Canadian 75mm case with Belgian primer

[charley777]

Greetings to all.
This 75x277R x89.8 cartridge case has D.P.C.Co. stamped on base.
That is presumably the Dominion Copper Products Company of Canada (?)
The primer has the stamp A F M which is Ataliers de Fabrications Militaires (Belgium).
Is this a normal pairing? Can anyone explain more?
Thanks very much.

 

[Alpini]

The primer has the stamp A F M which is Ataliers de Fabrications Militaires (Belgium).
Is this a normal pairing?
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Can only tell you that it is normal. I think I did read somewhere in the BOCN that AFM was a french factory which produced for Belgium during war (they had lost most of their territory during war). So be careful with this as I don't have any proof...

 

[frijoles108]

I can back up part of Alpini's post. I own a 10cm casing made for captured german 10cm guns made by A.F.M though I was told, but also have yet to confirm, it was produced by a belgian factory. Though frankly I would be more likely to believe what Alpina said that it was a french factory producing for belgians. There wasn't much of Belgian territory left in Allied hands for me to believe many factories were operating there (in allied territory).

P.s. I should probably say Entente powers rather than allies.

 

[Vasco Da Gama]

I thought to add a couple of pictures of cases I have. My understanding is these cases were reloaded in France to keep the Belgian guns in operation in WW1. I can offer no documentary evidence for this assertion, likewise I think AFM may represent Atelier de Fabrication de Munitions, a Schneider factory in France supplying the Belgian Army.
One case started life in Berndorf in 1909 and the other is a Belgian made case, potentially modified to accept a French primer. We all have to accept the chance of a primer being refitted at some point because it fits! However, I cannot get the AFM primer to unscrew, it is well in place!