Darkman
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I picked up this very nice condition Canadian 1918 dated Mk IX 18 pdr shell recently. Made by "S Ltd" (?), it's a long shell designed for use with the light weight fuzes. It had an incorrect Mk VII all brass (heavy) fuze fitted, so I found a nice Canadian made Mk V fuze and adapter to suit it from my spares.
What's interesting about it is that it has the broad arrow in a "C" denoting Canadian manufacture (on both the body and base), BUT the C is within a letter "O" or a zero. (More likely the letter O.) I've not seen this before, so I would be interested in any comments or thoughts on this.
Also instead of a lot number as on British shells, the shell is stamped with a 3 letter lot code ("ACJ") - as seen on Canadian cartridge cases - on both the body and base. I've not seen this before either.
Anyway, happy to add this nice shell (now a complete cartridge) to the collection. It's very clean inside and the inside top shows reworking marks where the shell mouth has been coned over after the pusher plate was installed.
Cheers, Graeme
What's interesting about it is that it has the broad arrow in a "C" denoting Canadian manufacture (on both the body and base), BUT the C is within a letter "O" or a zero. (More likely the letter O.) I've not seen this before, so I would be interested in any comments or thoughts on this.
Also instead of a lot number as on British shells, the shell is stamped with a 3 letter lot code ("ACJ") - as seen on Canadian cartridge cases - on both the body and base. I've not seen this before either.
Anyway, happy to add this nice shell (now a complete cartridge) to the collection. It's very clean inside and the inside top shows reworking marks where the shell mouth has been coned over after the pusher plate was installed.
Cheers, Graeme
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