7.92mm Kurz rounds

**Newbie** · 10-23-2013, 05:15 PM

Hey everyone,I have started collecting Kurz rounds by date and head stamp. Does anyone know how many makers there are?

**Martin Bull** · 10-23-2013, 05:46 PM

There are believed to be 11 : -

ak : Sellier & Bellot
aux : Polte, Magdeburg
auy : Polte, Gruneberg
de : possibly Hugo Schneider
dou : Waffenwerk Brunn
eej : Markisches Walzerk
fva : Draht und Metallwarenfabrik
hla : Metallwarenfabrik Treuenbritzen
kam : Hasag Eisen und Metallwerke
oxo : Teuto Matallwerke
wa : Hugo Schneider

I wasn't keeping all that info in my head...it's from Senich's 'German Assault Rifle1935-45'.

**Newbie** · 10-23-2013, 06:47 PM

Thanks Martin! Now I have a goal, lol....:-)

**TonyE** · 10-23-2013, 06:59 PM

Ah yes, the manufacturers are the easy bit! Now you have to get all the years and Lot numbers!

Regards
TonyE

**Newbie** · 10-23-2013, 10:30 PM

...... lot numbers?

**Adrian Stevenson** · 10-23-2013, 10:34 PM

The lot number (or batch number) is the other number stampted on your cases.

Cheers, Ade.

**Wagriff** · 10-24-2013, 12:31 AM

by Newbie

...... lot numbers?

I Think I just heard a horrified shriek coming from the direction of Pennsylvania....lol

**zwerge** · 10-24-2013, 04:47 AM

And don`t forget the postwar soviet bloc ammo....

**Newbie** · 10-24-2013, 01:01 PM

No shrieks, lol.......I am actually excited about this adventure....since I can't afford a stg,I wanna collect things related. Thanks guys for all the help....on the round posted with just two numbers, who Is the manufacturer?

**zwerge** · 10-24-2013, 02:08 PM

by Newbie

No shrieks, lol.......I am actually excited about this adventure....since I can't afford a stg,I wanna collect things related. Thanks guys for all the help....on the round posted with just two numbers, who Is the manufacturer?

It is east german made in 1961,not sure who the maker is.