Amongst a bunch of lettering, it has "30mm dum pgu 16/a amoc agua date 8-75 " written on it. This is the bottom line and seems to be the most relevant. I would post a picture but I'm new to this forum and haven't quite found my way around yet. Really interested in finding out the background story of this, though! I've searched the internet and haven't uncovered much...
Need help finding story behind found dummy bomb!
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007tallguy
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i can't say that i can help very much. your location might be of some help though as we have members on here from all over the world. 
to post photos, scroll down a bit from where you type your message and you'll see "manage attachments", this shows the types of files and the sizes that can be attached.
and welcome to the forum!
hh
Pete
to post photos, scroll down a bit from where you type your message and you'll see "manage attachments", this shows the types of files and the sizes that can be attached.
and welcome to the forum!
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Pete
coin chaser
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I think you may have a dummy "round" not a bomb. Is this what you have?http://www.armslist.com/posts/819583/chattanooga-tennessee-ammo-for-sale--two-30mm-dummy-rounds
Voriax
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dummy round for the Gau-8 gatling gun. current version seems to be 16/b but dunno what's the difference.
Voriax
Voriax
JETSEMT-P
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Dummy rounds are commonly used in military and law enforcement training. Such as situations where you are training someone on how to load and unload weapons or how to dislodge a "jammed" round. It is dangerous to use live rounds for these applications due to the possibility of striking the primer during training and detonating the round. Dummy bombs are also used to train pilots and other personnel on bomber aircraft to basically "target practice" from the air without the round detonating on impact. Basically, they would drop the rounds and then measure how close they were to the target and it helps the personnel to learn trajectories of drop bombs and how wind currents affect the trajectories. Of course, now a lot of the bombs are equipped with gps so that they guide themselves to the target. Dummy rounds can be quite collectible to military collectors because they (unlike some actual live rounds) do not require any special licenses or permits to obtain or possess.
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