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Help needed with WW1 French 37mm case
- Thread starter Weasel
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Your case was updated in 1935 judging by the date of the primer. There were problems late ww1 and after with 37mm munitions
in armored vehicles being shaken and things being loosened in the case causing hangfires and prematures. New primers were introduced to solve this. Image courtesy Andre' Durieux. The last is very much like an American push in primer.
You want to put a 1930s type 37mm in this, one of those magnesium AP or Mle 1918 HE, which all seemed to be produced around 1937. Mle 1888 common shell were made in the late 30s, but are extremely rare for some reason.
in armored vehicles being shaken and things being loosened in the case causing hangfires and prematures. New primers were introduced to solve this. Image courtesy Andre' Durieux. The last is very much like an American push in primer.
You want to put a 1930s type 37mm in this, one of those magnesium AP or Mle 1918 HE, which all seemed to be produced around 1937. Mle 1888 common shell were made in the late 30s, but are extremely rare for some reason.
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