Unknown 2cm case

[kradman]

Picked up this 2cm case today does anyone know whos army used it , thank you for any help

 

[hasag]

Italian Manufacturing 20x138B for the same caliber machine guns Breda.
BPD: Bombrini, & Parodi Delfino. S.p.a. (Rome)
Greeting

 

[Tony Williams]

While hasag is of course perfectly correct as far as this particular case is concerned, it might be worth adding that this type of 20mm ammunition was also made and extensively used in Germany and various other countries, particularly in WW2.

 

[hicky1300]

Nice Early case Kradman.
Known as 20 x 138mm Solothurn try this link for a bit more info.
Fairly common case but not seen one this early
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20×138mmB

 

[kradman]

Thank you guys that was helpful