RE: Low Tech Scenarios

OK, LOS had this right the first time.

NATO is an agreed upon standard for the specifications for the
ammunition being fired.

Ball is the type of round. Generally speaking you have Ball, Tracer,
Incediary (not often seen) and Armour Piercing (again not often seen). 

There are a numerous NATO standards covering everything from truck fuel
through ammunition through administrative forms!

Mind you I think we have wandered sufficiently far enough from List
subject matter (ie GZG games) that maybe it should be taken off the list
now?

Owen G

From: John Skelly [mailto:canjns@can.sas.com]
Subject: RE: Low Tech Scenarios

>There are two types of rounds.  The ball round refers to a copper
jacket
>with a lead core.  The NATO (I may be using wrong terminology, it's
what
>we called it) round has a copper jacket with steel penetrator at the
>front of the round with a lead tail.  I don't know the exact ratio of
>lead to steel.  From outside appearances it would look the same
>(copper).