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German Ordnance Codes German WWII Alphabetic Ordnance Codes: l-z Code Manufacturer l Astrafabrik, Chemnitz la Duerener Metallwerke, Dueren lac Zuchthaus (penitentiary) Coswig, Anhalt. The marks of this breeding station have been mistakenly identified with optical equipment - owing to confusion with 'lae', below. lae Heinrich Zeiss, Gastingen lax Lennewerk GmbH, Altena ldb Sprengstoff u. pyrotechnische Fabriken vorm. Lechfeld u. Depyfag GmbH, Werk Berlin-Malchow (renamed Deutsche Pyrotechnische-Fabrik in 1943) ldc Sprengstoff u. pyrotechnische Fabriken vorm. Lechfeld u. Depyfag GmbH, Werk Cleebronn (Deutsche Pyrotechnische-Fabrik from 1943 onward) ldn Sprengstoff u. pyrotechnische Fabriken vorm. Lechfeld u. Depyfag GmbH, Werk Neumarkt / Oberpfalz (renamed Deutsche Pyrotechnische- Fabrik in 1943) ldo Heinrich Schumacher u. Co., Inh. August Jockers, Gruenstadt lge Kugelfabrik Schulte u. Co., Tente, Rheinland lgs Chr. Weiersmueller KG, Nuernberg O. ljp Karl Knauer KG, Lettingen bei Urach lkc Ernst Fischer, Wolfenbuettel lkm Munitionsfabriken (formerly Sellier u. Bellot), Veitsberg plant, Prague lmg Hermann Detjen, Bad Muenster am Deister. The marks of this furniture manufacturer are sometimes associated with optical equipment, on the basis of a misreading of 'lmq' lmq Carl Zeiss, Jena lpk Servotechna AG, Prag ltm Gebr. G. u. H. Rosner, Litzmannstadt lwg Optische Werke Osterrode GmbH, Freiheit near Osterrode lww Huet u. Cie., Paris lwx O.P.L. Optique et Precision de Levallois, Levallois, Paris lwy Societe d' Optique et Mechanique de Haute Precision, Paris lyf Metallurgia Werke AG, Radomeko, Poland lza Mauser-Werke AG, Karlsruhe plant ma Metallwerke F.A. Lange AG, Aue, Saxony mdr Vereinigte Leichtmetallwerke, Bonn mhk Metallwerke Schwarzwald AG, Villingen mhv Finow Kupfer- u. Messingwerke AG, Finow mjr Union Gesellschaft fuer Met. Ind., Sils van de Loo u. Co., Thorn plant mkf Trierer Walzwerk AG, Wuppertal-Langerfeld ml Unidentified, reportedly found on small arms mnf VDM-Luftfahrtwerke AG Heddernheim, Frankfurt on the Main mng VDM-Luftfahrtwerke AG Heddernheim, Frankfurt on the Main moc Johan Springer's Erben, Gewehrfabrikanten, Vienna mog Deutsche Sprengchemie, Moschwig plant moo Kloeckner-Werke AG, Duesseldorf plant moz Eisenwerk Gesellschaft Maximilanshuette, Maxhuette-Haidhof mpp Metallwerk K. Leibfried, Boeblingen, Sindelfingen plant mpr S.A. Hispano Suiza, Geneva, Switzerland mpu Wlaschimer Mascinenfabrik GmbH, Prag mpv Schmolz u. Bickenbach, Neuss plant, Duesseldorf mpy Klockner-Werke AG, Georgsmarienhuette Osnabrueck mrb Aktiengesellschaft vorm. Skodawerke, Werk Prag-Smichow mrd Huettenwerke Siegerland, Wissen mrf Fr. Krupp, Berthawerk AG, Breslau mws Kabelwerk Wagner KG, Wuppertal myx Rheinmetall-Borsig AG, Soemmerda plant na Westfaelische Kupfer- u. Messingwerke AG, Luedenscheid, Westphalia nas Gebr. Junghans AG, Schramberg, Black Forest nb Unknown, reported on ammunition nbe Hasag, Eisen- u. Metallwerke GmbH, Tschenstochau plant nbh Friedr. Krupp AG, Essen, Werk Mariupol / Ukraine nbr Metallwarenfabrik Hubert Pruente, Neheim-Huesten ncr Krupp-Germaniawerft, Kiel-Gaarden ndn Heinrich