.303 British Service Cartridge WW1 & WW2 Headstamps Markings

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  1. debra

    debra Member

    If anyone is interested, I found the following. The link is <SMALL>©Patrice COLMANT 2003... </SMALL><SMALL>www.303 British Manuf. & Colour Codes</SMALL>

    <TABLE style="BORDER-RIGHT: thin; BORDER-TOP: thin; BORDER-LEFT: thin; BORDER-BOTTOM: thin" cellSpacing=1 width=624 bgColor=#c0c0c0 border=1><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">/|\</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Royal Ordnance Factory, Radway Green, Cheshire, U.K. (1940 - 1942)</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">A F</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Small Arms Ammunition Factory, Footscray, Melbourne, Australia</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">A /|\ F</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Small Arms Ammunition Factory, Footscray, Melbourne, Australia</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">B</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Birmingham Metals & Munitions Co. Ltd., Birmingham, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">BE</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF), Blackpool, Worcestershire, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">B /|\ E</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF), Blackpool, Worcestershire, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">BM</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">British Munitions Co. Ltd., Millwall, London, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">CAC</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Colonial Ammunition Co., Melbourne, Australia</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">CAC</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Colonial Ammunition Co., Auckland, New Zealand</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">CP</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Crompton Parkinson Co. Ltd, Guiseley, Yorkshire, U.K. (1939-1945)</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">C-P</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Crompton Parkinson Co. Ltd, Doncaster, Yorkshire, U.K. </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">D</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Dominion Cartridge Co., Brownsburg, Quebec, Canada</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">DA</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Dominion Arsenal, Montreal, Canada</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">DAC</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Dominion Arsenal, Quebec, Canada</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">DAL</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Dominion Arsenal, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">DAQ</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Dominion Arsenal, Quebec, Canada</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">DC</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Dominion Cartridge Co., Canada</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">D /|\ C</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Defense Industries, Brownsburg, Quebec, Canada</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">DF Î</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Indian Government Ammunition Factory, Dum Dum, Calcutta, India</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">DI</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Defence Industries, Inc., Verdun, Canada</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">D Î</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Indian Government Ammunition Factory, Dum Dum, Calcutta, India</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">E</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Eley Brothers, Ltd., Edmonton, London, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">EB</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Eley Brothers, Ltd., Edmonton, London, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">F</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Small Arms Ammunition Factory, Footscray, Melbourne, Australia</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">G</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Greenwood & Batley, Ltd., Leeds, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">GA</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Grenfell & Accles, Ltd., Perry Barr, Birmingham, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">GB</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Greenwood & Batley, Ltd., Leeds, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">GBF</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Greenwood & Batley, Ltd., Leeds, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">GKB</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">George Kynoch, Birmingham, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">G 18 F.1</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Government Cartridge Factory N°1, Blackheath, Staffordshire, U.K., 1918</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">G 18 F.3</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Government Cartridge Factory N°3, Blackpool, Worcestershire, U.K., 1918</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">H /|\ N</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF), Hirwaun, South Wales, U.K. (1939-1945)</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">J</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Birmingham Metals & Munitions Co. Ltd./Nobel, Birmingham, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">K</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Kynoch & Co. (Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.), Birmingham, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">K2</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Kynoch (I.C.I.), Standish, Lancastershire, U.K. (1943-1944)</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">K4</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Kynoch (I.C.I.), Yeading, Hayes, Middlesex, U.K. (1942-1944)</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">K5</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Kynoch (I.C.I.), Kidderminster, Worcestershire, U.K. (1944)</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">KH</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF), Khamaria Arsenal, Jubbulpore, India</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">K Î F</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Indian Government Ammunition Factory, Kirkee Arsenal, India (1940-1945)</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">KN</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Kings Norton Metal Co. Ltd., Birmingham, U.K..