Spanish signal cartridges

[hotto]

These are two cartridges from Spain. Such cartridges were produced from 1943 onwards. The case is 80mm long. White, red and green cartridges are known.

[Dr.E13]

Very nice.

Thank you!

[BrunoH]

Hi,
Do you know what kind of flare pistols were used for such cartridges ?
Regards

[signalman]

Hello, yes, They had a flaregun produced in limited quantities during and after WWII called the La Corona. Not sure of the spelling. It was a 26.5mm. It looked similar to the German Heer model, but the grips were very brittle and are usually found damaged.

There was also an Astra 500, quite rare, but that is usually found in ~ 20mm ( 10 gauge ).

[Peter]

Hello,

Here are some pictures of the "La Coruna" flaregun Signalman mentioned.
My example is a 1943 dated one.

La Coruna, by the way, is a city in Spain, it had an arms factory that also produced K-98 Mauser rifles.

Peter

[BrunoH]

Thanks very much Peter.

[hotto]

The next generation of Spanish signal cartridges was manufactured in 1946. These cartridges had an 83mm long aluminum case with a ring in the color of the star. On the head was a circle in the same color, also the cap was painted in this color. The feel marks of the white cartridges were a half-milled rim, green cartridges had a smooth rim, by red cartridges the rim was full-milled, and by yellow cartridges it was divided into eight parts, four of which were smooth and four milled. On the headstamp is the name of the manufacturer - Lecea Vitoria - to see. These cartridges were intended for the same pistol as the cardboard tubes, but this signal pistol was renamed after the war from M43 in M46.

best regards
Horst

[hotto]

Here a Picture from the M46 - pistol

[BrunoH]

Thanks
And thanks Hotto for making us visiting the world with cartridges from all this set of countries
Regards

[bergler]

Thanks
And thanks Hotto for making us visiting the world with cartridges from all this set of countries
Regards

Very nice and appropriate words...thanks for showing us all the different ammo from all over! Very interesting and nice to see....thanks!