120MM TK questions

[tldltd]

Hello,

First of all, this site is awesome..Incredible amount of knowledge.

I have an opportunity to acquire a 120MM tank projectile. Owner says it is a practice projectile and not explosive. Before I pick this thing up I want to confirm if it is safe and exactly what it is.

It has been fired. It is mostly rusted but it was blue at one point. Numbers on the side are:
349P
120MM TK
SX912
C3813 PAT
5/73 LOT 833

Base plate is solid and is #SX 1044

From research I believe the "349P" to mean practice - is this so? What does 349 mean?

Would there be explosive inside? Any and all help appreciated. Thank you

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[spotter]

Confirmation 120mm TANK Squash Head PRACTICE it is filled with an INERT HE substitute to give weight,,The base contains 4 tracer elements which are ignited when the round is fired
As seen in your phots the practice rounds have a blank base without base fuze the attached image shows how the base fuzed live version differs



More photos/info in this topic showing various 120mm projectiles http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/3974-BRITISH-L-SERIES-120mm-PROJECTILES

 

[tldltd]

Great, thank you spotter, much appreciated. I am looking forward to having this piece to start my collection.

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[MINENAZ16]

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[tldltd]

Thank you MINENAZ16

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[Skybeam]

Hi everyone, I hope this is the right place to post this, apologies if not. I recently came across the attached round, being advertised as a WW1 shell by an auction house I understand that it’s actually a 120mm Tank round dated 1972, but would be interested to know what forum members can tell me about it please? Again like the previous poster, if it’s a practice variant or otherwise etc.

Stampings on the side of the round appear to be:

117
120 MM TK
SX 1090
C3286 PAT
1/72 LOT 5
P1

On the base:

02482
SX916

Any info would be greatly appreciated and I’ll pass on whatever I get for the benefit of the auctioneer!