Collectors Item! WWII Memorabilia! 

Tot Glasses in a pine wood frame! Size W - 26cm x 19.50cm. H - 18cm

7 x .50 caliber casings with different headstamps from WWII Browning M2 Machine gun!

Impression on 5 x casings read: 'SOUVENIR OF GERMANY 1945' 

Information

 -.50 CALIBER HEADSTAMPS
Manufacturing Marks of WWII

The Browning M2 machine gun was the most widely used weapon on the American bomber and fighter planes of WWII. Due to the high demand of ammunition for this gun, many companies began producing the .50 caliber round to keep the supply available.

BROWNING M2 MACHINE GUN 

The .50 caliber round is 5.5" (140mm) long with seated bullet. The casing alone is just under 4" (100mm) long. The primer end of the casing where the headstamp is located is 0.75" (19mm) diameter. The bullet is typically 2.25" (55mm) long with 0.75" (19mm) seated into the casing. The bullet diameter is 0.50".

Known manufacturers and headstamp codes of companies producing .50 caliber ammunition during WWII.

This set consists of:

2 x LC43 headstamps = LC = Lake City Army Ammunition Plant - Independence, Missouri.

2 x (RA?) headstamps = RA = Remington Arms - Bridgeport, Connecticut.

1 x M42 headstamp = M = Milwaukee Ordnance Plant - Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

1 x SL4 headstamp = SL = St. Louis Ordnance Plant - St. Louis, Missouri.

1 x SL43 headstamp =SL = St. Louis Ordnance Plant - St. Louis, Missouri.

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Item condition as per photo's!

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