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Old 04-09-2009, 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b
IIRC OPFOR classes in the Army:

If you try put a BMP round into an SPG-9, it won't fit.

If you put an SPG-9 round into a BMP-1, the smaller round will not develop enough pressure to launch properly, and will not even leave the chamber of the BMP-1's gun. However, the fuze will be armed, and heavy burned propellant fumes will fill the interior of the BMP-1 when you open the breech again.

Apparently, some fool has tried those things in the past!
Apparently you are right but it seems that they have produced some extra-propellant case you can adapt on the SPG-9 ammo. The Swedes must know, they are using it and Bulgaria seems to be producing it. Saddly, I don't speak any of these languages.
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