Patrone S.m.E doppelte Geschossanwürgung (hlb S* 5 44)

Patrone S.m.E doppelte
Geschossanwürgung (hlb S* 5 44)
Color-code:
Blue annulus color
Headstamp:
hlb
S*
5
44
Manufacturer: Metallwarenfabrik Treuenbritzen GmbH, Werk Selterhof
Material: S* = Messing Hülse (S Hülse)
Lotnumber 5
Year of manufacturing: 1944
Shell:
Brass shell (improved shell: 72% Cu - 28% Sn)
Charge:
Nz.Gew.Bl.P.: Nitrozellulose Gewehr Blättchenpulver (Nitrocellulose rifle powder (flaked))
Primer:
Zundhutchen 88 (primer capsule 88)
Info:
These special type of S.m.E. were made during 1944-45 only by hlb (Metallwarenfabrik
Treuenbritzen GmbH, Werk Selterhof).
These cartridges were specially designed for the ‘waffenbehälter 81’.
Only 6 lots of S.m.E. mit doppelte geschossanwürgung were ever made:
Hlb S* 4 44 - hlb S* 5 44 - hlb S* 6 44 - hlb S* 8 44 - hlb S* 1 45 and hlb S* 2 45
Only few of these survived today.