Ryan is wrong here. The video he reviews is a M825-series 155mm white phosphorus (WP) projectile functioning. It's a textbook example of WP. I know this video is old, but he recently posted a video saying this is where he previously caught @RamAbdu lying. Short thread:
This is the full video that Ryan reviews that he claims isn't WP. This video shows the M825 series projectile functioning, which explodes a internal canister, and disperses 116 felt wedges soaked in WP. These wedges emit smoke, and slowly fall. You can see this in the video.
This video shows actual Iron Dome interceptions. You can see the Tamir interceptor rockets in flight. There is significantly more velocity, and you cannot see the distinct fragments falling, like you can clearly see the the WP felt wedges, and their smoke
Ramy's thread has three videos. The first which Ryan reviews, and incorrectly claims isn't WP, a second where Ramy incorrectly identifies an illumination flare fired during the day as WP (left), and a third where WP felt wedges are seen on the ground (right).
I don't consider Ramy a liar for being wrong about the illumination flare. Ordnance is a niche field and non-experts are often wrong. It's a common misconception that falling fire = white phosphorus. I'd only consider someone a liar if they knowingly spread false information.
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This is just going to be a short thread on 120mm tank rounds that the IDF has been using in Gaza, how some of the more unique rounds function, and how some of the rounds can look after firing, or in an unexploded condition. There are six different variants seen in use here.
Four variants are in the Elbit Systems Tank Ammunition's Catalog:
M322 or M338 APFSDS-T.
M339 HE-MP-T.
M325 HEAT-MP-T.
M329 APAM-MP-T is described in an IMI PowerPoint from 2007.
M830A1 HEAT-MP-T is a US round, with at least 13,981 rounds being supplied since Oct via a sale.
The M830A1 and the M322/M338, all have discarding sabots. The projectile is smaller than the width of the barrel, so it has sabot that discards after leaving the barrel, as seen in this picture of a M830A1 discarding it's sabot (1), or a APFSDS discarding it's sabot (2).
Mikholit missiles were used in the April 16 Al-Maghazi strike, the March 13 UNRWA Distribution Center in Rafah strike, and the December 27 Nur Shams refugee camp strike in the West Bank. The two pictures below are fragments recovered from the Al-Maghazi strike.
The Mikholit missile is produced by Israel, and has been known to be employed by Israeli drones, as seen in this 2018 crash of a Hermes drone.
The first picture of the thread is fragments from the control section, while second is fragments from the front, that includes the guidance section. The wire recovered at Al-Maghazi matches the control section of the Mikholit where exposed wire can be seen in this IDF video.