i.d.this ammo

[toyboy]

hi:
any experts in nazi 8mm. ammo?
here's some pics of 2 different types.

thanks in advance.

 

[MauserMike]

Going by what is on the boxes, the top is armour piercing tracer and bottom is standard iron core.

 

[toyboy]

thanks mauser mike.the stuff on top had a black tip.i thought it was tracer but also thought it was APIT or something like that.

 

[Dosing]

http://users.swing.be/sw017995/german-codes.htm

 

[toyboy]

thanks for that link.very informative.

 

[twogunz]

After the war, the US military went to many ammo factories and took in some of the equipment used to make rounds. The US had tried for years to make casings out of steel which had they done so successfuly would have freed up brass for other things. They failed miserably. When they asked one of the engineers how they formed the cases without them splitting, the engineer replied "soap" we use soap to lubicate the casings before they go into the forming die