A few of my favorite 2cm rounds. Does anyone know anything about the fuze on shell #7?? And feel free to ask any questions about shell markings,I'll answer best as I can. More to come later!!!
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2cm favorites.
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Very nice rounds! I haven't seen that fuze before, but I would venture that Erhard and company will be able to ID it for you. I have the feeling it isn't German. So why are these your favorites? They have very nice paint, I will give you that.
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Well besides the shape they are in,one really interesting thing to me is that if I were to line them up by year of manufacture,you can watch the quality of the round decrease year by year.From the quality of machining,from the paint,from the transition of copper marked driving bands to soft iron.It fasinating that they could keep making the round work even though they kept loosing materials and quality control.
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That and they look really cool in the magazine I have for them
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That makes sense. I'm always facinated by all the colors used on the 20-30mm ammo. And of course having nice German rounds with the eagle and swastika waffenstamp are nice. Manufacturing wise, I really noticed it in U.S. Mortar ammo. They have screwed around with obturating gas-check rings since WWII, adding, subtracting, and moving them around, till they landed on the latest plastic piston ring design. I'm looking forward to seeing your other favorites.
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Hi Lou,
Nice collection of solothurn rounds you have, As you say it is is interesting to see the transition from well machined projectiles with copper driving bands and brass cases on through to the sinstered iron bands and washed steel cases. It can't ident the fuze for you either although i would venture that it is not original.
Thanks for posting, Best Weasel.
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Well Im not totally sure or originality,but it did come to me as one unit.Heres better info and closer pics.
The fuze is marked 2cm kpfZ zerl fg cxh 24143 WaA379
Stamped in the metal of the projectile eeY21f43 WaA339
Inked on the projectile eeyz/644 WaA??9 Br ?? SDur 115g
Case head stamped Wg * 43 93 WaA865
I might move this to the Identify thread
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