40mm Bofors practice

[Burney Davis]

Pictured below is a war dated 40mm Mk IVT British made projectile painted in practice/tracer configuration. It also has the broad arrow mark on the driving band. It came with an American plug painted in red and yellow which would appear to match with the projectile paint markings. Also stamped into the body is 'R. A. 2/24. 2' .

My questions are:

Is this a correct combination of projectile and plug? And why?
If not, should it have a British PRF?
What does the R.A. stamping represent?

Any help greatly appreciated.

 

[Darkman]

Darrel, a definite mismatch with a British explosive practice shell and an American Mk 27 PRF. The shell should be fitted with a No. 251 fuze. RA perhaps Remington Arms?
Graeme

 

[Burney Davis]

Darrel, a definite mismatch with a British explosive practice shell and an American Mk 27 PRF. The shell should be fitted with a No. 251 fuze. RA perhaps Remington Arms?
Graeme

My thoughts too Graeme, but the colour match just looks so good. Do you have any reference to the US colour coding of the plug in red/yellow?

 

[Weasel]

Found this in an old thread, may be of interest.

 

[Burney Davis]

Found this in an old thread, may be of interest.
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Yes, definitely interesting! So the colour match is purely co-incidental. An HE I T plug on a practice projectile. Many thanks to both.