Bluecher, Fabrik techn. Buersten, Spremberg. Often mistakenly identified as a 'Balkan factory under German supervision'. ndr Fried. Krupp, Essen nea Walther Steiner, Eisenkonstruktionen, Suhl nec Waffenwerke Bruenn AG, V Gurein plant, Prague ned Fried. Krupp, Essen nfw Berlin-Neuroder Kunstanstalten AG, Berlin nfx Rheinisch-Westfaelische Munitionsfabriken GmbH, plants in Warsaw and Prague ngk Luftfahrt-Apparatebau GmbH, Berlin nhr Rheinmetall-Borsig AG, Soemmerda plant nmn Koenigs- u. Bismarckhuette AG, Walzwerk Bismarckhuette-OS (rolling mill) nn Unidentified, reported on ammunition nrh Johannsen u. Ziegner, Oranienburg ntf Metzenauer u. Jung, Werk Gross-Heilendorf in Ostsudetenland nwk Heinrich List, Rheinau, Elsass nxc Jan Hubalek, Prag nxr Anschuetz u. Co., Kiel-Neumuehlen nyv Rheinmetall-Borsig AG, Unterluess plant nyw Gustloff-Werke, Otto Eberhard, Meinigen plant oa Eduard Hueck, Metallwalzwerk, Luedenscheid oao Albert von Heede, Priorei obn Hanseatische Apparatebau-Gesellschaft, Neufeld u. Kuhnke GmbH, Reichenbach plant ocw Heinrich List, Berlin-Steglitz odg Deutsche Sprengchemie GmbH, Oderberg plant oes Karl Diehl, Peterswaldau ols Union Ges. fuer Metallindustrie, Sils van de Loo, Auschwitz plant ona Boulonnerei Calibree, Valence oss Gebr. Bachert, Karlsruhe-Muehlburg oxo Teuto-Metallwerke GmbH, Osnabrueck oyd Harburger Gummiwarenfabrik Phoenix AG, Werk Prag-Sabechtlitz oyj Ateliers de Construction de Tarbes, France German WWII Alphabetic Ordnance Codes: p-z Code Manufacturer p Polte Armaturen- u. Maschinenfabrik AG, Magdeburg, later renamed 'Polte-Werke'. Also sometimes mistakenly identified with 'Ruhrstahl AG, Brackwede'. Found on ammunition headstamps. pcdp See 'p' and 'cdp' separately. Found on ammunition headstamps, which are believed to have been made by Polte and loaded by Bergmann. pjj Staatliche Munitionsfabrik, Kopenhagen. Found on ammuntion headstamps. pla Unknown. Found on small arms. pmf Unknown. Found on ammuntion headstamps. pmq Allegedly 'Gevelot, Paris' - Societe Francaise des Munitions, Paris. Associated with annumtion components. pmt Unknown. Found on ammuntion headstamps. pmu Unknown. Associated with munitions. ptv Sometimes confused with a letter code, but actually a 'PTV' monogram applied by the Zeugamt der Polizeischule fuer Technik und Verkehr, Berlin, in the Reichswehr period. pvf Optische Werke . C. Reichert, Vienna pyy Unknown, probably in Solingen. Found on SG84/98 dating from 1945. qa William Prym, Stollberg, Rheinland. Involved with ammunition production. qlv Unknown. Found on small arms components qnw Unknown. Found on small arms qrb Pirotecnico di Bologna, Italy. Found on ammunition headstamps qve Karl Walther, Zella-Mehlis, Thuringia. Possibly a subsidiary factory in Czechoslovakia r Westfaelische-Anhaltische Sprengstoff AG, Reinsdorf plant. Found on ammunition ra Deutsche Messingwerke, C. Eveking AG, Berlin-Niederschoenweide. A supplier of cartridge cases rde Unknown. Found on small arms rdf Westfaelische-Anhaltische Sprengstoff AG, Werk Reinsdorf. Found on shell cases rfo Unknown. Found on ammunition headstamps and flame-thrower igniters rhs Rheinmetall-Borsig AG, Soemmerda. Found on fuses rln Karl