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[Tailflash]

Unfortunately, my old cartridge collection is needing a bit of repair; having fallen off the wall back in March 2020 during a rare 5.7 magnitude earthquake here in Utah. I was pretty bummed out as this was something I made and have been collecting since I was a mere young teen...

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[copdoc]

that is a shame. I hope you get it back to together. I see what looks like Raufuss and 12.7 Soviet in corner.

 

[Tailflash]

...I see what looks like Raufuss and 12.7 Soviet in corner.

Both are .50 BMG rounds. Black Tip (AP) is a bring-back souvenir from WWII European Theater; was given to me by a WWII Vet that I believe was a gunner on B-17s & marked DM 42 that represents Des Moines (Iowa Army Ammunition Plant) that operated Jan 42 to Jul 45.
The other .50 BMG is from Israel. They don't mark these APIT rounds like this anymore and have adopted the standard silver/red tip for APIT that NATO uses. There was a full can (100 rnds) of this stuff on GB several years ago that I forgot to bid on; sold for around $800 but would have made for a great wall hanger over the bar.

 

[copdoc]

This is the one that looked like 12.7 marking. I can't see the rest of case. Very nice

 

[copdoc]

 

[Tailflash]

Not sure what that round is other than 7.62x51 with a blue tip & red band. It has Israeli head stamp on it and if anything like the other earlier markings they used (like with the above .50 BMG APIT round), I'm guessing this may be an incendiary tracer round?

 

[Tailflash]

30mm TP from A-10 GAU-8/A Avenger (powder has been removed), 25mm Bushmaster Chain Gun (Inert tip), 20mm M61A1 (new & old type HEI/HEIT tips - inert), and .50 BMG rounds...

 

[copdoc]

I see now. I only saw tips and could not see calibre. Thanks.

My last pic is old and low res. Hard to see the 12.7mm

Nice collection. !!!

 

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Go big or go home. U.S. 90MM X 602MM DM3 from M48A1/A2 'Patton' Tank. I got this for $40 from a flea market in Liège Belgium back in 1983 when I was a young aircraft mechanic stationed at Spangdahlem Air Base, Ger.

 

[copdoc]

That is nice.

This was made as a sales sample during WWII by my buddys Dad. All inert. It was painted dark green to sit outside. When he gave it to me I cleaned paint off of fuze.

Edit to add AN M82.

 

[copdoc]

"Go big or go home"

OK

 

[AGG]

"Go big or go home"

OK

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Now that's what I'm talking about.

Tony

 

[copdoc]

Had it for decades and never took a pic. Hand truck helps.

There was an inert 16" shell on Ebay for a while. Inert powder bags, shell with fuze, steel stand to hold it. A real work of art. You would need a spare barn to store it.