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The boat-tailed bullet consists of a steel body (a) heavily coated on
the exterior with gliding metal (b) and with a tracer cavity (c) formed
in the base. The tracer composition gives a white trace up to a distance
of approximately 150 yards, the trace then changes to red. The incendiary
filling (d) consists of aluminium or potassium chlorate with a small layer
of penthrite/ wax on top (e). Situated above the incendiary filling is the
initiator ar-rangement. The brass fuze is similar in action to the German
A.Z. 5045, althrough the centrifugal segments with spring coil are housed
in the bottom half, instead of in the nose-cap, and the striker
incorporates the hammer. The body of the bullet is painted blue.
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