2pdr case crimp

[Burney Davis]

The picture below is of a common British 2pdr Naval shell case dated 1944. The crimp looks original and there are no other signs of a crimp having been there. Anyone have any suggestions as to why it is so low on the case neck?

 

[Alan1]

Dunno. Thought it might be Depth Charge Thrower, but my own eg for 9.5 in DCT has the crimp mark in the usual place. Alan1

 

[Burney Davis]

Dunno. Thought it might be Depth Charge Thrower, but my own eg for 9.5 in DCT has the crimp mark in the usual place. Alan1

Yes, and its not marked for DCT use either Alan

 

[BMG50]

A picture of my fired but untouched 2pounder Naval case dated 1941 bur inked marked 42.

 

[SG500]

Vickers S gun littlejohn possibly? Picture on this link.

https://www.armedconflicts.com/GRB-Vickers-S-40mm-kanon-t34309

Dave.

 

[radioman1]

What are the marking on the bottom of the case

 

[tigbrand]

Is the distance from the crimp to the case mouth aprox 25mm?

 

[Rrickoshae]

It does look very similar to the 2pdr APCNR crimp mark - see John Dempsky’s amazing artwork for such a round attached (sorry if I’ve spelt your name wrong John!)

 

[TimG]

Not Tony Debski?

TimG

 

[Burney Davis]

A couple of pictures below, comparison of crimps and the base. The distance of the crimp to case mouth is +/- 23mm.

 

[tigbrand]

I reckon SG500 is correct, I just measured the case diameter in Daves picture in the link and used that to give me a reference for the crimp to case mouth distance, only used a ruler and hard to be exact as the case mouth is rolled over the projectile. Cant think of anything else it can be. Is anything visible inside the case? Sometimes a mark can be seen.