One of the problems was that high velocity modern bullets caused so much tissue damage that medical staff thought Dum Dum bullets had been used. I very much doubt that the Germans used anything other than normal 7.92mm S Patronen in the incident mentioned. I have posted this picture before, but here it is again showing an Dum Dum made Mark II Special (left) and a British Mark V (right). This of course only applied as we were fighting a white Christian enemy it was still considered acceptable to use these bullets against a savage enemy and the last occassion they were issued was for a punative expedition in Somalia in 1905. These were claimed to work well and led indirectly to the Mark III, IV and V hollow nosed rounds in British service between 18.Īlthough there is evidence of use of these rounds in South Africa, they were banned by the St.Petersburg Agreement and Britain reverted to use of the solid nosed Mark II bullet. 45 inch lead Martini Henry bullets had been.ĭum Dum developed a round, the Mark II Special, in which the cupro-nickel envelope was open at the nose to expose the tip of the lead core. 303 bullets were not as effective against fanatical tribesmen as the old. In the 1890s troops on the north west frontier complained that their "new" Mark II. If you search using "Dum Dum" you will find many threads (and arguments) about these rounds.Ĭhris is quite correct as they are named after the eponymous arsenal in India.
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