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markings of ammunition smaller than 20mm
| Ammunition may be colour marked on different ways to identify different types of ammunition. There are an old and a new system plus that some types of ammunition has color marks to tell them apart. The most common kind of marking is to paint the tip of the projectile or the whole projectile. That is to separate which kind of projectile the ammunition have. Color marks on the case head can show if the ammunition is over or under loaded. Color on neck and primer may tell lookalike ammunition apart. A typical example is the 9mm m/39 and m/39B. |
Colour markings of the
projectile 1941 and after.
| White tip |
Tracer. |
| Red tip |
Tracer. To be found on some ammunition after year 2000. It is following the Nato standard. |
| Black tip |
Armor piercing projectile. |
| Orange tip |
Incendiary projectile |
| Yellow tip |
Armor piercing/Incendiary/Explosive ( .50 BMG only) |
| Yellow tip/whitering |
Armor piercing/Incendiary/Explosive/Tracer (.50 BMG only) |
| Red projectile |
Blank ammunition |
| Uncolored wooden projectile. |
Only in 6,5x55. This is
blank ammunition for machine guns. Later changed to the red projectile
ammunition. |
| Green projectile |
Inert round |
Color markings of the
projectile before 1941.
| Red tip |
Tracer. |
| Black tip |
Armor piercing projectile. |
| Orange tip |
Incendiary projectile |
| Green tip |
Earlier code for "peace time"
ammunition. Soon changed to blue tip ammunition. |
| Blue tip |
This ammunition is either
labeled "Not for automatic weapons" or "Only for peace time shooting" It
can be found in different shades of blue. The case of the ammunition is
weaker than an ordinary case, and it might cause problems with broken cases
in automatic weapons. The ammunition is found during WW2 and is an training
ammunition that is cheaper in production than combat ammunition. |
| Red projectile |
Blank ammunition for rifles. |
| Green projectile |
Inert round |
| Green wooden projectile |
Only in 6,5x55. This is
blank ammunition for machine guns. |
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Color markings of case
head
If half the case is black
that means that the ammunition have a reduced amount of propellant. This
is only used on some kinds of tracer ammunition.
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| 6,5x55 |
If the whole of the case head
is black that means that the ammunition has an increased amount of propellant.
E.g. a proof load. The ammunition may ONLY be fired by an armorer. Is used
to test the function of the weapon.
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| 9x19 |
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