Wanted: .50 cal dummy rounds

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Martin Dauphinais

Hi guys,

If any of you have some Canadian marked .50 cal dummy rounds, I would need one or two. It is to add to a M40 106mm Recoilless rifle for the spotting rifle.

Thanks.

Martin

The M40 RCL was used by virtually every NATO/Western nation at some time or another, and many of those manufactured their own ammunition for either the 106MM or the .50 spotter. That said, I have not (yet) seen any reference that says that Canada ever made .50 spotter. I would think it would have sourced either US or UK supplies.

Pictured below are headstamps for a UK-made (Kynoch) L10A1 Drill round, a US-made (Frankford Arsenal) M48A1 Armour Piercing Incendiary Tracer, and a Spanish-made (Santa Barbara) M48A1.