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Unread 01-20-2018, 11:49 AM   #2
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Both calibers started out with truncated bullets.
The German army switched to conical bullets in 1916 after accusations by France that they used dumdums, forbidden acvording to international law.

Several contractors kept using truncated bullets, like the Dutch East Indies army and the Dutch navy.
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