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Is this a Pak 36 case ?

Andy Naude

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Please assist. Is this a Pak 36 case ?

Overall length: 247 mm

Case mouth, internal: 36.2mm

Rim: 51.4 mm

No head stamp.


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Thank you for looking.
 
This case matches the dimensions for the PaK 36 case from Robert Hawkinson's Big Bore Ammunition guide.
 
For the sake of completeness, it should be noted that an almost identical case was used in a couple of obscure naval automatic AA guns: the SK C/36 and Flak M42. Since there is no headstamp, the main recognition difference is in the rim thickness: 2.5 mm for the Pak case, 3.9 mm for the Flak.
 
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