Hi guys. I have been collecting Weapons for years for the museum and could not get a decent book that would have a wide coverage of markings. So I just had to collect the data from other books and the net and write it myself. Its called the Book of Marks and was available as a search database on the net for 2 years about three years ago. If you post a marking without telling what it is off,on anything military(not serial numbers) fuzes, ammo, guns, bayonets, swords, codes etc. I will attempt to tell you what item it belongs to. Give it a try. I hope I dont get too embarrassed if the results are inadequate. Lets go.....who's first? Tom
OK, if you see a British item marked with the letters CY, what does it signify? Similarly, if you see a US item marked PA, what does it signify?
Sorry for not getting back sooner but the puter crashed and I lost the link for this site, anyway here we go; cy on ammunition, clips, links, grenades, etc, R. O. F. Chorley. U. K. pa on grenades, grenade fuzes, ammunition, clips, links etc, Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, NJ. U. S. A. .
Originally posted by museumtom@Oct 5 2004, 07:27 PM Sorry for not getting back sooner but the puter crashed and I lost the link for this site, anyway here we go; cy on ammunition, clips, links, grenades, etc, R. O. F. Chorley. U. K. pa on grenades, grenade fuzes, ammunition, clips, links etc, Picatinny Arsenal, Dover, NJ. U. S. A. . [post=28570]Quoted post[/post] Correct, except that ROF Chorley was a filling factory and you will not find CY on clips, links or similar because they are not filled with explosives. You may find a code for the manuafacturer though. For instance, ROF Blackburn (BN) was a major supplier to Chorley of empty fuzes and you will usually find both markings on the fuze body.
