30MM AAI experimental shell.

[Slick]

A 30 x 160. Plastic hull w/alloy base. Not sure what it was to be used in, gun wise.

 

[US-Subs]

Very cool round.

 

[rcaf53]

One of many in the run up to the GAU 8 . The proj from another series
Frank

 

[Slick]

Yea. Somewhere along the line, somebody glued that projectile in the case. Anybody got a pic of what a "real" one looked like?

 

[SG500]

Yea. Somewhere along the line, somebody glued that projectile in the case. Anybody got a pic of what a "real" one looked like?

Rick, attached some photos of "a real one".
According to Dale Davis book "Historical development summary of automatic cannon caliber ammunition: 20-30mm" they were used extensively in single shot firings at AAI. At the time these were made neither the Ford or General Electric GAU 8 cases had been designed and built so AAI built their own.
Dave.

 

[weberoed]

I noticed in Slicks first post, the TP projectile had the Lot number showing Kingsbury Ordnance Plant, laPort, IN. Was this the projectile that came with the cart case? I know KOP had a rea where Armor Research, (think that is the right name) did a lot of testing. Even after the plant closed they kept their area open and last time I was there they were doing blast overpressure tests on a couple Italian land mines.

KOP also did a lot of loading of the Beano grenades, we found their bodies all over while doing some UXO surveys.

 

[Slick]

"Was this the projectile that came with the cart case?"

Yes. Glued in, apparently.