Help with Hispano!

[RogerKP]

Can anyone help please with this Hispano 20mm round? ( Sorry it's come up sideways!)



I know the cartridge is British, headstamp is K2 1942.

It's the projectile I'm questioning. I think it's Explosive, but not sure if it's Incendiary as well.
The markings on it are CE IZ, with a small M above. On the fuze is 253/1/M.
There are traces of red within the lettering on the projectile, so I'm wondering if it would have been red originally?

Many thanks

Roger

 

[ron3350]

I only have Ball and HEI Hispano cartridges with K2 1942 20MM Headstamps and No 253/1 fuze. Yellow and red is the usual colour for HEI.
I doubt that any straight Incendiary rounds were used or loaded in 1942? M CE 1Z is a common mark on HEI projectiles.

 

[RogerKP]

Thanks Ron
That seems to be just what I want to confirm what I thought - it's obviously lost it's paint. It's odd that the letters on your round are upside down , but then you are in Australia!!!
By the way, you know what the M stands for?
Roger

 

[ron3350]

Hey there. It is UK makers lying down on the stamping job, not us Aussies. M is the projectile maker, unknown to me. Thanks.