WW1 Souvenir Bullet (Training Round)
Production date
1914-1918
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Description
Training rifle round (bullet), with wooden head insert in place of a metal projectile, and with 4 holes drilled into side of brass case.
Classification
MILITARY Army bullet, ww1
ARMS & ARMOUR Ammunition, metal cartridge centre fire
ARMS & ARMOUR Ordnance ammunition breach loading
ARMS & ARMOUR Ordnance bullet
ARMS & ARMOUR Ammunition, metal cartridge centre fire
ARMS & ARMOUR Ordnance ammunition breach loading
ARMS & ARMOUR Ordnance bullet
Production date
1914-1918
Measurements
L75 x W10 mm
Media/Materials description
Brass (Metals - Non-Ferrous) Indeterminate Hardwood (Woods)
History and use
A .303 inch dummy or drill round, as used for rifle and machine-gun training by British Commonwealth military forces for much of the twentieth century. Unlike practise rounds which contained both propellant and primer, drill rounds were inert.
By the start of the 1914 - 1918 war the Australian Army was one hundred times larger than it had been at Federation (in 1901). Equipping and training this rapidly expanding force was both difficult and costly, especially since Australia only had the one munitions factory - at Lithgow, New South Wales.
Drill rounds, like this, allowed ab initio training to continue in a manner that was both inexpensive, and non-lethal.
By the start of the 1914 - 1918 war the Australian Army was one hundred times larger than it had been at Federation (in 1901). Equipping and training this rapidly expanding force was both difficult and costly, especially since Australia only had the one munitions factory - at Lithgow, New South Wales.
Drill rounds, like this, allowed ab initio training to continue in a manner that was both inexpensive, and non-lethal.
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Registration number
H22373
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