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This was .30-'06 ammo loaded with wooden bullets and BOXER primed cases. It is often mistaken for blank ammunition but is, in fact, a lot of 35,000 rounds made for training
troops in using the French Viven-Bessiere rifle grenade. The VB grenade was fired from a cup launcher that fitted onto the barrel of a M1903 Springfield. It had a hole bored
through it that lined up with the rifle bore. The idea was that a round fired would have the bullet pass harmlessly through the grenades bore and the gases behind the bullet
would launch the grenade. The wooden bullets were for use on short grenade ranges where ball ammo dropping from the skies would bother the neighbors.
The R indicated that the casehead had undergone a special annealing process to make it harder than standard Service ammo
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SPECIFIC RECOGNITION POINTS |
- The headstamp will read FA 22-R.
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DOCUMENTS
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- Encyclopedia Page (pdf)
- Recognition Page (pdf)
- Specification Page (pdf)
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