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7,65 cm
- Thread starter FZG76
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If I remember, it's something like 235mm without big brass fuze adapter (total length with fuze, gaine and adapter : 310mm)
I think for 8cm M5/8/17 gun.
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Not sure, Head and driving band different :
http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/92623-iD-this-75mm?highlight=yugoslavian
http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/92623-iD-this-75mm?highlight=yugoslavian
The shell was originally a german 7,5 cm shell with K.Z.11 Gr. Geb. fuze for the austrian Skoda 7,5 cm M.15 mountain gun (the official length was 236 mm). It's right that it was converted to calibre 7,65. The conversion was done by adding a forward driving band and eventually by replacing the rear driving band with a larger diameter. But I guess the rear driving band is the original one. The groove in the rear driving band looks exactly like from the original 7,5 cm shell. Such adapters from german or austrian fuze threads to french 24 mm thread are typical for yugoslavian shells.
There was also a second type of this 7,65 cm shell which used the gaine from the K.Z.11 fuze. The brass fuze adapter screwed directly into the K.Z.11's gaine and had itself a thread for French 24-31 Mle.15 time and percussion fuze. The 24-31 Mle.15 gaine ignited the K.Z.11 gaine which detonated the shell - that's improvisation.
There was also a second type of this 7,65 cm shell which used the gaine from the K.Z.11 fuze. The brass fuze adapter screwed directly into the K.Z.11's gaine and had itself a thread for French 24-31 Mle.15 time and percussion fuze. The 24-31 Mle.15 gaine ignited the K.Z.11 gaine which detonated the shell - that's improvisation.
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I not like to contradict, but this shell has no czech connection other then that the gun which fired it could have been made by Skoda (but also Böhler made the 8 cm guns). It's a shell from german production with a yogoslavian made brass fuze adapter and a French fuze.
FZG76 can try to screw a K.Z.11, K.Z.14, L.K.Z.16, etc. in - I think it will fit perfectly.
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That sounds interesting. Can you show pictures? Normally they should use Austro-Hungarian cases 76,5 x 230R or 76,5 x 284R. I not remember that there were german produced cases in 76,5 mm.
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