</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">KYNOCH</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Kynoch & Co. Ltd. (Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.), Birmingham, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">L</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Lorenz Ammunition & Ordnance Co., Millwall, London, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">LAC</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Dominion Arsenal, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">M</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Nobel Explosives Co. Ltd.., Manchester, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">MAXIM</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Maxim Arms Co., London, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">MF</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Small Arms Ammunition Factory N°1, Footscray, Melbourne, Australia</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">MG</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Small Arms Ammunition Factory N°2; Footscray, Melbourne, Australia</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">MH</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Small Arms Ammunition Factory N°3, Hendon, Australia</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">MJ</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Small Arms Ammunition Factory N°4, Hendon, Australia</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">MQ</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Small Arms Ammunition Factory N°5, Rocklea, Australia</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">MS</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Small Arms Ammunition Factory N°7, Salisbury, Australia</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">MW</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Small Arms Ammunition Factory N°6, Welchpool, Australia</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">NA</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">National Arms & Ammunition Co., Birmingham</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">N Î</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Indian Government Ammunition Factory, Dum Dum Arsenal, Calcutta, India</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">P</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Peters Cartridge Co., Kings Mills, Ohio, U.S.A.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">PC</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Peters Cartridge Co., Kings Mills, Ohio, U.S.A.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">RA</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Remington Arms Co., Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.A.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">RG</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF), Radway Green, Cheshire, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">R /|\ G</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF), Radway Green, Cheshire, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">RH</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Raleigh Cycle Co., Nottingham, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">RL</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Royal Laboratory, Woolwich Arsenal, Kent, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">R /|\ L</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Royal Laboratory, Woolwich Arsenal, Kent, U.K., </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">ROF.B</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF), Blackburn</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">RR Co</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Ross Rifle Co., Montreal, Canada</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">RW</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Rudge Withworth Co., Nottingham (1914-1918)</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">SAAF</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Small Arms Ammunition Factory, Footscray, Melbourne, Austrralia</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">S Î</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Indian Government Ammunition Factory, Dum Dum Arsenal, Calcutta, India</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">SR</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF), Spennymoor, Durham, U.K. </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">S /|\ R</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF), Spennymoor, Durham, U.K. </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">TR</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Dominion Rubber & Munitions Co., Three Rivers, Quebec, Canada</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">U</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">South African Mint, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">U <></TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">South African Mint, Kimberley, Republic of South Africa</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">US</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">US Cartridge Company, Lowell, Mass., U.S.A.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">VC</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Defence Industries, Ltd., Verdun, Quebec, Canada</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">W</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">WCC</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Western Cartridge Co., East Alton, Illinois, U.S.A.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">WRA</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

