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I believe that the empty cartridge case next to the standard 303 case above may be a British 303 Machine Gun blank but I can only find reference to this type of cartridge having straight sides to the reduced front end. Can anyone please confirm the identification? Many thanks.
The neck is not parallel for the 2" Trench Mortar Cartridge.
The late B.A.Temple from Australia published a 5 set .303 ammunition ID manuals c.1990 which are possibly still obtainable from Ian Skennerton. Volume 3 (Blanks) is misplaced in my library but I show the case shape (like yours) with tapered neck as a dummy from book 5 made in India. This set is worth buying for information.
It is a propelling cartridge for the 2" trench mortar (plum pudding) as stated above, originally it would have had the top half chemically blackened like the one in the photo ( B.15 VII)
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