356 mm - strange projectiles found, ID please
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356 mm - strange projectiles found, ID please
Hello,
there has been found 2 strange projectiles in Westerplatte peninsula in Gdańsk.
Cal. ~356mm, lenght with/without fuze 156/164cm, 2 coper rings 2,8cm each with distance 2cm between them.
Projectiles were placed on Westerplatte after 1945 - so far it is not known where they had been found in Poland.
They looks like been shooted and later added new cap and new fuze/top - perhaps from an ammo sample exhibition from artillery range(?) or captured.
Regards
AD
there has been found 2 strange projectiles in Westerplatte peninsula in Gdańsk.
Cal. ~356mm, lenght with/without fuze 156/164cm, 2 coper rings 2,8cm each with distance 2cm between them.
Projectiles were placed on Westerplatte after 1945 - so far it is not known where they had been found in Poland.
They looks like been shooted and later added new cap and new fuze/top - perhaps from an ammo sample exhibition from artillery range(?) or captured.
Regards
AD
Re: 356 mm - strange projectiles found, ID please
Russia had coastal guns of this calibre, 356 mm, check this link:
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNRussian_14-52_mk6.php
The shell doesn't look German with its boattail at first sight. I have seen Russian 30,5 cm shells having the same shape. do you have close up from the fuze and or bottom plate of the shell?
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNRussian_14-52_mk6.php
The shell doesn't look German with its boattail at first sight. I have seen Russian 30,5 cm shells having the same shape. do you have close up from the fuze and or bottom plate of the shell?
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Re: 356 mm - strange projectiles found, ID please
I vote for 35,5 cm Haubitze M 1.
See compraison, picture from that topic:
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic ... e&start=30
See compraison, picture from that topic:
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic ... e&start=30
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Re: 356 mm - strange projectiles found, ID please
Please note that when they were on exhibition they were "concreted" so You don't see the bottom of the which is narrow.
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Re: 356 mm - strange projectiles found, ID please
So far I don't have photos from that side.Thekees wrote:Russia had coastal guns of this calibre, 356 mm, check this link:
http://www.navweaps.com/Weapons/WNRussian_14-52_mk6.php
The shell doesn't look German with its boattail at first sight. I have seen Russian 30,5 cm shells having the same shape. do you have close up from the fuze and or bottom plate of the shell?
There were a German project called Gerat 104 but I don't think it fits to the projectile.
Re: 356 mm - strange projectiles found, ID please
The shells in the the last picture are the best match up to now, although the dont look as a 35,5 cm shell, smaller i guess on first sight. i thought the 35,5 cm M1 shells had a straight tail, not like this shell, maybe a Czech?
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Re: 356 mm - strange projectiles found, ID please
Here is Russian/Soviet 356 mm projectile.
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Re: 356 mm - strange projectiles found, ID please
On Your photo it looks like.
Our projectile's lenght with/without fuze is 156/164cm.
Our projectile's lenght with/without fuze is 156/164cm.