peregrinvs
Well-Known Member
I've just bought (because it was cheap) what I believe to be a 8.8cm PzGr.39/1 projectile. It was cheap because the ballistic caps are missing. Milcorem does resin replicas of the caps, but this is the type with the groove between the ballistic cap and the penetrating cap.
https://www.milcorem.fr/obus-de-76-à-89mm/
However, all the pictures of the PzGr.39/43 variant I can find have the groove between the caps whereas all but one of the pictures of the PzGr.39/1 variant I can find don't have the groove. Here's the one exception:
https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/...1236/lot-2c62f913-5425-4f0c-b352-a80f00aa2ae5
So is the Milcorem repro correct for either a 39/43 or a 39/1, or is it incorrect for my projectile? I'm hoping the presence or non-presence of the groove are merely manufacturing variations.
Thanks,
Mark
https://www.milcorem.fr/obus-de-76-à-89mm/
However, all the pictures of the PzGr.39/43 variant I can find have the groove between the caps whereas all but one of the pictures of the PzGr.39/1 variant I can find don't have the groove. Here's the one exception:
https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/...1236/lot-2c62f913-5425-4f0c-b352-a80f00aa2ae5
So is the Milcorem repro correct for either a 39/43 or a 39/1, or is it incorrect for my projectile? I'm hoping the presence or non-presence of the groove are merely manufacturing variations.
Thanks,
Mark