2cm Br Spgr VK l'spur

[MINENAZ16]

I found two different diagrams for the 2cm Br Spgr VK l'spur.
I only saw a shell with short tracer cavity (same as the 1st diagram).
Is it a mistake (second diagram) ?

 

[Alpini]

Yes, it's a mistake. Here's an original drawing for manufacturing:

 

[URG86-collector]

Do I get it right, that these are projectiles for the 20x138B Flak ? Could you explain what the abbreviation " v.k. " stands for ? It seems to suggest that a "verkürzte Leuchtspur" (shortened tracer) is meant, but then the spelling does not fit. I did not find it in the "H.Dv.4812_Merkblatt_Munition_2cmWaffen", that I do have as a .pdf-document.

Thanks in advance and best regards from Germany,
urg86-collector

 

[Alpini]

That's a legitimate question I also noticed this strange abbreviation. To add more confusion I also found it written "v.K." several times and "vk"

 

[MINENAZ16]

H BELOT wrote V.K mean "verkürztem kopf" (shortened body for longer fuze). Round for Flak.

 

[Alpini]

That makes also no sense, it would make sense in the opposite direction like vergrößerter Kopf but what is a Kopf on a 2 cm shell? Kopf means head and cannot be translated as body. To much guessing for my taste.

 

[greif]

Similar to the 2 cm Br.Sprgr.Patr. vk L’spur there was also a 3,7 cm Br.Sprgr.Patr. vk L’spur.

In the Waffen-Revue nr. 68 (Pawlas) “vk” is described as “verkürzte” , see below.

 

[URG86-collector]

Thanks for the responses. In this spelling it is quite understandable, but why then the dots between the letters in the other spelling ? And as Alpini states, both exist side by side. Another enigma

 

[Alpini]

One more thing not to forget: I read a lot of WW1 and WW2 official military documents. Spelling is often really miserable and I think the way words were abbreviated also changed like spelling rules changed or did not even exist. Normally I would think that the people which worked in war ministry, etc. had a good education but the documents often but the documents indicate the opposite. Maybe also a lot of failures happened because the documents were written by secretaries which had no clue about the thematic. I have seen official documents where for example Flak (Anti Aircraft Gun) was written "Flack" - ouch.