Italian Explosive Ordnance
8mm Ball
12.7mm Tracer (Red Tip)
Guns used in: 12.7mm Aircraft Machine Gun
Overall length of round: 107.25mm
Weight of complete round: 83.6 grams
Length of bullet: 42.5mm
Weight of bullet: 36.35 grams
Length of cartridge case: 81mm
Weight of propellant: 8.1 grams
Remarks: The round has a semi-rimless brass cartridge case and a bullet with a copper-nickel jacket. The round is the normal tracer type. The bullet has a lead core containing a tracer tube and an aluminum tip. The base is closed by a transparent disc and a brass washer. The color of the tracer is red.
12.7mm Incendiary (Blue Tip)
Guns used in: 12.7mm Aircraft Machine Gun
Overall length of round: 106.7mm
Weight of complete round: 84.5 grams
Length of bullet: 44.6mm
Weight of bullet: 36.5 grams
Length of cartridge case: 81mm
Weight of propellant: 8.1 grams
Remarks: This bullet consists of a copper-nickel jacket with a copper sleeve container, a brass core, and a lead base plug. The tip of the copper sleeve in front at the brass core is sealed to the base of the core with soft solder.
12.7mm A.P.I.T. (White Tip)
Guns used in: 12.7mm Aircraft Machine Gun
Overall length of round: 107mm
Weight of complete round: 84.1grams
Length of bullet: 50.6mm
Weight of bullet: 36.7 grams
Length of cartridge case: 81mm
Weight of propellant: 7.8 grams
Remarks: The bullet consists of a copper-nickel jacket; a copper sleeve, forming the nose of the bullet; a steel core with a lead bend pressed around its base into cannelures; a lead base plug and tracer tube, a transparent closing disc and brass washer, and a split steel supporting piece in the nose, which possibly acts as a forming anvil.
The nose is filled with three compositions: first, in the tip and intimately pressed into the split anvil, a mixture of aluminum-lead oxide; next, a mixture of magnesium potassium chlorate antimony sulphide and, around the nose of the core, magnesium-lead oxide. The tracer burns a bright red.
Guns used in: 8mm Machine Gun
Overall length of round: 80.5mm
Weight of round: 30.23 grams
Length of bullet: 34mm
Weight of bullet: 13.42 grams
Length of cartridge case: 59mm
Weight of propellant: 3.1 grams
Remarks: This round consists of a brass cartridge case and a bullet which is made up of a lead core enclosed in a plated jacket.
8mm AP
Guns used in: 8mm Machine Gun
Overall length of round: 80.3mm
Weight of complete round: 29.34 grams
Length of bullet: 36.9mm
Weight of bullet: 12.57 grams
Length of cartridge case: 59mm
Weight of propellant: 3.08 grams
Remarks: The bullet is made up of a plated steel jacket enclosing a hard steel core with a soft lead point.
Overall length of round: 80.5mm
Weight of round: 30.23 grams
Length of bullet: 34mm
Weight of bullet: 13.42 grams
Length of cartridge case: 59mm
Weight of propellant: 3.1 grams
Remarks: This round consists of a brass cartridge case and a bullet which is made up of a lead core enclosed in a plated jacket.
8mm AP
Overall length of round: 80.3mm
Weight of complete round: 29.34 grams
Length of bullet: 36.9mm
Weight of bullet: 12.57 grams
Length of cartridge case: 59mm
Weight of propellant: 3.08 grams
Remarks: The bullet is made up of a plated steel jacket enclosing a hard steel core with a soft lead point.
12.7mm Tracer (Red Tip)
Guns used in: 12.7mm Aircraft Machine Gun
Overall length of round: 107.25mm
Weight of complete round: 83.6 grams
Length of bullet: 42.5mm
Weight of bullet: 36.35 grams
Length of cartridge case: 81mm
Weight of propellant: 8.1 grams
Remarks: The round has a semi-rimless brass cartridge case and a bullet with a copper-nickel jacket. The round is the normal tracer type. The bullet has a lead core containing a tracer tube and an aluminum tip. The base is closed by a transparent disc and a brass washer. The color of the tracer is red.
12.7mm Incendiary (Blue Tip)
Guns used in: 12.7mm Aircraft Machine Gun
Overall length of round: 106.7mm
Weight of complete round: 84.5 grams
Length of bullet: 44.6mm
Weight of bullet: 36.5 grams
Length of cartridge case: 81mm
Weight of propellant: 8.1 grams
Remarks: This bullet consists of a copper-nickel jacket with a copper sleeve container, a brass core, and a lead base plug. The tip of the copper sleeve in front at the brass core is sealed to the base of the core with soft solder.
12.7mm A.P.I.T. (White Tip)
Overall length of round: 107mm
Weight of complete round: 84.1grams
Length of bullet: 50.6mm
Weight of bullet: 36.7 grams
Length of cartridge case: 81mm
Weight of propellant: 7.8 grams
Remarks: The bullet consists of a copper-nickel jacket; a copper sleeve, forming the nose of the bullet; a steel core with a lead bend pressed around its base into cannelures; a lead base plug and tracer tube, a transparent closing disc and brass washer, and a split steel supporting piece in the nose, which possibly acts as a forming anvil.
The nose is filled with three compositions: first, in the tip and intimately pressed into the split anvil, a mixture of aluminum-lead oxide; next, a mixture of magnesium potassium chlorate antimony sulphide and, around the nose of the core, magnesium-lead oxide. The tracer burns a bright red.
12.7mm H.E
Guns used in: 12.7mm Aircraft Machine Gun
Overall length of round: 102.5mm
Weight of complete round: 84.1grams
Length of bullet: 51.3mm
Weight of bullet: 37.5 grams
Type of filling: Penthrite-wax mixture
Weight of filling: 0.8 grams
Length of cartridge case: 81mm
Weight of propellant: 8.2 grams
Remarks: The projectile consists of a steel body with a coating of gilding metal in the exterior, which is thickened to form a rotating band. The fuze is similar in action to the German A25045.
Overall length of round: 102.5mm
Weight of complete round: 84.1grams
Length of bullet: 51.3mm
Weight of bullet: 37.5 grams
Type of filling: Penthrite-wax mixture
Weight of filling: 0.8 grams
Length of cartridge case: 81mm
Weight of propellant: 8.2 grams
Remarks: The projectile consists of a steel body with a coating of gilding metal in the exterior, which is thickened to form a rotating band. The fuze is similar in action to the German A25045.
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