They look great. What do the colors signify?
Morning Paul,
Colours of the ammunition - this varies with the mission profile ie Illumination, Penetration, Air Burst etc and the shells themselves are colour coded for example Light Blue for Illumination.
Now the containers (Yellow) we are talking about ONLY contain the propellant charge, so you get your shells (above) delivered seperately and then along comes another delivery of the charge and in different sizes. The power of the charge is printed on the canister and label (as per my models) and each charge is selected to go with whatever you are firing at. Except, the Light Blue canister contains not only the charge but also the parachute, and the whole is screwed to the top of the shell where you would normally put the fuse. In the Illumination setting the fuse comes in the Light Blue canister, but all other fuses come on seperate boxes.
The Olive Drab canister contains a Marker, to aid in air to ground operations, so the artillery mark the area with their smoke (Red, Yellow, Green) and the FAC (Forward Air Controller) can then come in and identify the target and call in the respective air response. But again the Marker needs a shell (Dummy) to add weight to the projectile. And the Black canisters are again charge bags for the shells.
This info comes from my friend in the IDF, hence the slow reply..
Cheers
Mike.