Zeiss, Jena. Found on optical equipment rtl Unknown. Found on small arms ammunition s Dynamit AG (formerly A. Nobel u. Co.), Lambrecht plant. Found on ammunition primers sb Pre-1939 trademark of Sellier & Bellot in Prague sgx Believed to be a subsidiary of E. & F. Hoerster, Solingen (see also 'asw'). Found on SG84/98 manufactured in 1944-45 she Unknown. Found on small arms manufactured in Czechoslovakia sta Rheinische_Westfaelische Sprengstoff AG, Stadeln bei Nuernberg. suk Believed to be a subsidiary of the Karlsruhe-Durlach factory of Deutsche Waffen- u. Munitionsfabriken. Found on ammunition headstamps sup Unknown. Found on small arms svw Mauser-Werke, Oberndorf on the Neckar. It either superseded or supplemented 'byf'. Found on small arms swp An unidentified subsidiary of Waffenwerke Bruenn AG, Bruenn, Czechoslovakia. Found on bayonets and small arms components t Dynamit AG, Troisdorf plant. Found on ammunition primers ta Duerener Metallwerke AG, Berlin-Borsigwalde. Found on ammunition thg Allegedly used on ammunition made by Polte-Werkem AG in Duderstadt tjk Unknown. Found on small arms components tko Unknown. Found on ammunition headstamps tpk Unknown. Found on small arms components, possibly located in northern Czechoslovakia tpn Unknown. Found on small arms components tvw Unknown. See 'tpn' above ua Osnabruecker Kupfer- u. Drahtwerke AG, Osnabrueck. Found on ammunition components unt Unknown. Found on ammunition components uxa Unknown. Found on small arms components, allegedly manufactured in a Czechoslovakian small arms factory operating under German control va Kabel- u. Metallwerke Neumeyer AG, Nuernberg. Found on ammunition headstamps and cannon shell cases vs Unknown. Found on ammunition components w Gesellschaft zur Verwertung Chem. Erzeugnisse, Wolfratshausen plant. Found on ammunition primers wa Hasag, Hugo Schneider AG, Abteilung Lampenfabrik, Leipzig. Found on ammunition headstamps and cannon shell cases wb Hugo Schneider AG, Berlin-Koepenick. See 'wa' wc Hasag, Hugo Schneider AG, Meuselwitz plant, Thuringia. See 'wa' wd Hasag, Hugo Schneider AG, Taucha plant. See 'wa' we Hasag, Hugo Schneider AG, Langewiesen plant. See 'wa' wf Hasag, Hugo Schneider AG, Kielce plant, Poland. See 'wa' wg Hasag, Hugo Schneider AG, Altenburg plant. See 'wa' wh Hasag, Hugo Schneider AG, Eisenach plant. See 'wa' wj Hasag, Hugo Schneider AG, Oberweissbach plant. See 'wa' wk Hasag, Hugo Schneider AG, Schlieben plant. See 'wa' wm Hasag, Hugo Schneider AG, Dermbach plant, Thuringia. See 'wa' wn Hasag, Hugo Schneider AG, Dermbach plant, Thuringia (Often confused with 'wm'). See 'wa' wtf Unknown. Found on fuses x Possibly used by Rheinisch-Westfaelische Sprengstoff. Found on ammunition and primers xa Buxch Busch u. Jaeger, Luedenscheider Metallwerke, Luedenscheid. Found on ammunition components y Jagdpatronen, Zuendhuetchen- u. Metallwarenfabrik AG, Nagyteteny plant, Budapest. Found on ammunition components ya Saechsische Metallwarenfabrik, August Wellner u. Sohn, Aue, Saxony. Found on ammunition components z Waffenwerke Bruenn AG, Povaska Bystrica (?). Found on ammunition components zb Kupferwerk Ilsenburg AG, Ilsenburg, Harz. Found on ammunition components