It wasn't just heated. It was heated and - if a No.80/44 + No.44/80 combination - subjected to an explosive shock wave, followed by the impact of the...
Now it being a No.80/44 makes sense and I also thought of it, although i'm not sure how to tell a No.80/44 apart from a regular No.80 in the absence...
Not necessarily. This No.80 doesn't show the usual marks of functioning of a Shrapnel shell, but more those of a timed HE. So a possibility is it was...
Overall length of the HE shell is exactly 7 & 3/4" (196.85mm). The fuze socket adapter on the shrapnel shell is dimensioned as 1/2" on your drawing,...