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Gordon, by the looks of it it has a Base Bleed unit on the base. Nice find! ERFB-BB Extended Range Full Base Base Bleed, and it is one of the newest versions with the pads formed in production, instead of welded on.
If I recall correctly it is Extended Range Full Bore. Then perhaps the BB.
The Iraqis had a bunch of these, I believe all were S. African manufacture. They were testing and trying to adapt them for CW/BW dispersal. I think (memory lapse) I brought a couple of examples back from a Kuwait/Iraq UNMOVIC exchange, they may still reside in the Dutch EOD collection - as UN/OPCW property. Any of the Dutch guys got pictures?
I just wish to confirm that this was made by General Electric C0 and is Lot 1 1986 as
the markings would seem to indicate. No idea as to the meaning of the latter A ?
Any one else have one of these ?
The dummy fuze is marked;
549585- 2n
2.10 LBS
Cutaway models of two 155mm ERFB shells…. and the story of Gerald Bull. At the start of the 60’s of the last century attempts were made to shoot a satellite into space by means of two connected 16” ship’s gun barrels during the HARP (High Altitude Research Project), as rockets were still quite...
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