Is it from a tank?
Not primarily. May have been fitted to some.
So are we looking at something for a field gun?
Its not a parlor gun so yes.
Ok I’ll stop being a smartarse- not a shoulder fired weapon.
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Is it from the Bofors family?
Is it something in 20mm variety?
Not Bofors. Similar though.
Yes 20mm
20x138B
This was the second of the 20mm cannon cartridges developed by Solothurn in the 1930s, and is known as the “Long Solothurn” round. It proved far more successful than the 20x105B, being primarily used in the highly successful FlaK 30 and 38 AA guns which were extensively used by German forces in WW2 (and remained in service in some nations for decades after the war). It was also used in the KwK 30 and 38 light AFV guns, and in the Solothurn S18-1000 series anti-tank rifles.
As well as being used in these German and Swiss weapons, it was used in the Finnish Lahti L39 anti-tank rifle and L40 AA gun, and in the Italian Breda M35 and Scotti cannon. A very wide range of ammunition was developed for this gun, including M-geschoss shells and Pzgr 40 tungsten-cored AP.
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Mmmmmm I’m surrounded by savages. I need to think of something…
45 henry rimfire
mmm negatory
56-56 Spencer?
It is not, around that general district of ballparks though.
50-70 then maybe?
nope, smaller
303-45 short…