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"Blue Nose" .50
A few weeks ago I finished reading Het Vergeten Squadron, written by René Wittert who, at one stage of the war, was CO of NEIAF 18 Squadron operating from North-Western Australia against the Japanese.
Amongst many surprising little details, he mentioned the fact that the dutch regarded .50 "Blue Nose" incendiary ammunition as factually being explosive rounds.
Could someone please enlighten me?
(edit: he described them as Blue Nose not Tip)
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