can any body help me with I.D???? B.B.C

[dalimac]

i have found a round casing with the marking B.B.C. - 1942 - 20mm.

i find quite a few ww2 period shells but have never come across these initials.

can anyone please help me?????


thankyou.

 

[dalimac]

i have found it. ....................... long way from home!


BBC Bridgeport Brass Co., Bridgeport, Conn., USA, on .50 Browning High Velocity experimental and 20mm Hispano-Suiza carts


but why in southport merseyside???????? can anybody help???

 

[roller63]

I know that BBC on Mills grenades is the British Bath Company, but I'm not sure about any other items. Tim G is the Man for British Manufacturers. During WW2, the USA supplied the UK with all sorts of goodies including ammunition, so your original info is probably correct. Tony.

 

[TimG]

Without actually seeing the headstamp it is difficult to say as BBC could be, as you say Bridgeport Brass Company. However, a major manufacturer of 20mm in the UK was the Barking Brassware Company Ltd.

Regards

Tim. G.