.55 Boys Panzerbüchspatrone

[zünder]

Eine Patrone für die Britische .55 Boys Panzerbüchse.
Deutsche Bezeichnung: 13,9 mm Patrone S.m.K. 893 (e)

In diesem fall ein "W Mark 1" Panzerhartkern Geschoss.
das Geschoss ist 49,5 mm land und wiegt 60 gr.
Mann erkennt sie an die grüne Ring um das Zundhütchen und die W1 Bodenstempel.
Durchschlagsleistung 21 mm auf 100 Yards (92 m).

Übrigens wurde diese Patrone in den 80'er Jahren in die Dünen von Dünkirchen gefunden.

[zünder]

Bodenstempel...

[hammer]

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[PzGr40]

Browsing in the forum , I found this nice posting about Boys cartridges, and remembered I have one as a cutaway. So Here the picture. The spagetti in the shellcase is about .25 mm larger in diameter than the original powdersticks should be according to the datasheets, so think a few sticks more.

[Tony Williams]

The one in this picture may be closer to the real thing:

photo (http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk/sectHMG.jpg)

Tony Williams: Military gun and ammunition website (http://www.quarry.nildram.co.uk) and Discussion forum (http://forums.delphiforums.com/autogun/messages/)

[PzGr40]

Hi Tony , it appears to me that the projectile on your cartridge is shorter than on mine . The projectile on my cartridge is 59 mm, I suspect the length on yours must be about 48 mm . Am I right? With regards PzGr40

[Tony Williams]

Correct - mine is the W Mk II version which fired a lighter projectile at a higher muzzle velocity. Yours is the original W Mk I.

TW

[ammo-shark]

Hallo PzGr40

In your pickture from the cut away from the .55 bays had the core a "stripe". Was that through making the cut away or is that original....?? The cut aways I have in my collection have no "stripe" !!

Hallo Pzgr40

Auf Ihren Bild von die Schnitte von den .55 boys gibt es ein spur über den Kern. Ist das durch das schnitten gekommen oder ist so etwas original?? Die schnitte (Die Kernen von .55 Boys) in meiner Sammlung haben das namentlich nicht.

[PzGr40]

Hi Ammo shark, I checked it , there are two stripes each at 180 degrees. I suppose they are left by the machine that pushed the rod of steel forward in the lathe, while pointing the projectile. They are however made before the carbon steel projectile was hardened, a normal sow blade would not make a cut like that in a hardened projectile. With regards Pzgr40

[ammo-shark]

Thanks for your reaction and if you have more of them, please let me know. I have several cut aways but non off them has that stripe.

CU

Erik

[hchris]

Does anybody have any drawings of that bullet or any dimensions?

[Ammodillo]

This is one of my Photographs of the .55 Boys (only 500 pixels width, klick to enlarge please and mind the copyrights)

[Fenrir]

May that's what you looking for?

W = Armour Piercing

[Fenrir]

Here are the bad Boys :roll:

[albrown]

a good link here http://www.antitank.co.uk/ammunition-boys.htm