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Hi all, found 15 of these blanks on Shoreham beach today:
Head stamp:http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx11 ... 0c66da.jpg
Just in case u can't read it, it says,L18A1 12 RG
Size:http://i747.photobucket.com/albums/xx11 ... 7e4580.jpg
All found around 2" down on shingle beach with my euro ace.
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Look like 5.56x45mm blank cartridges, manufactured in Radway Green, 2012, (if the number is 12 and not 72). :) :)

Modern.....very modern !

And just a little pedantic point, they are cartridges, not bullet cases :) s;.. s;.. s;.. s;..
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RRPG wrote:Look like 5.56x45mm blank cartridges, manufactured in Radway Green, 2012, (if the number is 12 and not 72). :) :)

Modern.....very modern !

And just a little pedantic point, they are cartridges, not bullet cases :) s;.. s;.. s;.. s;..
Looks like NATO GPMG cartridge? 7.62mm. The 5.56 SA80 A2 cartridges are shorter than this one. [:)
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Could well be Wan :) I am crap at these modern things. Gimme a WW2 cartridge any day....... :)
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Post by tener »

cheers guys,why would there be so many on such a small beach tho?
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tener wrote:cheers guys,why would there be so many on such a small beach tho?
If you found them at Shoreham then I'd have thought they were left by the Army, there is, or was a camp there. Perhaps they were practising a beach landing exercise or something.

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RRPG wrote:Could well be Wan :) I am crap at these modern things. Gimme a WW2 cartridge any day....... :)
Know what you mean RRPG, scrapman gets any of this kind of thing if it's new. ;)
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