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Can anyone identify this projectile in the Canadian War Museum collection? It is probably 6-pounder and manufactured about 1919, based on the stampings. The insert matches the British style of illumination round that the Treatise of Ammunition says was used for all calibres below 6 inches. However, none of the 6-pounder Hotchkiss manuals show a star shell, and the date is too early for the 6-pr 10-cwt coast defence gun or the 7-cwt antitank gun (and their manuals do not show a star shell either). It could be some other country, except that one of the stampings appears to be abroad arrow.
Thanks
Doug
Can anyone identify this projectile in the Canadian War Museum collection? It is probably 6-pounder and manufactured about 1919, based on the stampings. The insert matches the British style of illumination round that the Treatise of Ammunition says was used for all calibres below 6 inches. However, none of the 6-pounder Hotchkiss manuals show a star shell, and the date is too early for the 6-pr 10-cwt coast defence gun or the 7-cwt antitank gun (and their manuals do not show a star shell either). It could be some other country, except that one of the stampings appears to be abroad arrow.
Thanks
Doug