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75mm M18 shell casing with ink marks

GeertG

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This 75mm M18 shell casing was found this morning in a field in the Nijmegen\Groesbeek Area in The Netherlands (site of Operations Market Harden and Veritable).

On the base is a black ink stamp "UPER"

Does anyone know the meaning of this UPER (or VPER) stamp?

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