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A new one ID Please

Shell Shifter

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Picked this up at a show here in Florida last weekend.

Length is ~ 4", Diameter at widest point is ~2"

Any info is appreciated.
 

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Japanese Type 89

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See :
Japanese ammunition C.I.AMM technical report n° 29
Japanese ammunition C.I.AMM technical report n° 52
Japanese ammunition leaflets section E
O-17 Japanese naval projectile fuzes

amongst others.

Cheers,

S.
 
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Well, they are big, brass, and probably easily inerted. EOD units would set up and start inerting stuff on the beaches as soon as we had secured an area. Hell, they were even cutting up the bones of Kamikaze pilots that crashed on ships to use as souvenirs.
 
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