European Cartridge Research Association
1965
- – founded as European Cartridge Collectors Club (ECCC)
- with about 50 members residing in a number of different European countries
- Emile Timmermans, founder
- http://www.ecra.info/
About the European Cartridge Research Association
The European Cartridge Research Association (ECRA) is a nonprofit organization devoted to the study of the historical and technical development of ammunition of all types. It was formed in the mid-1960s as the European Cartridge Collectors Club by Belgian collector Emile Timmermans, with about 50 members in several European countries, and its monthly bulletin, The Cartridge Researcher, first appeared on January 1, 1965. Today ECRA describes itself as the largest organization of its kind, with members from Australia to the United States and from Germany to Uruguay.
ECRA is organized into English, French, German, Spanish and Dutch language groups, each publishing The Cartridge Researcher in its own language, along with member associations in countries and regions such as the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Scandinavia, Spain, Portugal, Argentina, New Zealand and Southern Africa. Its Scandinavian branch, the Scandinavian Ammunition Research Association, was founded in Arvika, Sweden, on August 22, 1981. ECRA members exchange information and specimens, publish research, hold annual cartridge meetings in several countries plus a rotating International Meeting, and, where legally possible, assist official bodies on ammunition and ballistics questions. ECRA also maintains the ECRA Caliber Data Viewer, a cartridge identification database with more than 15,000 registered small-caliber cartridges up to 50 mm, a valuable resource for collectors and researchers.
Key Facts
- Mid-1960s: Founded as the European Cartridge Collectors Club by Emile Timmermans (sources cite 1964 or 1965)
- January 1, 1965: First issue of The Cartridge Researcher bulletin
- September 20, 1980: Norwegian and Swedish collectors agree in Grums, Sweden, to form a Scandinavian group
- August 22, 1981: Scandinavian Ammunition Research Association founded, later ECRA’s Nordic branch
- Today: Caliber Data Viewer catalogs more than 15,000 small-caliber cartridges
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