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What are these cases?

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5th Armored

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Hi All-
I found this ad for some "brass shells" on a local buy and sell site. On the headstamp of the shorter shells I can make out the British broad arrow and what looks like 2 pr. On the taller cases, there is no bottom - just a rim and some numbers! Anybody know what these tall ones are? I've never seen anything like it before - though I don't have heaps of experience IDing stuff so that probably doesn't mean much:tinysmile_cry_t2:
weird shell base.jpgadverts shells.jpgadverts headstamp.jpg
 
Hi 5th Armored,
Difficult to judge the size of the cases, but from looking at them i would hazzord a guess that the taller ones without a base could be 120mm BAT RR cases, sorry cant help with the others as i cant enlarge the 3rd picture.
Best Weasel.
 
Hello there..........measurements are always useful (-:
Length of case and diameter of base anyway.
And yes that does look like a BAT rcl case 120x788R x150rim
2Pr No1 is 40x158R x48rim but there are various case based on it with lengths of 145, 125, 107, 79mm for example
 
Thanks guys - I don't want to ask the seller to measure them because I have no intention of buying them now that I know they are post-WW2, but your help is definitely appreciated:top:
 
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