WW2 9mm ammo

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What do I have here? 9mm ammo with different head stamps.

W.R.A 9 M-M (purple annulus around a silver primer)
•Winchester Repeating Arms
Why did the US make 9mm ammo? The only thing I found online is that it was used by special forces in case they captured German SMGs

DI 42/43 DI
•I believe this is Canadian

H/|\N 43 9MM
•British; Royal Ordnance Factory, Hirwan, Wales

B/|\E 43/44 9MM
•British (unknown where made)

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Any info would be appreciated. Unsure if I should keep this or dump it - no use for it. Is it collectible?

Why did the allies make 9mm ammo? Was it just for use in the Sten? Forgive my ignorance on this subject.
 
Right, not sure how I missed that. Can anyone confirm which ammo the Canadians used in their Inglis 9mm?


It seems the WRA might have been produced for the OSS ?
 
The USA produced a lot of ammo and munition for sale to other countries.

A lot of eastern bloc countries used 9mm SMGs and there's also the Suomi as well as the STEN

I think the DI is likely Dominion (made in Canada)

I have a few 1000 rounds of russian made 9mm from the late 1930s and early 1940s and back then, Russia and the USA were buddies
 
The WRA was British contract.
DI Defence Industries a crown corp run by CIL.
Also used in Lanchester machine carbine.
 
Winchester made large quantities for Britain on commercial contracts and also for lend-lease requirements. TM 9-1990 of 1947 classes this as the M1 9mm cartridge, loaded with S.R. 4898 with a 116-gn bullet and MV of 1400fps.
 
I had just read the other day in an excellent book on the Sten by Peter Laidler that early in WW2 when the British had very little guns or the ammo for them they ordered 110 million rounds of 9mm from the U.S.Thats a lot bullets.I have a little bit myself.Unless it is in the as issued box,shoot it.
Dave G
 
The DI is non-corrosive. Don't know about the Winchester. The Brit may well be corrosive. Keep this in mind if you shoot it.
Inglis pistols didn't appear until rather late in the War. Machine carbines were the primary users in British/Commonwealth service.
 
The British army was using the 9mm Sten in WW2 so they obviously needed ammo for it.
Many years ago I picked up some WW2 9mm for Australian SMG;s. It was loaded hot.
 
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