Product Description
Listing Details:
1x Frankford Arsenal .30 T15 Experimental API Ammo - 20 Round Sealed Box
-One order is for 20x rounds, boxed
Sold and Distributed By: EMac’s Tactical | www.emacstactical.com
Caliber: .30-06 Springfield (Caliber .30 M1906 case) — .30 T15
Make / Brand: U.S. Army Ordnance / Frankford Arsenal
Manufacturer: Frankford Arsenal, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (opened 1816; U.S. small-arms ammo R&D center until 1977)
Grain: Approx. 145–150 gr API bullet (M2 AP–class projectile with IM-11 incendiary mix in place of the lead point filler; ~70 gr steel core)
Projectile Type: Armor-piercing incendiary (API) — steel core + incendiary composition (IM-11: barium nitrate / magnesium)
Years Produced: T15 designated May 1943; work continued to 1946, then superseded by M14 API (silver tip) and later M14A1
Box Quantity: 20 cartridges
Ammunition Lot: F.A. 40 (Frankford Arsenal lot 40)
Packaging: Original tan one-piece cardboard 20-rd carton, black border label
Markings: 20 CARTRIDGES / A. P. INCENDIARY / CALIBER .30 T15 / AMMUNITION LOT F. A. 40 / DISPOSAL OF EMPTIED CARTRIDGE CASES MUST BE MADE AS PRESCRIBED BY A. R. / FRANKFORD ARSENAL
Type: U.S. experimental / limited-issue military API (not standard M2 Ball)
Bullet ID: Early T15 often black-over-blue tip; standardized M14 went to silver tip. Photograph a round if present.
Headstamp: FA 43
Features:
Original Frankford Arsenal 20-round carton of Cartridge, Caliber .30, Armor-Piercing-Incendiary, T15 Ammunition Lot F.A. 40. Designated by Ordnance in May 1943 as a wartime API to replace standard .30 incendiary against self-sealing aircraft tanks and light armor. Development ran through 1946 before the standardized M14 / M14A1. Scarce Philadelphia arsenal packaging for collectors of .30-06 experimental and aircraft ammunition. Sold by EMac’s Tactical.
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