A bit of fun - identify this shell

[Solus]

Doesn't appear to be robust enough for heavy duty explosives...and, without seeing how they are designed, looks to fragile to be trusted as a primer for an artillery shell...a good bump with about anything might set it off.

I'm thinking of something lower power...m58's Chaff Deployment might be the right range for it.

Might be a way to start a heater without having to fumble with matches or what ever ....something like that.

Might be the charge for an emergency flare gun in a survival kit.


And just because the rotten slime ball said he didn't say it had nothing to do with aircraft doesn't mean it does.

[tombogan03884]

Doesn't appear to be robust enough for heavy duty explosives...and, without seeing how they are designed, looks to fragile to be trusted as a primer for an artillery shell...a good bump with about anything might set it off.

I'm thinking of something lower power...m58's Chaff Deployment might be the right range for it.

Might be a way to start a heater without having to fumble with matches or what ever ....something like that.

Might be the charge for an emergency flare gun in a survival kit.


And just because the rotten slime ball said he didn't say it had nothing to do with aircraft doesn't mean it does.

That would be a "wanker" in this case.   

[usmcdadx2]

Seems like a pretty flimsy case but I stuck with the AA primer because my Uncle had a demil'ed German AA round(Flak18 I think) when I was a kid and the spent primer on that thing didn't seem like much more than copper foil. Now we just get to see how long the "wanker" lets us all twist in the breeze.

[Solus]

That would be a "wanker" in this case.   

Dang..and I have my English/Australian Dictionary here, I just forgot to check
 

[sledgemeister]

Ejection seat charge.

Bingo Tom, see even you can get it after enough hints 

its a No1 Mk 1 Martin Baker Ejection Seat Charge

see the below pic for the wording on the base of it

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[sledgemeister]

Dang..and I have my English/Australian Dictionary here, I just forgot to check
 

You can just call me a bastard if its easier! lol

[tombogan03884]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin-Baker

[Grizzle_Bear]

Okay....I may be wrong, but I think that most U.S. ejection seats used a rocket rather than a propellant charge.

And if it's not U.S.G.I. I probably wouldn't know what it was anyway!

GB

[twyacht]

At some point the ejection also worked with "explosive bolts". Also used in the early NASA programs?

One blast to "unbolt the seat", and one to "launch" the seat..... Ass on fire comes to mind....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyrotechnic_fastener