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A Gift of Old Milsurp Ammo and Attempt to Identify.
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06-15-2012 10:28 PM
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The FN ammo was made for the Lee-Enfield No.4 rifles and Bren guns supplied to the Belgian army post war. the companion red tipped tracer rounds are also commonly found. In addition, FN made .303 for export to other countries (including the H Mark 7z grenade discharger round for Britain).
The Radway Green ball Mark 8z (not Z8) is some of the last ball ammunition loaded for the Vickers gun which the army retired in 1968. It is nitrocellulose loaded (which is what the "Z" means) and has a 175 grain boat=tailed bullet. Contrary to what is often stated it is not some super hot ammo. It gives marginally higher pressure (20.5 tons compared to 19 - 20 tons for Maerk VII) and has a slightly higher MV. However, British military rifles are proofed at 25 tons. The point of this ammo was that with the improved ballistic coefficient of the boat tail bullet the Vickers could range out to about 4,000 yards in barrage fire. The "sling" you mention is the Mark 4 stripless belt for the Vickers gun.
The BPD rounds made for Egypt and stamped "AOC" were artificially aged and dated with a spurious date of 1320 which is equivalent to 1922 in the western calender. They are the equivalent of the British Mark 7 ball.
I suspect that if you tried to fire it there might be a fair few click-bangs, but that would depend on where and how it had been stored for the last 50-60 years.
Regards
TonyE
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I thought that looked like a machine gun belt. Good going Tony.