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50 SPOTTER
50-SPOTTER--3-FULL
50-SPOTTER--1
50-SPOTTER--1-FULL
50-SPOTTER-89-61
50-SPOTTER-89-61-FULL
50-SPOTTER-94-62
50-SPOTTER-94-62-FULL
50-SPOTTER--2
50-SPOTTER--2-FULL
50-SPOTTER--3
50-SPOTTER--4
50-SPOTTER--4-FULL
50-SPOTTER-84-61
50-SPOTTER-84-61-FULL
50-SPOTTER-85-61
50-SPOTTER-85-61-FULL
50-SPOTTER-FN-12.7
50-SPOTTER-FN-12.7-FULL
50-SPOTTER-DAG-1_0
50-SPOTTER-DAG-1-FULL
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IMPERIAL MILITARY .40" UPWARDS

50 SPOTTER

50 · 10 headstamps · 14 scans
Calibre50
In the cabinetIMPERIAL MILITARY .40" UPWARDS · 24 images
Headstamp of 50 SPOTTER
Reading the headstamp
12 o'clockMaker's name or factory code
6 o'clockCalibre or year of manufacture
CentrePrimer — Berdan or Boxer, and any seal colour
50-SPOTTER--1 50-SPOTTER-89-61 50-SPOTTER-94-62 50-SPOTTER--2 50-SPOTTER--3 50-SPOTTER--4 50-SPOTTER-84-61 50-SPOTTER-85-61 50-SPOTTER-FN-12.7 50-SPOTTER-DAG-1_0

Research notes

The 50 BAT (Battalion Anti-Tank) was designed during the 1950’s in the United States for use as a spotter round with the M40 106mm recoilless rifle. It has subsequently been adopted by many military powers. The specimens below are South African with the first specimen being a normal spotter with unmarked bullet and the second and third specimens spotter-tracer according to the US system with yellow over red marking. At the bottom is the page copy from Pamphlet 20, which described the change in pattern marking in the post 1983 change. It is discussed in more detail under the section regarding the development of the RSA 7.62x51 NATO round.

Spotter

The two specimens above are early South African Spotter rounds

First specimen with black base is an API-HC load. Second specimen with red base is an INCENDIARY TRACER

First specimen is a Belgian Spotter/Tracer and the second specimen is a German Short Range Tracer

Provenance

2018Catalogued in the collection
2023Record last revised · 2023-05-11
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