2cm FLAK in excelent condition

[al'saad]

shell is recovered near sarajevo, bosnia and herzegovina in basement of public building, on 6th image is comparation to 20mm hispano used by yugoslav army

 

[Chris 42 RQ]

Superb condition

That is in fantastic condition for such an oldie!
How come it has been so well preserved al'saad ?

 

[al'saad]

one possible reason...ex yugoslav army used german 2cm AAA until late 50s and after that they built in 2cm barrels in AT guns as 90mm hellcat or 100mm T12 for target practice, so had a certain amount of ammo in stocks, so it is possible that this shell came from ex yugoslav army stock.

 

[Chris 42 RQ]

Thank you !

Thank you al;saad for the background info.
It is really nice to see little bits of history pop up every now and again and sometimes in the most unexpected places.

 

[Falcon]

Will this round be destroyed? This is one of the best examples I have ever seen.

 

[al'saad]

this one is gonna be made inert for my collection

 

[Falcon]

Good on you, at least you are able to do that. It's good to know it wasn't blown up like would happen to it here in the UK.

 

[kmraisu]

it is from yugoslavian stock

The markings in the projectile are in cyrillic letters.