Need some info about missile.

[Matejko]

Hi !!

Yesterday I found a missile with silver top.
It's probably American made weapon, I saw similar missiles before, and they were identified as American's.

The Question is.: What does a silver top means? And what kind of weapon is it for?
Dimensions are 13x59 millimetres.

Pozdrawiam Matejko

 

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[sthone]

It looks like a standard .50 caliber bullet. It could be from any number of guns, anything from the Browning M2HB Machine Gun to a Barrett .50 Sniper Rifle its hard to say.

You can tell it has been fired from the rifling marks on the bullet, but it doesn't look like it ever hit its intended target.

The silver tip (aluminum?) usually/could mean its an M8 Armor Piercing-Incendiary. (it may not be safe to play with)

Where did you dig this up?

-Steve​

 

[JakePhelps]

Well whatever it is it has been fired already. I would go with .50 cal too. The color on tip is part of a color coding system, not sure what silver means.

 

[Matejko]

The silver tip (aluminum?) usually/could mean its an M8 Armor Piercing-Incendiary. (it may not be safe to play with)

Where did you dig this up?

I found it on a field. The silver tip is not aluminium , it's a paint.
If it was aluminium, I would not even thought of touching it.... I permanently need my fingers.

Well whatever it is it has been fired already. I would go with .50 cal too. The color on tip is part of a color coding system, not sure what silver means.

"whatever it is it has been fired already" - it does not mean, that it's 100% safe.

Maybe you know some links, Jake?
So, I could search for myself.

Pozdrawiam Matejko

Additional two pics.

 

[JakePhelps]

Sorry, i should have said that it might still not be safe :P not sure what kind of gun leaves that kind of striations on the bullet. Im guessing a military gun because of the military color coding? Heres a little bit i found on a site:

Black: AP
Black/Silver: AP Plate Test
Blue: Incendiary (also tracer from Argentina)
Green: AP from UK, Tracer from Argentina
Green/White: Frangible
Green/Tan: Frangible
Orange: Tracer
Red: Tracer (also some Incendiary from UK, and AP from Argentina)
Silver: Armor-piercing Incendiary
White: Tracer, unfinished Frangible,
Yellow: Observation and Proof rounds (AP from Belgium)

But they are constantly changing these systems, so if your bullet is old then this might not be right
Maybe someone here knows for sure

 

[Matejko]

Thanks Jake !

This bullet remembers Second World War for sure. There is a nice, old, patina on it.
What is most interesting to me, is that if it has explosives inside, or it's just powered by a core made of some hard material.

Pozdrawiam Matejko

 

[sthone]

Sorry I wasn't specific there, I meant aluminum as in color

Heres a link to color codes and other info on the .50

http://www.biggerhammer.net/barrett/faq.html

I guess if it is an Incendiary round, it does take a good amount of pressure to set it off so it shouldn't be to dangerous but why risk it.

-Steve

 

[sthone]

I was just thinking.....if it is from WWII and with no damage on the round I wonder if maybe it was from a Plane. Maybe a missed shot that just lost its energy and fell to earth.

-Steve

 

[Matejko]

I was just thinking.....if it is from WWII and with no damage on the round I wonder if maybe it was from a Plane. Maybe a missed shot that just lost its energy and fell to earth.

-Steve

Probably it happened that way.
Nice link Steve. Thanks.

So, I guess the best thing to do with it, is to drown it in the river Wisla....

Pozdrawiam Matejko

 

[Matejko]

Got the nice site about Russian missiles.
It says, that mine bullet has a steel core inside. (If it's Russian.... )
It might be, cos Russians used this type of weapon too.

Fill much better now.

http://www.geocities.com/russianammo/Headstamp.html

Pozdrawiam Matejko

 

[JakePhelps]

so its steel with a copper jacket? Would that mean its an AP round?

 

[DigEmAll]

It is an incendiary round. The "powder" that you see in the base is the incendiary composition. The gun powder would ignite the core when the round was fired. When the round impacted it would disperse the incendairy composition into whatever it had struck, thereby setting it on fire. It is not explosive. If it would make you feel better, you can pick all the compound out with a toothpick. No need to pitch it into the river!

 

[JakePhelps]

Besides all water does is make the gunpowder even stronger

 

[Matejko]

Thanks for all the info !!

I'm gonna keep it.
However, New Year's Eve is comming. I hope, it won't "show off" that day.....

Pozdrawiam Matejko
Got a nice WW2 shell for it, all together it looks nice.
Take a look.

 

[JakePhelps]

A perfect match just curious whats the headstamp on the shell? maybe they go together

 

[Matejko]

No problem.

Take a look.

Pozdrawiam Matejko

 

[JakePhelps]

Heres something i found on that headstamp:

Des Moines Ordnance Plant: Manufactured exclusively during WWII and all production IS CORROSIVE!
Headstamp: DM
Date Stamp: Last two digits of the year:

Not sure if its the same one as yours but it fits kinda Did you find this one in a ww2 area?

 

[SomeGuy]

Heres something i found on that headstamp:?

all production IS CORROSIVE!

Not to worry. Corrosive, in this case, refers to the priming compound and the cleaning necessary to prevent severe and rapid barrel corrosion after firing this ammunition. I think most WWII ammo was corrosive.

 

[Matejko]

Did you find this one in a ww2 area?

Jake....

Whole Polish territory is a WW2 area.
So...
Yes, I found it in a WW2 area.

Pozdrawiam Matejko

 

[trk5capt]

WW2 50 cal. Armore piercing round ,have not changed much since Vietnam when I was familiar this type of ammo. trk5capt....