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[Fuzeman]

Can anyone identify the markings on the base of a 30.5 Cm shell please
Drawing attached , any help much appreciated
Thanks

 

[Hoeksel]

ADK = Sweden but I do not know the meaning yet.

 

[Fuzeman]

Great thanks ,very much do you have any documentation on it please

 

[Hoeksel]

Sorry, I do not have that. I have two 100 % Swedish cases, caliber 37 mm and 40mm with several stamps including ADK.

 

[Fuzeman]

Ok many thanks do they also have the anchor mark on them please a picture would be nice to see.

 

[Tmine35]

I may be totally wrong (again) but : Arm Depot Karlsborg ??

Yes, they had anchor stamp on naval ordnance.

 

[Fuzeman]

Hi Tmine Any documents supporting that please?

 

[Tmine35]

Sorry Steve,
it's only from my poor old memory. There was an excellent website on Swedish artillery but it has disappeared some time ago.
I also have a couple of smaller Swedish cases with the same triangle stamp, and anchors as well.

 

[Fuzeman]

Hi Tim
Will follow that information up thanks
Steve

 

[EODGUY]

Steve, I see you are a middle man. S. sent me a personal e-mail that I just responded to then opened BOCN and saw this. LuckilyI agreed with what was said on the thread. I have seen the marking on known Swedish ordnance but none of my Swedish manuals nor my Swedish dictionary of technical and military acronyms has it listed. I have been in discussions in the past as to whether it is ADK or DAK, but since I can't find either I may never know. My guess, like the previous one in the thread, is that it is the mark for Karlsborgfabriksverk or Ammunitionsfabriken (Amf) Karlsborg or Karlsborg Arsenal, pick a timeframe. I did see a listing of a Karlskrona "Karlsborg" Naval Arsenal, Karlskrona, Blekinge which is in southern Sweden. Might explain the anchor, but I know nothing about it. Hopefully someone will come up with the real story and get me out of this mess of guessing.

 

[Burney Davis]

Steve,

The only Swedish gun that I am aware of in that calibre is the 30.5cm Festungshabitze L/30 which was a coast defence gun. But that gun was bag charge .....:questionmark:

BD

 

[Fuzeman]

Thanks BD
the largest guns in the Channel Islands were Russian 1 st world war battleship guns, they too were that calibre, will check out that information thanks

 

[wichitaslumlord]

The anchor stamp is identical to the Japanese "YOKOSUKA ARSENAL" mark.

 

[Tmine35]

Here headstamp of a Swedish 25mm case from about 1920.