From: Mark W (mnm3693234@yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Apr 05 2006 - 09:50:00 PDT
What about WWII 40mm anti-aircraft explosive rounds
that were fired and never went off?
--- Mike Davidsen <mike@aspirationsoftware.com> wrote:
> Weren't there a whole slew of 40mm short cannon
> rounds around the WWI
> period of time and before? My mind keeps bring up
> the short 37mm cannon
> rounds, but something similar to that size would
> hold enough powder in
> the case to detonate and blow a hand off, without
> killing the entire
> classroom.
>
> Mike
> 1967 Kaiser M725 ambulance
>
> >My thought is that it's older. that's based on the
> assumption that a total cartridge wouldn't be left
> laying in a field, rather, it'd be the projectile
> that failed to function after impact or being fired.
> An AP or practice round that went skipping through
> mud with just the base burster charge could probably
> blow your hand off and not really do any damage to
> anyone else nearby. Those old AP rounds really had a
> limited amount of burster charge in them.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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