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Swedish Bofors 37mm AT Drill Round

Big Dave

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Just purchased this Bofors AT drill round pictured next to a Pak36 , Bofors on the left .Its headstamp is crown , IB ,1942 and at the bottom P4,now the British army purchased a number of these AT Guns just before the outbreak of WW2 did we use Swedish ammo for them or did any British factories produce the 37 mm ?The Bofors case measures 37x 258 where as the German PAK is 37 x 250?.The 1st and 2 nd batteries of the 106th Regiment [Lancashire Yeomanry] Royal Horse Artillery used the Bofors at Beda Fomm 5/2 /1940 against an Italian column knocking out many tanks and vehicles .Any other info would be gladly recieved ,Dave
 

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