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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 222719, member: 54&quot;]Tip, aka fuze, is always aluminum on this type.&nbsp; As far as I can recall the Aden/30mm x 113B round has been in service since about 1950&#039;s.&nbsp; WWII German Luftwaffe was the first group to use 30mm aircraft cannon on a large scale and it worked too well, unfortunately for Allied forces.&nbsp; So many of those countries copied the guns and the ammo, making minor changes.&nbsp; Most fired/recovered target practice projectiles have been battered and buried for some time, making those look older.&nbsp; Wife&#039;s rounds are new and unfired, the way collectors like them.&nbsp; They are US cartridge cases, made of green-anodized aluminum, to minimize weight in the Cobra attack helicopter.&nbsp; The US gun is the M230, which moves the bolt via electric motor and a motorcycle chain, not relying on gas from a fired round like the Aden gun does.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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