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Help with Hispano!

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RogerKP

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

Hispano.jpg

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