5cm Pak Tins

[panther1]

Hi all

I have two 5cm Pak containers in metal, both were rusty plus, but basically solid. I have nearly finished the restoration process, but cannot decipher the stencilling needed for the side of the box. I have searched high and low but can only get the following.

Heere Munition
***** 18.84 kg
5cm Pzgr Patr 39
Pak 38

There is some word in front of the 18.84 kg, but it is practically unreadable,
same with the Heere word, that is a wild guess, the rest I am 98% certain about.
So please can anyone help me (sounds a bit pathetic but I am getting desperate)

Cheers

Iain

 

[genkideskan]

Check this out

http://wehrmachts.kisten.free.fr/50mm_ pak38_2.htm

The missing word is " GESAMTGEWICHT" lit. total weight


Best

 

[StielGr]

The layout of the stencil marking vary on some of the boxes.

Hope this picture helps a bit. The missing word is abbreviated and ends at the W


I know the website has the total weight of the Sprgr shells as 22Kg and the Pzgr shells as 18.8Kg but even from the pictures the owner has posted on the site you can see he has got them mixed up.

 

[genkideskan]

Ah yes I forgot - its an abbrevation

Gesamtgew.

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