Unknown 35 mm Oerlikon round

[Andy Naude]

Can any one please help identify this 35 mm Oelikon round. I believe it to be of South African manufacture. I have enquired locally and was told that it is a Target Practice Type (TPT). I'm still none the wiser.

Please help.

 

[SHAKY]

Training Practice Tracer (TPT) ? I am unsure what the colour represents. Just thinking that most practice rounds would be blue instead. Sorry I don't know more about this round. Somebody else here will know I'm sure.

 

[Spaceinvader]

I have seen pictures of British soldiers training with TPT rounds, so it might not be SA manufactured. Nice round though!

 

[SHAKY]

The Denel 35mm Dual Purpose Gun is used by SA Navy for close in weapons system since 2005. Cant seem to find M1A2 information. 35x228 mm cartridges for this gun comes in HEI, HEI-T, SAPHEI, PRAC, PRAC-T manufactured by PMP of Rheinmetall Denel Munitions.

 

[SHAKY]

I have just come across same coloured projectiles of other calibers and are all Drill cartridges and stenciled DRILL on the projectiles. This must be it.

 

[apfsds]

I always thought purple projectiles designate that the round is experimental?

Jason

 

[SHAKY]

It's only what I came across in other calibers with same colour. A couple of 30mm and a 25mm all were stenciled DRILL. And I thought it was pink. :elefant:The women here tell me it's "Lilac" or "Mauve". What would I know !

 

[Spaceinvader]

I too have seen purple drill rounds, 35mm, but they didnt have drive bands unlike this one.

 

[bdgreen]

South African reference round?: http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/87947-35x228-new-cartridges

 

[Nabob]

And I thought it was pink. :elefant:The women here tell me it's "Lilac" or "Mauve". What would I know !

Mans eye can distinguish 24 basic colors.
I tried to explain to my wife several times that peach is a fruit or flavour but certainly not a colour. :banghead:
Bob

 

[Tony Williams]

I think that is Oerlikon's standard projectile colour for drill rounds. I have examples in 20 x 139, 25 x 137, 25 x 180 and 30 x 170.

 

[Falcon]

Are you able to post a photo of the headstamp?

 

[Andy Naude]

Unfortunately I am only working off the one photo I had.

Andy

 

[Falcon]

That makes it difficult as many of these rounds look very similar despite being made in various countries. The headstamp would have been a much better clue.