Can someone advise on this unusual ww2 casing?

[francis]

Hi all. I recently dug up these 3 casings that are (to me) really unusual. Hardly any markings on the head apart from the date. Also the rim is nicely chamfered as well. I have over the years found hundreds of the usual rounds and cases but this is a new one to me. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Francis I have pictured them next to a standard Lebel casing for reference/scale.

[zwerge]

They look like standard 7.62x54R Russian cartridges.....Pete.

[AZPhil]

I agree with The above statement!
38=Russian State Factory at Yuryusan (Tscheljabinks Region), Russia

Headstamp Codes - International Ammunition Association

Semper Fi
Phil

[francis]

Thank you AZPhil and zwerge. Really common to you guys. Unusual for me as these were found in Normandy. Ive never been anywhere that I would come across these ordinarily. Thanks again.
Kind regards. Francis

[AZPhil]

So Francis,
I see that you are from the UK.
Where did you dig these up?

Semper Fi
Phil

[francis]

Hi Phil.
Found in Normandy. France. Thats what threw me. Bit odd to find in this location. Found in general area known as Krauts Corner, slightly north of St. Lo. So Americans, or Germans could have dropped them I assume.
Francis

[zwerge]

The Germans sometimes equipped some second line troops with captured weapons,that might explain it.....Pete.