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90-MM Cartridges
- Thread starter jvollenberg
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Not near my library at the moment, but through the 60s-80s much of Europe was in love with the 90mm. The UK and Belgium especially put out a number of guns that were then adopted by many other countries. The markings on these look Swiss.
Both the 9cm Pak 50 & 57 were Swiss anti tank guns.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pak_57
TimG
P.S.
Educated guess (Swiss ammunition is not my area of knowledge.)
591 - Is the Swiss code to denote the item is 'combat ammunition' also denoted by the overall body colour of grey.
592 - Practice ammunition - overall body colour of black.
Red ring - tracer
Yellow nose - store contains HE.
Visible on the first two is - HL which I presume is an abbreviation for Hohle Ladung - Hollow Charge.
LSP - Leuchtspur - Tracer.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pak_57
TimG
P.S.
Educated guess (Swiss ammunition is not my area of knowledge.)
591 - Is the Swiss code to denote the item is 'combat ammunition' also denoted by the overall body colour of grey.
592 - Practice ammunition - overall body colour of black.
Red ring - tracer
Yellow nose - store contains HE.
Visible on the first two is - HL which I presume is an abbreviation for Hohle Ladung - Hollow Charge.
LSP - Leuchtspur - Tracer.
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