is this British Shell Safe?
Article about: Hello, I purchased this 12mm HESH round at a car boot sale when I was eleven years old. I was told by another collector many years ago that the markings indicate it is filled with high explo
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Re: is this British Shell Safe?
Yes....HE SUB as per stencilling. This is a Proof round for the 120 mm BAT gun..
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Re: is this British Shell Safe?
Thanks very much. What is a proof round exactly?
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Re: is this British Shell Safe?
Hi Douglas.I dont know how much safe is but i can tell you that i like it !!
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Re: is this British Shell Safe?
Hi..Proof rounds are used to test some part or function of the gun. Yours looks like it says Proof of Prop which would mean it was used for testing the propelling charge....for want of a better word...the gunpowder in the shell case. It would not have been gunpowder really, you understand, but some form of cordite or nitro-cellulose propellant. To test the propellant they needed to fire the gun...hence your projectile. Nice projectile....
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Re: is this British Shell Safe?
Nice shell Doug...............Jake.
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