Help to identify shell case please!!!

Discussion in 'General' started by yogib, Apr 8, 2009.

  1. yogib

    yogib Member

    for some reason it wont let me upload the photo so hapy to email it if ou need to see it but here is the info on the back of the shell if its any help!!!

    The case is the same length as my fore arm and as thick as a regular tumbler glass!

    OUTER RING

    AG/C
    LOT 366
    4O MM 111
    1942 CF

    ^
    |
    GA
    19

    INNER RING

    NQ12 111 RC 11/42 824 RY1 43

    any help would be great si:confused:
     
  2. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Some of the pictures of the shell casing posted of behalf of Simon

    1.
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    2.
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    If anything, it's a rather nice umbrella holder :)

    3.
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  3. Smudger Jnr

    Smudger Jnr Our Man in Berlin

  4. yogib

    yogib Member

    nice one guys is there anything else it could be just to make sure?

    it says on the link navy??? but had no relatives in the navy!!

    is there any more info you can get from a shell case like who used it and where it was fired?
     
  5. kfz

    kfz Very Senior Member

    I am no expert, but it could well be a case from a 40mm Bofors gun.

    See attached link and scroll down. There is a photo of shells being loaded.

    Bofors 40 mm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Regards
    Tom

    I think your right, it says 40mm on the case??

    Cant think of anything else in that Caliber
     
  6. Smudger Jnr

    Smudger Jnr Our Man in Berlin

    Bofors were used by all the three services as it was a very flexible type of weapon.

    Probably one of the reasons why so many countries bought them.

    They could be quite an effective AT weapon earlier in the war.

    Regards
    Tom
     
  7. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Found the following on the link at the bottom.

    WW2 BRITISH 40MM BOFORS CASE AND HE PROJECTILE DATED 1941 - Case is about excellent except for an old coat f lacquer that needs to be stripped and the case repolished. Sharp headstampings “40mm/MI – PP/C 1941 LOT 110 and inspector mark D/crown/broad arrow. Projectile body has several hard to read numbers or letters stamped on the side, along with 4/41 date. Projectile has a sloppy yellow paint job (Remember, munitions workers were not Rembrants, they were making stuff to throw at the Germans as quickly as possible and that was not fast enough!). Green band at the middle is stenciled T.N.T., and below that 9578A. Above the band there is a series of red “X” marks followed by EX1B ONLY, but the significance is not known. Primer has been removed along with all powder and nasty stuff in the projectile.
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    Heavy Ordnance Catalog
     
  8. yogib

    yogib Member

    looks the same but the base is different it has got quite a hole init mine doesnt have that though andy!!! shell looks the same size though!
     
  9. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

    Simon,

    The whole is where the percussion cap was. (It's all been removed). If you look at the size of the cap on your round and the one I posted they are different sizes plus the info stamp is different.

    Make of that what you will mate.

    Maybe a clearer pic on the base is needed?

    Regards
    Andy
     
  10. spotter

    spotter Senior Member

    40mm bofors anti aircraft artillery made by AG/C aluminum goods co of Ottawa
     
  11. yogib

    yogib Member

    thanx spotter nice one!!!
     

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