#16: Ammunition color... Author: Esa_Muikku, Location: Tampere, FinlandPosted: Thu May 25, 2006 9:09 am ---- ...within NATO countries has been agreed/standardized with STANAG 2953. The actual information about colors is in AOP-2(B).
For example:
black = anti-tank
yellow = high explosive
brown = "slow" explosive
light green = smoke
white (pale cream) = illumination
light blue = target practice (possible explosive with a yellow/brown band)
olive green = inert.
#17: US ammo colors Author: Esa_Muikku, Location: Tampere, FinlandPosted: Thu May 25, 2006 10:47 am ---- There is also MIL-STD-709C "Ammunition Color Coding" giving color codes for different types and relevant FS 595 numbers for each color!
