pylon1357
Member
Hello all, I am posting this here in an attempt to help a member out at GMIC. My knowledge of everything that goes BANG is quite poor but I am learning.
Below is the text and photos Brian Posted. If this is the style of photo that belongs in a Tank Casing, I will post my casing a little later....
Hello everyone,
First let me explain that I work for a quasi-governmental body where for some reason security is extremely tight and my coworkers have no sense of humour regarding most of what I am about (military interest) A week ago the item which is the subject of this post showed up on my desk. I had been expecting it to be there as another empolyee was getting rid of it and I said I'd take it off his hands. As you can imagine there was quite a stir in the office at the sight of this ordnance, albeit inert
Anyway, it's a 105mm round and from my searches on the internet it looks like it is meant to be mounted in an artillery shell of some sort. The ones I found were H.E.A.T. rounds which I think stands for High Explosive Anti Tank round. It weighs 20 pounds and is 26 inches long. I am hoping that some of the members can help me with more information on this round. I think the only stampings show up quite well in the second photo.
Oh yes, the office settled down after I took the "bomb" to my truck.
God, it's going to be a long time until retirement!
Thanks for any information you can give me.
Regards
Brian
Below is the text and photos Brian Posted. If this is the style of photo that belongs in a Tank Casing, I will post my casing a little later....
Hello everyone,
First let me explain that I work for a quasi-governmental body where for some reason security is extremely tight and my coworkers have no sense of humour regarding most of what I am about (military interest) A week ago the item which is the subject of this post showed up on my desk. I had been expecting it to be there as another empolyee was getting rid of it and I said I'd take it off his hands. As you can imagine there was quite a stir in the office at the sight of this ordnance, albeit inert
Anyway, it's a 105mm round and from my searches on the internet it looks like it is meant to be mounted in an artillery shell of some sort. The ones I found were H.E.A.T. rounds which I think stands for High Explosive Anti Tank round. It weighs 20 pounds and is 26 inches long. I am hoping that some of the members can help me with more information on this round. I think the only stampings show up quite well in the second photo.
Oh yes, the office settled down after I took the "bomb" to my truck.
God, it's going to be a long time until retirement!
Thanks for any information you can give me.
Regards
Brian