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    <BIG>Colour coding</BIG>

    <TABLE style="BORDER-RIGHT: thin; BORDER-TOP: thin; BORDER-LEFT: thin; BORDER-BOTTOM: thin" cellSpacing=1 bgColor=#c0c0c0 border=1><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=center align=middle width="20%" bgColor=#808080>Headstamp ID</TD><TD vAlign=center align=middle width="18%" bgColor=#808080>Primer annulus color</TD><TD vAlign=center align=middle width="14%" bgColor=#808080>Bullet tip color</TD><TD vAlign=center align=middle width="31%" bgColor=#808080>Other feature</TD><TD vAlign=center align=middle width="17%" bgColor=#808080>Functional type</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="20%">VII or VIIZ</TD><TD vAlign=center width="18%">Purple</TD><TD vAlign=center width="14%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="31%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="17%">Light ball</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="20%">VIIIZ</TD><TD vAlign=center width="18%">Purple</TD><TD vAlign=center width="14%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="31%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="17%">Heavy ball</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="20%">G1, G2, G3, G7 or G8</TD><TD vAlign=center width="18%">Red</TD><TD vAlign=center width="14%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="31%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="17%">Tracer</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="20%">G4, G4Z, G6 or G6Z</TD><TD vAlign=center width="18%">Red</TD><TD vAlign=center width="14%">White</TD><TD vAlign=center width="31%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="17%">Tracer</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="20%">G5 or G5Z</TD><TD vAlign=center width="18%">Red</TD><TD vAlign=center width="14%">Gray</TD><TD vAlign=center width="31%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="17%">Tracer</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="20%">W1 or W1Z</TD><TD vAlign=center width="18%">Green</TD><TD vAlign=center width="14%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="31%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="17%">AP</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="20%">B4 or B4Z</TD><TD vAlign=center width="18%">Blue</TD><TD vAlign=center width="14%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="31%">Step in bullet jacket</TD><TD vAlign=center width="17%">Incendiary</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="20%">B6 or B6Z</TD><TD vAlign=center width="18%">Blue</TD><TD vAlign=center width="14%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="31%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="17%">Incendiary</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="20%">B7 or B7Z</TD><TD vAlign=center width="18%">Blue</TD><TD vAlign=center width="14%">Blue</TD><TD vAlign=center width="31%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="17%">Incendiary</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="20%">O.1</TD><TD vAlign=center width="18%">Black</TD><TD vAlign=center width="14%">Black</TD><TD vAlign=center width="31%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="17%">Observing</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="20%">PG1 or PG1Z</TD><TD vAlign=center width="18%">Red</TD><TD vAlign=center width="14%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="31%">Blue band on case base</TD><TD vAlign=center width="17%">Practice-tracer</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width="20%">H1Z</TD><TD vAlign=top width="18%">None</TD><TD vAlign=top width="14%">None</TD><TD vAlign=top width="31%">Front half of case blackened</TD><TD vAlign=top width="17%">Grenade-launching</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width="20%">H2</TD><TD vAlign=top width="18%">None</TD><TD vAlign=top width="14%">None</TD><TD vAlign=top width="31%">Entire case blackened</TD><TD vAlign=top width="17%">Grenade-launching</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width="20%">H4</TD><TD vAlign=top width="18%">None</TD><TD vAlign=top width="14%">None</TD><TD vAlign=top width="31%">Case blackened 3/4-inch from each end</TD><TD vAlign=top width="17%">Grenade-launching</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width="20%">H7Z</TD><TD vAlign=top width="18%">None</TD><TD vAlign=top width="14%">None</TD><TD vAlign=top width="31%">Rear half of case blackened</TD><TD vAlign=top width="17%">Grenade-launching</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

    <BIG>The suffix "Z" indicates that graphite-glazed, single-base nitrocellulose propellant was used ; the absence of the suffix "Z" means that the propellant is unglazed, double-base cordite.</BIG>

