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    Posted 2 years ago

    davideric2
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    I've been geeking-out about these two, but mostly stopped at a dead-end with the larger bullet. Details are in the image; let me know if resolution comes out too chopped-chort to read. Sigonella Italy, WW2... Dug up during a 1999-2000 flight line renovation. I am guessing Axis, but possibly from Allies?... The measurements are far from common... In metric, the larger one is APPROXIMATELY a strange 11mm x 47mm... Great quality of manufacture on the larger one.. The other one may be "Lead" or a "final mass-production quality" attempt as the war clock was running out... Any hobbyists/experts out there have an idea what these could be? The more corroded one may be a little tricky. My unproven guess is that they may have been Air Defense efforts that went up and came back down... but that is a very big guess.

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    1. dav2no1 dav2no1, 2 years ago
      This may interest you..

      https://www.quora.com/What-kind-of-rifle-or-machine-gun-fired-these-bullets-11mm-x-47mm

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