During expeditions to places of military glory and excavations there, you can find a lot of Soviet-era shell casings, both fired and non-fired. But among them there are also not quite ordinary ones - with a jammed muzzle and a whole capsule. A completely logical question arises, who spoiled the ammunition and why?
This was done solely in order to extract the gunpowder from the cartridge, and, most likely, with one practical purpose - for ignition. Often the weather conditions were not very favorable: rains, dampness, cold. To dry out, warm up, warm up food, the soldiers in the lowlands or funnels made fires.
There were no problems with firewood, since the country was rich in forests, only in bad weather the tree was damp and had to be somehow kindled. Here for the ignition and used captured ammunition.
The bullet pressed the cartridge against the tree and pressed lightly. From this manipulation, the gunpowder spilled out on the wood, all that remained was to set them on fire.
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A similar technology is clearly demonstrated in the film "Twice Born", which in 1983 was filmed by director A. Sirenko. Only a young soldier remained alive there. In order to keep warm, he made a small fire from the butt of his rifle, using for this purpose the gunpowder extracted from the cartridge and a flint-iron.
Continuing the topic read, why “Katyusha” was not taken over by the Germans, if they were so effective during the Second World War.
A source: https://novate.ru/blogs/210421/58691/
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