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20mm projectile

Dwight

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I have these projectile parts from my father in law and I think it is a H.E. Incendiary (according to the colours). From what I can see the projectile is inert. Am I correct? Is it possible to determine the producer of the projectile? There also was a case, which I think is lost, marked “20mm”, “1941” and “three arrows”. Is it possible to tell who the producer of the case was?
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Not a specialist of 20mm but this one looks like British Incendiary MkIIz (your shell seems to be 100% inert)

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Sorry, my mistake, I didn't see remnant of yellow paint on head. So HEI MkIIZ as you said.

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Thanks to both of you for the info and photos. I have some expended examples of the Fuze No 250.
 
Three broad arrows close together was the early code for the Royal Ordnance Factory at Steaton & Thorpe Arch, as far as I am aware (one arrow was Radway Green, and two was Spennymoor).
 
A correction to the above; it should be Steeton, not Steaton.
I believe that the cases were made by Steeton, and filled at Thorpe Arch.
 
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