On another thread there was a knowledgeable analysis of the shell, pointing to its non-NATO origins, due especially to the single brass ring at the bottom; we apparently use two. Also, the rifling of the brass indicates it was fired. Some artillery knowledgeable Freepers disavowed it as ours.
I've searched hundreds of internet photos to track that round, and I can't find it. Our 155's regularly come up with the double brass rings, lots of English lettering, a somewhat different profile, etc.
The Pakis may have fired an indigenous shell. The shell may have been a leftover of the Soviets in Afghanistan. In any case, it ain't from a Predator. The photo is a dud artillery round fired through a tube, not an air launched missile.
Roger that. The Soviets used 152mm shells like that. I don't know if the Pakistanis shelled the village and blamed it on US, or if they had a smattering of old shells around in boobytraps as a defense against ground assualt, a common enough thing for guerillas or terrorists to do when they think someone is out to get them.
My understanding is that some 11 terrorists were waxed, but the primary one was running late, and the party started without him.
It was a dud Soviet 152mm artillery round.