Trevor Ball Profile picture
Munitions researcher. Former US Army EOD. Open for DMs of pictures and videos of ordnance or fragments.
Mar 26 7 tweets 3 min read
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.
May 27, 2024 4 tweets 2 min read
US made Small Diameter Bomb(SDB)/GBU-39 fragments visible in the Rafah strike. This is from the rear control section. https://t.me/hamz0831/126290 Source for video:
Reference photos: t.me/hamz0831/126290

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May 22, 2024 10 tweets 8 min read
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. Image 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.
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https://www.dsca.mil/press-media/major-arms-sales/israel-m830a1-120mm-tank-cartridges
May 15, 2024 15 tweets 10 min read
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. https://twitter.com/i/status/1780270671492169958
https://twitter.com/JDiamond1/status/1786061855615549929?t=veiKca3EWmh-jjJul0J0cw&s=19
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. Image