Unknown maker on unknown case 20 mm MG151

[Hoeksel]

Hi all,

Can anybody tell me more on Oerlikon made 20x81 MG151 cases? Cases are wartime dated 1944 and I have seen 2 LOT numbers (53 and 102). Cases are steel and laquered. I am also interested on the logo shown at 3-o-clock. It looks like PSW or WPS.

Regards,

Kornel

 

[Falcon]

I have seen a more modern Oerlikon case with this mark before. Sccording to information online it was Press und Stanzwerk AG (Presta) of Liechtenstein.

 

[orpheus72]

PSW is 'Press und stanswerk, Vaduz, Swiss'.

This (modernized) logo is indeed found on modern Oerlikon cases like the 35x228.

 

[Hoeksel]

Thanks for the information!

 

[Falcon]

PSW is 'Press und stanswerk, Vaduz, Swiss'.

Vaduz is actually the capital of Liechtenstein, although Switzerland and Liechtenstein form one economic area.

 

[Tony Williams]

Switzerland adopted the Messerschmitt Bf 109 in WW2 and manufactured MG 151/20 guns and ammunition, both for their own use and for Germany.

 

[Hoeksel]

Interesting, would have never known if I did not find these cases.

 

[blackwatch]

Switzerland adopted the Messerschmitt Bf 109 in WW2 and manufactured MG 151/20 guns and ammunition, both for their own use and for Germany.

Do you have any information about de Swiss manufactured MG 151 canon?

 

[Tony Williams]

Do you have any information about de Swiss manufactured MG 151 canon?

Not a lot; production for Germany started at the Hispano Suiza plant in Geneva in 1941, the year the gun entered service with the Luftwaffe, and continued until at least 1943.