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Scrounger Training: Military Ordnance
A note prior to starting: although the author is military, all the information on this page has come from open-source information found on the Internet. Additionally, this information is United States specific, although most NATO nations should be similar.

From just the outside of the case, you can find a lot of information. While a 52 pound case of grenades may be manageable, transporting artillery shells would require more forethought. Additionally, the military uses “nomenclature” – this isn’t a huge deal, just a little bit of mental gymnastics when reading.
The following is a listing of commonly used ammunition markings:

Ammunition greater than 20mm is marked according to the following color scheme:
Yellow – HE, or High Explosive
Brown – Low Explosive
Gray – Chemical
Light-Green – Smoke.
Light-Red – Incendiary.
White – Illuminating.
Black – Armor Piercing.
Aluminum (silver): Counter-measure.
Blue – Practice. These rounds are usually inert (they just fly, but don’t explode) so are unlikely to be useful.
Olive drab is used all the time, but is a camouflage color and should not be considered as a color for this scheme. While the base color is olive drab, all the markings are yellow, indicating a high explosive round.

Confusing the whole scheme, there are also color bands and combinations. The band color schemes are:
Yellow – High explosive burster
Brown – Contains a low explosive charge (usually to expel the payload)
Dark Green – Contains a toxic chemical agent
Dark Red – Contains a riot control chemical agent
Violet – Contains an incapacitating chemical agent
White – Indicates an illuminating munition
Black – The round is armor-defeating

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Of course caution to all Military items should be used. But in books and movies we have all seen it, Military personnal, givin the order to not leave anyone, or thing alive. So, if this does ever happen, seeing a Military issued gun, or even a Humvee, could be a warning sign. But, with the true feeling of Compassion, that humans have, we may not have this problem. Just a thought is all.

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