WWII ammo spill

[balkanizator]

found theese near some 13th century castle ruins. it was all in one hole. i assume the italian fascist army had some kind of base on the hill and when the partisans invaded them they left everything and ran like hell
there were some other metal bits around that were probably part of the wooden ammo box. there's a lot more signals in the same spot but it was getting quite dark and i had no lamp. i'll return some other time to collect the rest of the bullets
the cartridges say A A on the top, and C-39 on the bottom. it is ammo for the italian Carcano bolt rifle

 

[daddyflea]

Interesting!!!

 

[togg77]

Nice--they appear to be 7.7mm,but may be 6.5mm. The Carcano was chambered for both.

 

[balkanizator]

these are 7.35. As i said there's a bunch of signals in the same hole and a lot more in the area around it, so the remains of a rifle would be cool to find
during WWII there was a lot of guerilla warfare on the mountain where it was found so this is nothing strange