Spaceinvader
Well-Known Member
Hello all,
I just got my first example of a 3.7cm PaK round, with a PzGr.40 projectile in really nice shape. The casing has unfortunately been chromed long ago, and since water has gotten under the chrome plating and rusted in a few spots. I thought it was a brass casing but it seems to be a steel casing. It is dated 1938, but from what I know (and have since been told) steel casings did not go into service until 1940? Can anyone confirm if that is true or not?
I plan on getting the casing cleaned up and chrome removed by a local plating shop.
Pics included are ones from the seller. I have since cleaned the projectile and some light cleaning on the casing. You can see where the chrome has come off completely and "bubbled" on the case. It completely came off by hand when un-wrapping out of the packaging. Projectile and case are not original to each other so dont actually fit together.
I just got my first example of a 3.7cm PaK round, with a PzGr.40 projectile in really nice shape. The casing has unfortunately been chromed long ago, and since water has gotten under the chrome plating and rusted in a few spots. I thought it was a brass casing but it seems to be a steel casing. It is dated 1938, but from what I know (and have since been told) steel casings did not go into service until 1940? Can anyone confirm if that is true or not?
I plan on getting the casing cleaned up and chrome removed by a local plating shop.
Pics included are ones from the seller. I have since cleaned the projectile and some light cleaning on the casing. You can see where the chrome has come off completely and "bubbled" on the case. It completely came off by hand when un-wrapping out of the packaging. Projectile and case are not original to each other so dont actually fit together.