7,9mm unknow amo

[RED LION]

found this box with 7,9mm rounds . made in 1955 eastblok i supose .
label marked SA EKSPLOZIVHO-ZAPALJIVIM ZRNOM EZ ??
THANKS FOR ALL INFO

[Dufleuve]

The black marking on the bullet reminds me of the well known B-patronen.
And explosive is quite universal...

[me6_130]

Yep, no doubt explosive and incendiary, in Croatian, according to Google translate, Yugo production. See headstamp # 54 or 55:

http://municion.org/792/792x57.htm

http://municion.org/792/1155_2G.jpg

Carles

[klarkon]

Yugoslavian . . . . .
Metak sa eksplozivno-zapaljivim zrnom ''EZ''................. German ''7.9 mm B-Patrone-v'':

Weight of cartridge..............................24.32 gramm
Lenght of cartridge..............................80.3 mm
Weight of bullet.....................................10.85 gramm
Lenght of bullet.....................................39.8 mm
Lenght of case.......................................57 mm
Weight of powder.................................2,9 gramm
Initial velocity.........................................8 00 m/sec
Weight of explosives/incendiary mass (white phosphor)......0.4 gramm,
In the bullet is lead core and case with firing pin,small cap and 0,4 gramm white phosphor (see Picture). On the target, pin hammered in cap, cap initiate phosphor and you can see small puffs of smoke in daytime or flash in the dark to adjust fire to your target.

VERY DANGEROUS

[Dufleuve]

I fired some B-patronen about 40 years ago against small trees trunk.
Makes a nice flash and hole...

A lot of things were still permitted in those days.

Cheers

[RED LION]

if i understand you right . bullets are genuine ww2 B PATRONEN . and then
dismanteled from original cassing and reload to the yugo cassing .
the silver tip is aded from amunition plant ?

[klarkon]

You understood it very well.

[RED LION]

are the reconditioned b patr 1 model or 2 model ? IS THE SILVER TIP GERMAN
MADE ?

[klarkon]

"are the reconditioned b patr 1 model or 2 model ?".................. I don't know that


"IS THE SILVER TIP GERMAN MADE ?" ......................... It is not. Yugoslavs restored the silver tips during repair.

[RED LION]

Thanks for all this info 👍

[RED LION]

nice