20mm shell, flak? More info please...

[Wartime Collectables]

Small vet estate buy today included this shell. Is this for a Flak gun? Any info appreciated!
Andrew

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Couple more pics...

[klarkon]

http://cesimmunizioni.eu/forum/ecra/...Corsetti-1.pdf

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Excellent! But I need an English translation!

[me6_130]

Yep it is a 2cm FlaK 30-38 20x138b round produced for the Wehrmacht. Seems the shell has a dummy fuse, imitating a HE round. Same kind of rounds could be used with Kwk30-38 on Sdkf 222, Pzkpfw II and other vehicles with the 2cm gun.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20%C3%97138mmB

Carles

[Wartime Collectables]

Yep it is a 2cm FlaK 30-38 20x138b round produced for the Wehrmacht. Seems the shell has a dummy fuse, imitating a HE round. Same kind of rounds could be used with Kwk30-38 on Sdkf 222, Pzkpfw II and other vehicles woth the 2cm gun.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20%C3%97138mmB

Carles

Interesting, why a dummy fuze?

[me6_130]

Is it one piece made? Can you show it from the tip top and from the inside, just to confirm?

Carles

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Like this? Two piece projectile that screws fits into the brass.

[klarkon]

Drawings of this shell is on page 31, but your fuze is dummy.

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Drawings of this shell is on page 31, but your fuze is dummy.

Thank you. Pardon my ignorance of ordnance. But what is the purpose of a dummy fuze? Training? The research is interesting and eventually it'll end up on the estand but I want to be accurate!

[harrison987]

Yup...training.

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Thanks!