Practice tracer

5 mm green laquer band across base

10 mm black tip

Steel coated gilding metal

Aluminum 25 grains

White trace 800 yards

Ball

Green annulus

Plain

Steel, coated gild-ing metal (both si-des)

Lead

Practice Ball
(H.V.)

5 mm green lacquer band across base

Plain

Steel, coated gild-ing metal

Aluminum 42 grains

Used in practice manoeuvres

Incendiary observing

Black annulus

Chromium plated tip (obsolete) or plain tip with black rear part

Steel, coated gild-ing metal (both si-des)

Phosphorus 6 grains

Base fuze detona-tor, striker and split sleeve in tube

H.V.I.O.

Black annulus

Black body, plain tip, with green ring

Steel, cotead gild-ing metal (both si-des)

Phosphorus 6 grains

Base fuze detona- tor, striker and split sleeve in tube

A.P.

Red annulus

Plain or red ring above cartridge case

Steel, coated gild-ing metal (both si-des)

Steel 89 grains

12 mm

H.V.A.P.

Red annulus

Green tip (10 mm) or 1.5 mm green ring or green tip with R.R.

Steel, coated gild-ing metal (both si-des)

Steel 89 grains

14.5 mm

A.P. (with tungsten carbide core)

Red annulus or red cap.

Black, plain or cop- per nickel coated steel

Steel, coated gild-ing metal (both si-des)

Tungsten carbide 127 grains

19.0 mm, 13.5 mm at 30°

A.P./I.

Black or red an- nulus or red stripe

Plain or Black Band above cartridge case

Steel, coated gild-ing metal (both si-des)

Steel core 38 grains Phosphorus 6 grains

8 mm

White smoke 400-500 yards

H.V.A.P./I.

Black annulus

Green tip (10 mm) or 1.5 mm green ring

Steel, coated gild-ing metal (both si-des)

Steel core 38 grains Phosphorus 6 grain

9 mm

White smoke 400-500 yards

A.P./T.

Red annulus

Black tip (10 mm)

Steel, coated gild-ing metal (both si-des)

Steel 39 grains

8 mm

Green changing to red. All yellow or all green. Change at 400-500 yards. 900-1,100 yards

H.V.A.P./T.

Red annulus

Black tip (10 mm) green ring 1.5 mm below black

Steel, coated gild-ing metal (both si-des)

Steel 39 grains

10.5 mm

Green changing to red. All yellow or all green. Change at 400-500 yards. 900-1,000 yards

Semi-A.P.

Deep green an- nulus

Copper nickel

Steel, coated gild-ing metal

Machine steel core 90 grains

12 mm