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7,62mm and 30 cal Frangible cartridges
My photo shows a 7,62mm Frangible cartridge head stamped FA 63 next to the 30 cal frangible M22 cartridge of WW2. The M22 was used to train aircraft gunners during WW2 by shooting at a special modified P-63 fighter. The weapon used was a special modified Browning AN M2 machine gun.
My question, why was the 7,62mm Frangible cartridge developed ? it fired a 108 gr bakelite and powered lead bullet at 1320 fps. It was not capable of semi or full auto fire in the 7,62mm weapons unless they had special modificationsAttachment 101497Attachment 101498
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Special Purpose 7,62mm cartridges
I have a few special purpose 7,62mm NATO cartridges that were found over the years, nothing really rare but still interesting;
My photo left to right:
1) 7,62mm M160 frangible 2) early red tracer for helicopter m/g 3)Japanese low recoil purple tip headstamp AO W63 4) Green tip duplex 5) white tip low recoil using a single 90 gr bullet from the green tip duplex FA 66 headstampAttachment 101516