9cm projectile designation and fuze

[Burney Davis]

Below are pictures of a four banded 9cm projectile and it is 226mm tall. Can anyone confirm its official name and which fuze would be appropriate.


TIA

 

[MINENAZ16]

I know Austro Hungarian 9cm M75 with this shape but little shorter as your shell.
Could be Italian 87mm (length could match) but not sure because of (I think) different fuze thread

 

[Dronic69]

Yes the tapered fuze mouth opening tends to align with either the Italian shrapnel (Fig 4) or German M1873 shrapnal (Fig 4) - have attached the Austrian M75 / German / Italian & Russian for comparison - sorry no projectile length data.

The case & base markings will provide further clues - Alpini should provide further thoughts on it.

Cheers
Drew

 

[Alpini]

Hi,

it's a danish "9 cm Granat". The fuze thread is unique for them. Don't find any other official name for the shell but I think it's a M.1887. As in most artilleries in the world it existed as a double walled shell and later a second type filled with segmented rings (Ringgranat). If it's a Ringgranat the rings would be visible in the inside if the fuze hole permits it.

 

[Burney Davis]

Thanks Alpini. That is one country of origin that I would never have guessed! The fuze pocket that appears in the second picture shows that it is reverse thread, left hand screw, so confirms your comment about the fuze thread. Any diagrams or pictures of the fuze that would be used ?

 

[MINENAZ16]

Copyright Henri BELOT :

 

[Chris]

Here you are

 

[Burney Davis]

Thanks to all, that has been greatinformation.

Can anyone now point me in the right direction where I might be able to obtain one of those fuzes ...? Please PM me if you can.