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Originally Posted by guns3545

Michael,

In 1933, prior to Hitler's abrogation of the Treaty of Versailles in 1935, he wanted to start re-arming Germany but did not want the IWAA, and later the Allies to know when and where weapons were being made.

So they devised a date code with K,G and S representing 1934, 35 and 36. They did not go further because once 1935 came along, everyone knew Hitler was rearming.

By the same token, they did not want people to know who was making things, so they assigned codes to all defense contractors. They periodically changed codes to confuse the enemy.

So Mauser in 1934 was assigned: S/42. Changed to 42 in mid-1939. Changed to byf in 1941. Then the war ended in 1945

Hope this helps.

BTW, multiple Ton by 2000 and you get pounds. Or if they are Metric Tons by 2200.

John

John,

Thank you,

I also found this resource which helped further.

Mike
http://library.med.utah.edu/WebPath/...S/GUNBLST.html