WW2 German 37mm. Shell?

[MikeS0000]

Hi Folks -

Way slowed down on the collecting end of everything as I get ready for the Big Exit. Don't want to leave the wife with a complete mess!

However! That doesn't mean I can stop looking and occasionally 'acquiring' more.

I found this one a few days ago at our local antique mall for the princely sum of $6.00USD's. Wasn't sure what it was, but the Waffenamp caught my eye. It is a 37mm's. diameter x 265mm's in length.

I looked some of them up, but could not find any info on the strange looking base. So, any help greatly appreciated!!

Thanks for looking and Best Regards!

- Mike

 

[MikeS0000]

Hi Folks -

Way slowed down on the collecting end of everything as I get ready for the Big Exit. Don't want to leave the wife with a complete mess!

However! That doesn't mean I can stop looking and occasionally 'acquiring' more.

I found this one a few days ago at our local antique mall for the princely sum of $6.00USD's. Wasn't sure what it was, but the Waffenamp caught my eye. It is a 37mm's. diameter x 265mm's in length.

I looked some of them up, but could not find any info on the strange looking base. So, any help greatly appreciated!!

Thanks for looking and Best Regards!

- Mike

FYI, the WaA is 4406.

 

[Defender]

FYI, the WaA is 4406.

Hi
The mark is for sure "WaA406". Used by Heeres-Abnahmestelle at Polte, Magdeburg. Matching with the makers mark "P".

 

[MikeS0000]

Hi
The mark is for sure "WaA406". Used by Heeres-Abnahmestelle at Polte, Magdeburg. Matching with the makers mark "P".

Thanks Defender! Yes, The old eyes took the "A" for a "4".

 

[DF-41A]

Hello Mike
6348 indicates 3.7cm flak 18/36. Case length is 262mm according to Ian Hogg's German Artillery of World War 2

 

[Eggburt1969]

Seems to be a 6348 brass (DE: messing) cartridge case (DE: Patronenhülse, abrv. Patrh.) for the 3.7 cm Flak. 18 or 36 anti-aircraft cannons.

The primer (DE: zündschraube) seems to be the C/33 brass-bodied percussion model.

German Luftwaffe World War Two (1942) diagrams of the 3.7 cm Sprenggranatpatrone (Sprgr.Patr.) 18 and 3.7 cm Sprgr.Patr. 18 FES rounds, and the C/33 primer, are below, which give you a lot of details.

 

[MikeS0000]

Hello Mike
6348 indicates 3.7cm flak 18/36. Case length is 262mm according to Ian Hogg's German Artillery of World War 2

Thank you DF! You are 100% correct on the case measurement of 262.

 

[MikeS0000]

Seems to be a 6348 brass (DE: messing) cartridge case (DE: Patronenhülse, abrv. Patrh.) for the 3.7 cm Flak. 18 or 36 anti-aircraft cannons.

The primer (DE: zündschraube) seems to be the C/33 brass-bodied percussion model.

German Luftwaffe World War Two (1942) diagrams of the 3.7 cm Sprenggranatpatrone (Sprgr.Patr.) 18 and 3.7 cm Sprgr.Patr. 18 FES rounds, and the C/33 primer, are below, which give you a lot of details.

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Thank you Eggburt! A quick question. Does the Luftwaffe reference indicate their dual usage between the Ground AA and also an aircraft usage?

 

[Eggburt1969]

Thank you Eggburt! A quick question. Does the Luftwaffe reference indicate their dual usage between the Ground AA and also an aircraft usage?

The imagery was specifically from a 1942 book on anti-aircraft (flak) ammunition. The book's title 'L.Dv. 4402-3 Die Munition der Flakartillerie - Teil 3 - Munition der 3,7cm Flak 18 und 36'.

Later official documentation lists the use of the case as part of the ammunition developed for the 3.7 cm aerial cannon (bordkanone) version of the flak gun. Some new ammunition natures are present, well natures not present in the 1942 book, whilst other former flak ammunition natures are not listed.

The 'new' 3.7 cm aerial cannon ammunition natures listed, as far as I can tell, included: armour piercing composite rigid tracer (APCR-T); a high-capacity high explosive incendiary tracer (HEI-T); a HEI-T with a larger explosive charge, but shorter tracer burn time; and practice variants.