2 pre WW1 German made 37mm brass shells
Article about: Purchased 2 37mm Pre WW1 German brass shells for £5 (bargain, ). I am unsure to what they may have been fired from and would really like to know please. Marks on the base are as follows, fro
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2 pre WW1 German made 37mm brass shells
Purchased 2 37mm Pre WW1 German brass shells for £5 (bargain, ).
I am unsure to what they may have been fired from and would really like to know please.
Marks on the base are as follows, from top to bottom.
Shell 1 - Crown with M below it, C/97 98, Roman numerals VI, 1904, KARLSRUHE, 127.
Shell 2 - Crown with M below it, PATRONENFABRIK, Roman numberal X, 97, KARLSRUHE, 2.
I am having great difficulty finding a suitable weapon of the period that would have fired such a round, hope someone can help and i will try to get pictures up soon.
Cheers.
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Re: 2 pre WW1 German made 37mm brass shells
Cheers for the link, Had a look but still no info on a particular weapon that it may have been compatible with.
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Re: 2 pre WW1 German made 37mm brass shells
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Re: 2 pre WW1 German made 37mm brass shells
I belive the answer has been solved, thanks for all the info from everyone, seems like its the Hotchkiss Revolving Cannon (of the Naval variant) assuming that the marks on the shells donote Navy and would have been fired from the Naval gun.
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Re: 2 pre WW1 German made 37mm brass shells
thanks for that axtdn, where do you find all this stuff, i can never seem to get a sausage off the net.
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