XVIII ABN CORPS DEMILITARIZATION OF IRAQI EQUIPMENT

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Subject = XVIII ABN CORPS DEMILITARIZATION OF IRAQI EQUIPMENT             

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Folder Title = XVIII ABN CORPS DEMILITARIZATION OF IRAQI EQUIPMENT                                             

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                                         VII.  M 01 AMMUNITION.


                  1. General. Due to the large number of countries supplying
                  ammunition to Iraq, it is difficult to determine it any standard
                  Iraq color coding systems exists. A review of pictures from an
                  arms display in Bagdad provided a look at color markings on Iraqi
                  manufactured ammunition.

                  2. Artillery.

                  Base Color  . . . . . . . . . . . .  light gray, olive drab, black
                  Color Markings  . . . . . . . . . .  Black or white
                  Color Bands   . . . . . . . . . . .  smoke (wp) -- black band
                                                       illumination -- white band
                                                       propaganda -- purple band

                  3. Bombs.

                  Base Color  . . . . . . . . . . .  Soviet-style bombs    light gray
                                                     Western style bombs    olive drab
                                                     Fuel air (FAE) bombs     red
                                                     Cluster bombs -- silver, white,
                                                                      gray
                  Color Markings  . . . . . . . . .  white or black in Arabic
                  Color Bands   . . . . . . . . . .  HE -- (1) yellow band
                                                     incendiary -- (1) red band
                                                     HE, Incendiary -- (1) red, (1)
                                                                       yellow band
                                                     Cluster bomb with penetration
                                                        submunitions -- (1) back, (1)
                                                        band or (1) black, (1) yellow,
                                                        (1) red band
                                                     Fragmentation -- (2) blue bands

                  4. Physical characteristics of munitions.

                      a. Iraqi projectiles for guns and mortars are generally of
                  conventional appearance; recoilless gun projectiles resemble those
                  for mortars. Mortar projectiles are tear drop or cigar shaped
                  with a grooved gas check band on the body and fixed fins at the
                  base. Recoilless gun projectiles have either a gas check band or
                  smooth bourrelet on the body, and shrouded, fixed fins at the
                  base. Gun projectiles feature one or more well defined, smoothly
                  machined bourrelets, and either one or more rotating bands on the
                  body, or an obturator on the body and folded or fixed fins at the
                  base. Projectiles that do not match the markings in paragraph 2
                  and 3 above should be handled as chemical munitions. The specific
                  markings for chemical munitions are not known at this time.



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