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1 and 2 are 20mm Hispano Armour Piercing rounds. No 5 is a fired 20mm Oerlikon case. Notice how the shoulders and neck blow out upon firing.
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Gary
1 & 2 are, as has been said, rounds for the 20mm Hispano gun. However, I think they are actually Plate-Testing rounds, rather than AP rounds as such, that short projectile being quite distinctive. 8 appears to be a type of Armour-Piercing Discarding Sabot projectile, but I do not know for which gun. What is its diameter, please?
#8 looks to be APFSDS but does not have the fins coming out the bottom of the sabots which is unusual. I cant tell if it is a real round or simply a projectile to fill a casing.
I'm pretty sure 3 and 4 are examples of Primer Electric L10 which were used by the British Army in the Gun 105 mm SP Field and the Gun 105 mm Field L118.
1&2 are plate testing rounds(have one in my collection)....the LOT1 73 20MM is a Kynoch contract for BMAR Co (British Manufacturing and Research Co Ltd)
Re the 7th photo showing the short .50 case with fired bullet - the bullet is unlikely to be the correct type for the case. For example, the .50 spotter tracer rounds M48A1 and M48A2 as used with the WOMBAT 120 mm recoilless anti-tank gun were designed to produce flash and smoke on impact. The front ends of the bullets would therefore have been destroyed. The tips were also marked with bands of red and yellow paint.
Agreed with John P about Primer Electric L10.
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