke canister is from the WW-2 , Korea war or Vietnam war period.

 

The NATO Code of Colours for the Identification of Ammunition (except ammunition of a calibre below 20mm) is STANAG 2321 and is, as far as I know, from 1960 or 1964. But every country could/can still use their own nearest equivalent colour. I think this smoke canister is from the WW-2 , Korea war or Vietnam war period.

Hello all
I have never seen a Smoke canister that was coloured. Mine is bare metal with the type stencilled in white and I found lots of them on the ranges the same. Smoke projectiles of course are pale green. Still learning though
 
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