Generally speaking, German Army HE shells were painted a grey-green colour (I have the RAL number somewhere if anyone's interested). Yellow was used by the Luftwaffe (including FlaK rounds) and also I think by the Navy. Don't know about the AP.Was the original color of these yellow? Would the AP versions of the 2.8cm rounds have paint on them?
The HE rounds were painted yellow with the black band for "tropical" use. The AP rounds as far as I know were painted black except for the tip.
The HE rounds were painted yellow with the black band for "tropical" use. The AP rounds as far as I know were painted black except for the tip.
Maybe the example I have comes from the experiments carried out for the 8202L in June 1941 for the Luftwaffe by Dr. Neufeldt? ref. "Von Flanschgeschossen und Wolframkernen" by Manfred Stegmueller? Who knows.
Ah yes I forgot about the grey-green, I have a 5cm squeezebore that's the original color. Would you happen to know why many of these 2.8's are seen without paint? Or the 3.7cm HVAP?
Was this for the Luftwaffe? I had assumed that it was for an automatic AFV gun.
Below is my replica of the 28/20 x 210B for the Mauser MK 8202.
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