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[zephyr4]

Picked this up at the car boot sale today I am not sure if its real or a made up one it has had a stand made for the bottom.

Thanks for any info z4.

 

[ydnum303]

Very nice! Wish I could find stuff like this at the car-boots I go to.
R.

 

[SG500]

I second that, good find for a car boot sale.
From the photos it looks like a mix of real components (penetrator, fins, sabot) and questionable parts (the bands that look like brass, the part behind the rear band that doesn't appear to be segmented and obviously the base that is just there for it to stand on.
Are there any markings on the sabot? Does it come apart?
interesting engraving on the base.
Dave.

 

[Millsman]

Looks like somebody's leaving present from the ROF.

John

 

[apfsds]

Very very cool!

 

[AE501]

I would think it is a leaving present. The fins are about the right colour but not the same shape as L23A1. Even if some of it was from earlier designs, the centering bands would have been of ballistic nylon and the air scoops would have been deeper.

 

[Przezdzieblo]

In those years in UK they were working on one 105 mm APFSDS, designated PPL 64 (and later introduced as L64). AFAIK licence version is made in Pakistan --> http://pof.gov.pk/products/Tank_AND_Anti_Tank_Ammunition/105_MM_APFSDS_P1A1/4/

 

[Spaceinvader]

Wish I could find this type of stuff in Canada!

 

[zephyr4]

Looks like somebody's leaving present from the ROF.

John

Well millsman got it right I had a surprise while cleaning it I will post picture later.

z4

 

[zephyr4]

While giving it a clean because it was quite dirty I felt the base was slightly loose but it would not tighten up so I kept twisting and it eventually came apart and hear is what I found.

z4.

 

[spotter]

hahaha nice surprise, i had a similar experience with an old fuze http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/4479-No106-MkII-NOT?highlight=lighter