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20x126 DCA INFO
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Hoeksel
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In my list I found it is a 20x126R33.2 mm case, named 20 mm DCA-5CG HISPANO - SUIZA and/or HS606. Cases known are French, there is a rimmed version and a belted version.
Tony Williams
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There were various case types, belted or rimless. These used German projectiles initially, as shown in this group from my collection, shown on my Ammo Photo Gallery:
20x72RB(E) (WW1 Ehrhard), 20x115SR Delauney-Belleville(WW1 French anti-tank, repA), 20x120RB case Simonetta (1930s), 20x135 Polte (German pre-WW2: repC), 20x138RB (German WW2 unknown: repC), 20x135 Mauser MG 213C (WW2), 20x136B (Aden, repP), 20x158RB (US T5, for post-WW2 T33 aircraft gun), 20x126B (post-WW2 French AA 5CG series - used German projectiles), 20x122 case (post-WW2 French AA 5CG series), 20x167 Madsen HV (1950s, repP), 20x137 (necked-down 25x137, provenance unknown)
20x72RB(E) (WW1 Ehrhard), 20x115SR Delauney-Belleville(WW1 French anti-tank, repA), 20x120RB case Simonetta (1930s), 20x135 Polte (German pre-WW2: repC), 20x138RB (German WW2 unknown: repC), 20x135 Mauser MG 213C (WW2), 20x136B (Aden, repP), 20x158RB (US T5, for post-WW2 T33 aircraft gun), 20x126B (post-WW2 French AA 5CG series - used German projectiles), 20x122 case (post-WW2 French AA 5CG series), 20x167 Madsen HV (1950s, repP), 20x137 (necked-down 25x137, provenance unknown)