    <SMALL>©Patrice COLMANT 2003</SMALL>


    <TABLE style="BORDER-RIGHT: thin; BORDER-TOP: thin; BORDER-LEFT: thin; BORDER-BOTTOM: thin" cellSpacing=1 width=624 bgColor=#c0c0c0 border=1><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">/|\</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Royal Ordnance Factory, Radway Green, Cheshire, U.K. (1940 - 1942)</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">A F</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Small Arms Ammunition Factory, Footscray, Melbourne, Australia</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">A /|\ F</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Small Arms Ammunition Factory, Footscray, Melbourne, Australia</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">B</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Birmingham Metals & Munitions Co. Ltd., Birmingham, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">BE</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF), Blackpool, Worcestershire, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">B /|\ E</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF), Blackpool, Worcestershire, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">BM</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">British Munitions Co. Ltd., Millwall, London, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">CAC</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Colonial Ammunition Co., Melbourne, Australia</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">CAC</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Colonial Ammunition Co., Auckland, New Zealand</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">CP</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Crompton Parkinson Co. Ltd, Guiseley, Yorkshire, U.K. (1939-1945)</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">C-P</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Crompton Parkinson Co. Ltd, Doncaster, Yorkshire, U.K. </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">D</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Dominion Cartridge Co., Brownsburg, Quebec, Canada</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">DA</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Dominion Arsenal, Montreal, Canada</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">DAC</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Dominion Arsenal, Quebec, Canada</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">DAL</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Dominion Arsenal, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">DAQ</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Dominion Arsenal, Quebec, Canada</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">DC</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Dominion Cartridge Co., Canada</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">D /|\ C</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Defense Industries, Brownsburg, Quebec, Canada</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">DF Î</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Indian Government Ammunition Factory, Dum Dum, Calcutta, India</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">DI</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Defence Industries, Inc., Verdun, Canada</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">D Î</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Indian Government Ammunition Factory, Dum Dum, Calcutta, India</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">E</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Eley Brothers, Ltd., Edmonton, London, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">EB</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Eley Brothers, Ltd., Edmonton, London, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">F</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Small Arms Ammunition Factory, Footscray, Melbourne, Australia</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">G</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Greenwood & Batley, Ltd., Leeds, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">GA</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Grenfell & Accles, Ltd., Perry Barr, Birmingham, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">GB</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Greenwood & Batley, Ltd., Leeds, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">GBF</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Greenwood & Batley, Ltd., Leeds, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">GKB</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">George Kynoch, Birmingham, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">G 18 F.1</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Government Cartridge Factory N°1, Blackheath, Staffordshire, U.K., 1918</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">G 18 F.3</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Government Cartridge Factory N°3, Blackpool, Worcestershire, U.K., 1918</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">H /|\ N</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF), Hirwaun, South Wales, U.K. (1939-1945)</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">J</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Birmingham Metals & Munitions Co. Ltd./Nobel, Birmingham, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">K</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Kynoch & Co. (Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.), Birmingham, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">K2</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Kynoch (I.C.I.), Standish, Lancastershire, U.K. (1943-1944)</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">K4</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Kynoch (I.C.I.), Yeading, Hayes, Middlesex, U.K. (1942-1944)</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">K5</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Kynoch (I.C.I.), Kidderminster, Worcestershire, U.K. (1944)</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">KH</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF), Khamaria Arsenal, Jubbulpore, India</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">K Î F</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Indian Government Ammunition Factory, Kirkee Arsenal, India (1940-1945)</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">KN</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Kings Norton Metal Co. Ltd., Birmingham, U.K..</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">KYNOCH</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Kynoch & Co. Ltd. (Imperial Chemical Industries, Ltd.), Birmingham, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">L</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Lorenz Ammunition & Ordnance Co., Millwall, London, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">LAC</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Dominion Arsenal, Lindsay, Ontario, Canada</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">M</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Nobel Explosives Co. Ltd.., Manchester, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">MAXIM</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Maxim Arms Co., London, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">MF</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Small Arms Ammunition Factory N°1, Footscray, Melbourne, Australia</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">MG</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Small Arms Ammunition Factory N°2; Footscray, Melbourne, Australia</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">MH</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Small Arms Ammunition Factory N°3, Hendon, Australia</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">MJ</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Small Arms Ammunition Factory N°4, Hendon, Australia</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">MQ</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Small Arms Ammunition Factory N°5, Rocklea, Australia</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">MS</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Small Arms Ammunition Factory N°7, Salisbury, Australia</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">MW</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Small Arms Ammunition Factory N°6, Welchpool, Australia</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">NA</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">National Arms & Ammunition Co., Birmingham</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">N Î</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Indian Government Ammunition Factory, Dum Dum Arsenal, Calcutta, India</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">P</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Peters Cartridge Co., Kings Mills, Ohio, U.S.A.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">PC</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Peters Cartridge Co., Kings Mills, Ohio, U.S.A.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">RA</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Remington Arms Co., Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S.A.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">RG</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF), Radway Green, Cheshire, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">R /|\ G</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF), Radway Green, Cheshire, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">RH</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Raleigh Cycle Co., Nottingham, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">RL</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Royal Laboratory, Woolwich Arsenal, Kent, U.K.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">R /|\ L</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Royal Laboratory, Woolwich Arsenal, Kent, U.K., </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">ROF.B</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF), Blackburn</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">RR Co</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Ross Rifle Co., Montreal, Canada</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">RW</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Rudge Withworth Co., Nottingham (1914-1918)</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">SAAF</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Small Arms Ammunition Factory, Footscray, Melbourne, Austrralia</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">S Î</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Indian Government Ammunition Factory, Dum Dum Arsenal, Calcutta, India</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">SR</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF), Spennymoor, Durham, U.K. </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">S /|\ R</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF), Spennymoor, Durham, U.K. </TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">TR</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Dominion Rubber & Munitions Co., Three Rivers, Quebec, Canada</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">U</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">South African Mint, Pretoria, Republic of South Africa</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">U <></TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">South African Mint, Kimberley, Republic of South Africa</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">US</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">US Cartridge Company, Lowell, Mass., U.S.A.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">VC</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Defence Industries, Ltd., Verdun, Quebec, Canada</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">W</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">WCC</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Western Cartridge Co., East Alton, Illinois, U.S.A.</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="10%">WRA</TD><TD vAlign=center width="90%">Winchester Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>



