25 pounder

what a beauty;)

Nice find Rob , hope to see your "growing" collection on a good day ,

regards to Mike also,

Along with the 18/25 Pdr guns , the Wehrmacht captured hughe stocks of artillery rounds (several ten thousands)

I've got this weird cartridge , marked 3.45" , 1937 , LOT nr has been erased , and restamped C 17 , and UB ,

Is it possible that this particular cartridge served as a drill (UBung in German) for the German artillery ?

Previous photos show the 18 Pr converted to 25 Pr I guess ,

Last weekend , we participated at 11th edition of Wings & Wheels at Ursel airport.

Good show , nice weather

Any news about the Danish auction , where a VW Schwimmwagen and Horch were auctioned ? Have they been sold ? Where to ?:blush:

great the truck has been found ,let's hope the thief 'll be caught too .

sold a couple of rims for 50 € each , blasted and primed , had them for months , no way to achieve a higher price

good repro's for the same price nowadays

Bonjour et biènvenu sur le forum sympa !!

Français , Anglais , Néerlandais, Belge ou Allemand , on est tous là pour aider

( French , British, Dutch , Belgian or German , we're all here to help)

If the truck has past the Belgian border , then it wouldn't surprise me it was on the way to Eastern Europe , or further, Russia , Ukraine, ....

Remembers me of a similar case , by which an Armoured car , M 8 or M 20 has been stolen in the Ardennes, anyway to make a long story short , it has been detected by very alert border control people , just before crossing Ukrainian border . It was transported in a conventional lorry , manned by several drivers , to do the ride without any loss of time.

These are very organised people , all has been well planned , and once it has passed the border of former named country, it will be very difficult to recover

A very good cleaner is the "NULON Diesel Injector Cleaner " , cheaper than messing the injectors in/out

By heavy pollution we replace the fuel filter , and fill it up with half a dose " DIC" , the other half of the bottle goes in the tank

Very good results so far , costs about 14 € for 300 ml:cheesy:

due to professional reasons , we're confronted with the problem on a daily base ,

not that difficult to avoid any breakdown of machinery and/or equipment ,

a special filter is available now , depending on car - truck - machinery - use , various models , depending on the debit what's required

filter is based on magnetism , lasts a lifetime , better is to install one at the storage tank , and another one in the fuel system of your car/truck

cheaper than continiously buying additives and other chemicals , which are often very poisonous

As mentioned they are 13.2mm Hotchkiss rounds.

Correct , the cartridge neck is a litlle wider than the genuine .50 cal , but impossible to measure the diameter , because of the condition these cartridges are in ( coming from the scrap pile ) , but they caught my attention by the uncommon headstamps ---- mystery solved now , thanks to Degsy , Chris Hall and all other forum members.:blush::blush::blush:

As mentioned they are 13.2mm Hotchkiss rounds.

will check that tomorrow.

Yes , I found out they made those rounds , info is very scarce on the subject, will try to find out more about the production plants

had a look on some other rifle cartridges , found some French 8 mm Lebel , with the same marks , CN , dating from WW I ,

what do you think about the (very deep) ejector marks , I compared with some marks on 20 mm (aircraft) cartridges , and they're very similar , though smaller on the 20 mm catridges

--- possible waste akircraft ammo ?

still no idea about country of manufactury , major difference about the primerr insert with the well known "US style" (3 small triangles) -- double circle on the "unknown" catridges

This one's for Adrian , 12.7 X 99

But what length are they? :cry:

Sorry , I'm at work now , cartridges are at home , you'll get the measurements this evening!

Just a thought - are they .50 cal or 20mm??

definetly .50 cal !

Having just has a quick nose around net. Suggests the cartridges may be of pre war manufactuer. There are a lot of specialist forums out there, good luck on finding out.

The cartridges are pre war , that's for sure , all are marked 33 , 35 and 36.

I discovered some strange .50 cal casings today , never seen such bottom marks,

I presume they're Canadian manufactury , but not sure about that

some deep ejector traces on the base , caused by Aircraft machineguns ?

congratulations to the new born and family !

When you go to the Merville Battery look at the very large field gun in the corner of the site, opposite the batteries / museums. That gun was restored by one of our guys in the North Staffs Area MVT, I believe that it was then taken over to Merville by the British army.

as you'll probably know , one of the 2 bunkers (museums) has been restored very recently , by our member Kris Michiels , and his team , and is dedicated to the Belgian Brigade Piron . Must see !!

Are there any lists to connect a name to the number on the tag ?