something different

[PALEOMAN]

found this in a school yard. i can`t figure out the projectile. is it missing something? it has this written around the base of the projectile-*LC-3-2*5?*20MM*M54E2

 

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[shaun7]

don't know but it looks nasty

 

[PALEOMAN]

SORRY BOUT THE PIC IM STILL LEARNING

 

[lostcauses]

I agree that something has been ate away.

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

not eaten away, redesigned.
dumbbell profile was created to prevent jamming, better flight effect.

http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0269059

 

[PALEOMAN]

ty pippinwhiepaws! i have tried to find something on this all-over with no luck. it couldnt be clearer. thats why i love this site. u guys are the best!

 

[dkw]

http://www.gd-ots.com/sitepages/mca.html#a20mmanchor

Look at the projectiles on the 20mm cartridges. Many of them have projectiles made up of more than one material.

My guess on yours.....one of the materials of the projectile rotted away while the rest remained.

 

[bradyboy]

does it loook like it would accept batteries? LOL

 

[Evolx10]

does it loook like it would accept batteries? LOL

 

[B|lker]

Paleoman, be careful it may be unexploded / Live.

Here`s a pic of a 30MM dummy round given to me by a previous pilot of an A-10.

I`m thinking from Ft. Carson. Armor piercing if you don`t see any blu paint on it.

 

[Monty]

Here's a better pic and I think you can mark this identified! Monty

 

[pippinwhitepaws]

within the last link i posted, is the mil spec for this round.
M54E2

http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/AD269059

 

[B|lker]

pippinwhiepaws I cant get either of your links to come up. Bummer i wanted to see what you had.

Great Pic Monty, do ya think i`m right?

 

[Tony in SC]

Is it still live Tony

 

[PALEOMAN]

no primer it`s safe.

 

[GpSnoopy]

For those of you that couldn't open pippinwhitepaws pdf link, it's a de-classified military document that shows the engineering design and specifications for the round that Paleoman found. It shows the round with the same design as the one found, and that Monty posted an inhanced image of. No material is missing, that unique shape was designed on purpose. I concur that you can call it solved.

 

[bradyboy]

This is curious
the shell casing looks like a Co2 cartridge
The shell casing doesn't look to be corroded
Yet the the bullet end is severely corroded.
could this be a made up artifact?
Brady

 

[thepoolguy]

i think its a morell mushroom growing out of a bullet casing

 

[Monty]

Bradyboy,no. it is what it was identified as. Read the entire thread. Monty

 

[PALEOMAN]

thank you to everyone for their time and effort in solving this. good work!