Other Cartridges:
Blank Cartridges
Blank cartridges were never made on any scale other than experimental in South Africa. The first two are crimped blanks and appear to have been made from cartridges taken out of a belt (4 ball, 1 tracer). The plastic sabot version I believe was a private venture.
1973	6 petal crimp, brass Pr (ring crimp), red Pa, fired (AK)

1974	6 petal crimp, brass Pr (ring crimp), purple Pa
	6 petal crimp, pink sealant, brass Pr (ring crimp), purple Pa
	6-petal crimp, pink sealant, brass Pr (ring crimp), purple Pa, no . in 12 7

1978	Clear plastic sabot, 6 slits, mouth crimp, brass Pr (ring crimp)

1995	6 petal crimp, green sealant, brass Pr (3 stake crimp), purple Pa, made in New Zealand on S.A cases (Ordnance Development Limited). Fired cases known, for proofing purposes.

Over Pressure Cartridges
Ca 1985	GM	Mouth crimp, brass Pr (3 stake crimp), purple lacquered base, approx. 25% overpressure (variations in colour exist), boxer case

Marking Cartridges
These are merely ball cartridges with paint on the bullet. They are not factory marked but done on a unit level. When the bullet strikes a target some of the paint would be left on the edges of the hole the bullet made thus enabling instructors or referees in training to establish which team had hit the target and how many times.
1977	GM black bullet	Mouth crimp, brass Pr (ring crimp), purple Pa (AK)

1980	GM black bullet	Mouth crimp, brass Pr (ring crimp), purple Pa
	GM red bullet	Mouth crimp, brass Pr (ring crimp), purple Pa
	GM yellow bullet	Mouth crimp, brass Pr (ring crimp), purple Pa (DF)

Cluster Bomb Test
These are known with various sabots and colours.
	1991	Steel ball in pink coloured plastic sabot with 4 slits, Mouth crimp, brass Pr (3 stake crimp), purple Pa (HV)
	1991	Steel ball in peach coloured plastic sabot with 4 slits, Mouth crimp, brass Pr (3 stake crimp), purple Pa

Dummy Cartridges Drill Cartridges
?	GM	No mouth crimp, brass inert Pr (ring crimp), hollow bullet
?	Plated bullet	Nickel plated case, mouth crimp, no Pr, blind pocket
?	Plated bullet	Nickel plated case, mouth crimp, no Pr, red painted blind pocket

1986	Plated bullet	Nickel plated case, mouth crimp, red primer pocket (HV)
1986	Plated bullet	Nickel plated case, mouth crimp, red primer pocket, on 14 case (AK)

1979

Plated bullet

Nickel plated case and bullet (jacket only) vent holes, no primer (AK)

1983

Plated bullet

Nickel plated case and bullet, vent holes (AK)

1976

Plated bullet

Chrome plated case and bullet, with primer, made from fired case (AK)

Photo Dummies
These dummies were made up especially for defense shows. They are inert bullets, magnetic, probably just painted ball bullets in empty, un-primed cases.
	?	GM	Mouth crimp, no vent holes on primer pocket
	Ca 1979	GM	Mouth crimp, no primer
	?	GM	Mouth crimp, hole near base in side of case
	Ca 1995	GM silver tip	Mouth crimp, no primer
	Ca 1995	GM silver tip	Mouth crimp, no primer, large hole in case
	Ca 1995	GM yellow tip	Mouth crimp, no primer
	Ca 1995	GM silver / yellow tip	Mouth crimp, no primer
	Ca 1995	GM silver / yellow tip	Mouth crimp, no primer, large hole in case (AK)
	Ca 1995	GM red tip	Mouth crimp, no primer (AK)
	Ca 1995	GM red tip	Mouth crimp, no primer, hole in case (AK)
	Ca 1995	GM blue/red tip	Mouth crimp, no primer (AK)

Proof Cartridges
	1998	GM yellow tip	Mouth crimp, brass Pr (3 stake crimp), yellow painted base, “12,7x99mm HIGH PRESSURE” stenciled on case (HV)
		GM yellow tip	Mouth crimp, brass Pr (3 stake crimp), yellow painted base, “12,7x99mm GAMA/GAI HIGH PRESSURE VEKTOR” stenciled on case (HV)
	1999	GM yellow tip	Mouth crimp, brass Pr (3 stake crimp), no Pa

Scare Cartridge (Headlight Tracer)
1986	GM3x4 holes	Brass primer (3 stake crimp), purple Pa (HV)

Dynamic Metal Test
1986	Al & steel	Taper mouth crimp, brass Pr (3 stake crimp), no Pa (HV)
1986	Al & steel	Also known with tracer 22 case, red Pa (AK)

Short Range
1968	White Teflon	No mouth crimp, brass Pr (ring crimp), green Pa
Above are, from top: Scare cartridge Short range with Teflon bullet Dynamic metal test

Firing Pin Energy Test
?	Yellow plastic filled case, with hole down center to push out the used copper crusher. Base has aluminium insert holding copper crusher (HV)

Case Proof
?	Fired case, nickel primer (3 stake crimp), no Pa (AK)

Headstamp Errors
1986	Case only, headstamp is for a spotter tracer (12.7x76)

Reference
GM	?	3 stake crimp, brass Pr, looks like ball

Explosive
1986	GM	Mouth crimp, brass primer (3 stake crimp) purple Pa, appears to be ball cartridge, not very magnetic, has to be x-rayed to be certain (AK)
These are the cores inside the explosive bullets. They have aguilding metal jacket covering them and thus they look like ball cartridges once they have been loaded. Several models were tried, all were experimental, none were adopted.

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