Id. heavy artillery ammunition

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Re: Id. heavy artillery ammunition

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Post by Sturm78 » 28 Jan 2014, 21:54

Thank you for your answer, veeteetee.

Could be the big projectile an 381mm shell of BL 15-inch Mk.I british howitzer ??

On the other hand, an image (from EBay) with two 15cm sFH18 shells.

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Re: Id. heavy artillery ammunition

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Post by Sturm78 » 01 Feb 2014, 17:21

Hi all,

8.8cm Flak shells

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Re: Id. heavy artillery ammunition

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Post by al'saad » 03 Feb 2014, 13:44

al'saad wrote:
Sturm78 wrote:Hi all,

I think 3.7cm Flak gun ammo clip

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i would rather say 3.7cm SK C30 cannon ammo
yep, you're right, i didn't pay enough attention...here's SK C30 3,7cm shell which is recovered couple of months ago on the spot where river monitor Bosna ex Koros hit the mine and sank.
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Re: Id. heavy artillery ammunition

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Post by al'saad » 03 Feb 2014, 14:00

here are shells recovered from monitor Koros sinking site 120cm main guns left to right M14, M16 and M9 and from 6,6cm guns M9 w/o fuse and M10.
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Re: Id. heavy artillery ammunition

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Post by Sturm78 » 11 Feb 2014, 12:52

Hi all,

Any idea ??

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Re: Id. heavy artillery ammunition

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Post by ROLAND1369 » 11 Feb 2014, 15:08

These appear to be French 270 MM he shells. As they are on the beach they areprobibly being emplace as fiels expedient electrically detonated mines, a common use fro such obsolete ammunition. If you enlarge the pic you can just make out 270 on one of the shells.

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Post by ROLAND1369 » 11 Feb 2014, 16:20

Let me try this again with smaller fingers. These appear to be French 270 MM, probibily Obus de Acer M 1893-1901, HE shells. As they are located on the beach they are probibly being emplaced as field expedient electrically detonated mines., a common use for such obsolete ammunition.

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Post by ROLAND1369 » 11 Feb 2014, 21:48

As they are on the beach they also could be about to be fitted to NUSKNAKERMINEN for anti boat use.

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Re: Id. heavy artillery ammunition

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Post by Sturm78 » 05 Mar 2014, 12:45

Thank you ROLAND1369 (and soory for my late reply :oops: )

Here, another image from EBay: 21cm shells for 21cm lg. Mrs

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Re: Id. heavy artillery ammunition

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Post by Zünder » 05 Mar 2014, 17:03

Sturm: correct, 21 cm granate 17, for the lg. 21 cm Mrs.

Zünder,

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Re: Id. heavy artillery ammunition

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Post by Sturm78 » 06 Mar 2014, 12:57

Thank you for your confirmation, Zünder

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Re: Id. heavy artillery ammunition

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Post by Sturm78 » 09 Mar 2014, 17:23

Hi all,

15cm K16 heavy gun shells. I suppose 15cm Hb Gr.16

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Re: Id. heavy artillery ammunition

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Post by Sturm78 » 12 Mar 2014, 11:41

Hi all,

21cm shells for Mörser 18 howitzer:

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Re: Id. heavy artillery ammunition

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Post by Sturm78 » 16 Mar 2014, 16:40

Hi all,

Can anyone identify these russian heavy artillery shells? I guess that they are 305mm shells for M1907 naval/coastal guns

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Re: Id. heavy artillery ammunition

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Post by AVV » 17 Mar 2014, 10:17

Hello!
Sturm78 wrote:Can anyone identify these russian heavy artillery shells?
The caption says these are 12-inch cast iron (HE? - the caption there is covered by copyright sign, but I guess they are HE) shells.

Best regards, Aleks

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