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 Company D, 3rd Battalion, 509th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, displays the 400 tank rounds that were a part of a large cache they found south of Baghdad, near Al Iskandariyah while on patrol March 18. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Michelle Brown, 705th Ordnance Detachment) 
Capt. Rufus Shumate, commander of Charlie company, 3rd Battalion, 509th Airborne Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division re-enlists eight of his paratroopers on Copper bridge in Ahbad Al Abhul, Iraq on March 14. (U.S Army photo by Spc. Olanrewaju Akinwunmi)
"American Parachutists...devils in baggy pants...are less than 100 meters from my outpost line. I can't sleep at night; they pop up from nowhere and we never know when or how they will strike next. Seems like the black-hearted devils are everywhere..."
(An entry in a German officer's diary found after the Battle of Anzio)
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Good stuff, thanks for shareing. That's 400 fewer IEDs and while it won't stop them by any means, it will make their task more difficult
"...my religious belief teaches me to feel as safe in battle as in bed. God has fixed the time for my death. I do not concern myself about that, but to be always ready, no matter when it may overtake me." He added, after a pause, looking me full in the face: "That is the way all men should live, and then all would be equally brave" General "Stonewall" Jackson
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I think those are rockets, not tank rounds. Maybe 122mm rockets? Tank rounds usually have fins inside the shell casing, IIRC.
Martin  "When I'm in command, every mission is a suicide mission" - Zapp Branigan, Futurama
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Ei Temporis Vita Semper Resumo Sese
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They are 115mm rounds like a T62 would use... missing their sabots. Too be honest, they appear to be already fired inert training rounds. Look at how many have mushroomed and deformed noses...
"The degenerative and loony should never be denigrated but, rather, thanked. In their absence, the rest of you would be obliged to fill congressional seats... positions naturally unsavory to the sane and honorable." Thorax
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| They may be inert, but they have not been fired. There is never that much left. I say this based on experience with US training ammo and innert mortar rounds.
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