What is this? Never seen this

[apache.lou]

[tmh1]

Answered below.

[Thorax]

It's a spotting rifle case for a SMAW.
It hangs off the side of the rocket launcher and is a 9mm round.

[FLIGHT762]

Some info here on the 9x51MM SMAW spotting cartridge:

http://cartridgecollectors.org/cmo/cmo05oct.htm

[Walking Fire]

Strange design..

[JMP]

I'll keep that in mind if need a hotter primer.

[mosinnagantm9130]

Huh, that's pretty interesting.

[Sutcliffe]

Spotting cartridges are pretty common in military circles

Never actually seen how oddball their cases are though. Interesting.

[Xtracrispy]

Never heard of that, weird. So am I understanding this right, they shoot the spotting rifle and if it hits the target, they shoot the rocket? So the 308/9mm has been modified to have a similar trajectory?

[Merc1138]

Never heard of that, weird. So am I understanding this right, they shoot the spotting rifle and if it hits the target, they shoot the rocket? So the 308/9mm has been modified to have a similar trajectory?

Indeed, hit the link that FLIGHT762 posted and you can read up on it.

[LynnJr]

Never heard of that, weird. So am I understanding this right, they shoot the spotting rifle and if it hits the target, they shoot the rocket? So the 308/9mm has been modified to have a similar trajectory?

This type of thing has been around for many years now. The M48A1 Spotter/Tracer round is a 1 inch shortened version of the 50 BMG case and is used on the 106 mm Howitzer

The rounds will trace out and when they hit will put out a flash and white smoke. That's how the 106 gunners knew how to adjust fire onto their target, once they had the M48 on target they fired the 106mm.

[FLIGHT762]

This type of thing has been around for many years now. The M48A1 Spotter/Tracer round is a 1 inch shortened version of the 50 BMG case and is used on the 106 mm Howitzer M 40 A1/A2 Recoiless Rifle.

The rounds will trace out and when they hit will put out a flash and white smoke. That's how the 106 gunners knew how to adjust fire onto their target, once they had the M48 on target they fired the 106mm.

Fixed it.

[200Apples]

I'll keep that in mind if need a hotter primer.

lol.

[apache.lou]

Sweet thanks guys yea I got a case of field ammo cases and found a few mixed in

[ar15barrels]

Sweet thanks guys yea I got a case of field ammo cases and found a few mixed in

I'll take one for my cartridge case collection if you have one to spare...