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    <BIG>Colour coding</BIG>

    <TABLE style="BORDER-RIGHT: thin; BORDER-TOP: thin; BORDER-LEFT: thin; BORDER-BOTTOM: thin" cellSpacing=1 bgColor=#c0c0c0 border=1><TBODY><TR><TD vAlign=center align=middle width="20%" bgColor=#808080>Headstamp ID</TD><TD vAlign=center align=middle width="18%" bgColor=#808080>Primer annulus color</TD><TD vAlign=center align=middle width="14%" bgColor=#808080>Bullet tip color</TD><TD vAlign=center align=middle width="31%" bgColor=#808080>Other feature</TD><TD vAlign=center align=middle width="17%" bgColor=#808080>Functional type</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="20%">VII or VIIZ</TD><TD vAlign=center width="18%">Purple</TD><TD vAlign=center width="14%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="31%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="17%">Light ball</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="20%">VIIIZ</TD><TD vAlign=center width="18%">Purple</TD><TD vAlign=center width="14%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="31%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="17%">Heavy ball</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="20%">G1, G2, G3, G7 or G8</TD><TD vAlign=center width="18%">Red</TD><TD vAlign=center width="14%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="31%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="17%">Tracer</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="20%">G4, G4Z, G6 or G6Z</TD><TD vAlign=center width="18%">Red</TD><TD vAlign=center width="14%">White</TD><TD vAlign=center width="31%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="17%">Tracer</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="20%">G5 or G5Z</TD><TD vAlign=center width="18%">Red</TD><TD vAlign=center width="14%">Gray</TD><TD vAlign=center width="31%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="17%">Tracer</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="20%">W1 or W1Z</TD><TD vAlign=center width="18%">Green</TD><TD vAlign=center width="14%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="31%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="17%">AP</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="20%">B4 or B4Z</TD><TD vAlign=center width="18%">Blue</TD><TD vAlign=center width="14%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="31%">Step in bullet jacket</TD><TD vAlign=center width="17%">Incendiary</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="20%">B6 or B6Z</TD><TD vAlign=center width="18%">Blue</TD><TD vAlign=center width="14%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="31%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="17%">Incendiary</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="20%">B7 or B7Z</TD><TD vAlign=center width="18%">Blue</TD><TD vAlign=center width="14%">Blue</TD><TD vAlign=center width="31%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="17%">Incendiary</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="20%">O.1</TD><TD vAlign=center width="18%">Black</TD><TD vAlign=center width="14%">Black</TD><TD vAlign=center width="31%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="17%">Observing</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=center width="20%">PG1 or PG1Z</TD><TD vAlign=center width="18%">Red</TD><TD vAlign=center width="14%">None</TD><TD vAlign=center width="31%">Blue band on case base</TD><TD vAlign=center width="17%">Practice-tracer</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width="20%">H1Z</TD><TD vAlign=top width="18%">None</TD><TD vAlign=top width="14%">None</TD><TD vAlign=top width="31%">Front half of case blackened</TD><TD vAlign=top width="17%">Grenade-launching</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width="20%">H2</TD><TD vAlign=top width="18%">None</TD><TD vAlign=top width="14%">None</TD><TD vAlign=top width="31%">Entire case blackened</TD><TD vAlign=top width="17%">Grenade-launching</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width="20%">H4</TD><TD vAlign=top width="18%">None</TD><TD vAlign=top width="14%">None</TD><TD vAlign=top width="31%">Case blackened 3/4-inch from each end</TD><TD vAlign=top width="17%">Grenade-launching</TD></TR><TR><TD vAlign=top width="20%">H7Z</TD><TD vAlign=top width="18%">None</TD><TD vAlign=top width="14%">None</TD><TD vAlign=top width="31%">Rear half of case blackened</TD><TD vAlign=top width="17%">Grenade-launching</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

    <BIG>The suffix "Z" indicates that graphite-glazed, single-base nitrocellulose propellant was used ; the absence of the suffix "Z" means that the propellant is unglazed, double-base cordite.</BIG>
     
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