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37mm M1902
- Thread starter Tiflo62
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The Mle 31 is made to accept a screw in tracer unit, likely for night firing practice, a Mle 31/16 would seem to indicate the solid shot that won't use a tracer. In the case both look identical so this is a way to tell which is which. These are for subcalibre practice in larger guns. These will be Navy projectiles. The Army had them also, but I suspect those are unmarked WW1 stock or new late 1930s or 40 dated and will not have the model #, if I am thinking clearly on how to tell army from Navy as these were originally an Army projectile and WW1 use in 37x202 cases.
The Mle 31 is made to accept a screw in tracer unit, likely for night firing practice, a Mle 31/16 would seem to indicate the solid shot that won't use a tracer. In the case both look identical so this is a way to tell which is which. These are for subcalibre practice in larger guns. These will be Navy projectiles. The Army had them also, but I suspect those are unmarked WW1 stock or new late 1930s or 40 dated and will not have the model #, if I am thinking clearly on how to tell army from Navy as these were originally an Army projectile and WW1 use in 37x202 cases.
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Tony Williams
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I believe that some of the manually-loaded 37mm cannon fitted to French aircraft in WW1 used this ammo rather than the more usual 37x94R.
