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Green smoke box circles on 25 pdr HE shells?

Darkman

Darkman

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Can someone please explain to me why the 25 pdr HE projectiles are shown with green smoke box circles on the attached document sourced from BOCN? (Refer top LHS 2 - 1941 & 1943.) Not sure of the original source of this document - is it from an ammunition handbook? I wasn't aware 25 pdrs (HEs) were used in an AA role. Was there another reason for the visual indication with a smoke puff?
 

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To observe point of impact. Was standard practice (dependent on HE filling).

TimG
 
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