47mm Shell Case - Unknown

[EagleEyes]

Hi All,
I picked this shell case the otherday and was wondering if anybody knows anything about it and knows what the projectile looks like.

Headstamp: 47M LE 1935 ARS 18 40 P
Primerstamp: MCM 91 1938

Calibre: 47mm
Head Dia: 75mm
Height to neck: 140mm
Total Height: 193mm

Cheers

 

[Gspragge]

Looks like 1930s - ww2 French Tank

Do a thread search with 47mm and 47mm French there should be something.

 

[EagleEyes]

FRENCH 47 - 47x193R French MLE 35

Cheers Gspragge,
I did a search on FRENCH 47 and found a few things.
It looks like my shell case in the 47x193R French MLE 35
Anybody know what the the headstamps mean?

 

[doctor]

Hi
ARS = Ateliers de Rennes

 

[doctor]

Hi
MCM: Manufacture Gnrale des Munitions

 

[doctor]

Not MCM but MGM

 

[Caracal]

a lot of french stuff today! ^^ yours is from 1940 and is on french tanks like Somua S-35 or B-1 Bis

for the projectile:

http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/french-tank-and-t70393.html?t=70393&highlight=47mm+Mle+1937

regards