Get asked about this one a lot so I made a separate post
.303 Italian Armor Piercing Incendiary with head stamps BPD/39 and SMI/937, all mixed
They have four small indents at the tip of the projectile, closer look its a jacket within a jacket, check out the double crimped blue
Left Blue tipped API with phosphorous, steel core wrapped by thin layer of lead
Right Green tipped with two part incendiary compound
In Prideaux links marked MB III XLII
wolfgang
Posted: 1/17/2014 2:32:31 PM EDT
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Dang...I think I've got some of those stuck back in my collection!