hIRTENBERG FACILITY IN DORDRECHT HOLLAND.

[Lewis]

There is a question on another Forum regarding the Hirtenberg facility at Dordrecht that operated in the 1920s and 1930s. I have heard opinions that the ammunition was totally manufactured in the Netherlands and others that Dordrecht was only a loading facility for Austrian made components. Usually, I have been told that it was only a loading facility.

A friend had the same question and provided a checklist of headstamps found in Argentina coming from Dordrecht labeled boxes:

7.65x54:
19 F y A 26 H. P.
19 F y A 27 H. P.
19 F y A 28 H. P.
19 F y A 29 H. P.

No space between "H.P."
19 F y A 27 H.P.
19 F y A 28 H.P.

Uppercase "Y", no dots between "H P"
19 F Y A 28 H P
19 F Y A 33 H P
19 F Y A 38 H P

19 F Y A 32 D

19 F Y A 34 P

7.63 mm Mannlicher:
H.P. 1932

9 mm Parabellum (not for Argentina):
P * 1934 *

.45 ACP:
HP 1928
H P 1 9 2 8
HP * 1933 *

There are also 7.65x54 and 9 mm Parabellum cartridges headstamped P * * but no manufacturer is mentioned in the box. These were used in the Chaco War.

Any information on this would be appreciated.

Cheers,
Lew

 

[Lewis]

Answered on another Forum!

"Mtz' bi-lingual book "Hirtenberger AG. The first 150 years" Dordrecht was set up in 1926 and produced until 1934. According to him the company hat 13 complete machine sets, made up partly by machines from Hirtenberg and bought from Germany. Mtz expressly says that Dordrecht was able to do all steps in cartridge manufacture."

Lew