Canadian 18 pdr with cap ( drill? )

[evilmike]

Picked up this 18pdr today, i believe its Canadian with the C and broadarrow, but whats with the cap, is it a dummy round, no fuse. Not sure if the case is anything special. Also is this another thats been nickle coated after the war, iam guessing thats not orignial! :smile:

Thanks Mike

 

[Darkman]

Mike,

British case Gramophone Company (later HMV), Canadian HE projectile that has been nickel plated, home made dummy fuze to represent a 101? Does the fuze unscrew?

Cheers,

Graeme

 

[evilmike]

Fuse/Cap doesnt unscrew, it rocks about a mm or so but doesnt appear to budge by hand

 

[Gspragge]

Usually these are lamps, I've seen so many that I suspect that was the root cause of the 1915 shell shortage. If the projectile hasn't been drilled through it would be worth while getting the plating off and finding a real fuze. If it is an HE projectile, well worth it lamp hole or not.

 

[evilmike]

i dont see any holes in it for a lamp/cables etc