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76.2cm (8cm) Czech M5 shell

earni74

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I have lost the info i had on this Czech shell 7.6cm M5 (8cm vz17), I have" Universal shell" in my mind ??, also a photo of the fuze would be a good thing, any info gratefully received, thanks
 

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Hello,
As far as I know this shell (HE with segments frag) was originaly used by Austro-Hungarian (WW1) with M15 fuze (8cm M13/15), Skoda gun.
After ww1 other countries used it with modifications. For example yugoslavian used it as 76.5mm 15/27. German used captured guns and shells in France (7.65cm Sprgr 272 (j)).
So, sometimes we find this kind of shells in France, used by Germans, and fitted with special adapters for 24mm french shape fuzes used by Yugoslavians (Yugo Ф 99 and Ф 26).
I don't know if Czech used these shells and designation.
Maybe other members could give more details.
 
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Hi,
projectile is manufactured 1916 and case 1915, so both Austro-Hungarian.
Too early to be model 1917.
Too early to be Czechoslovakia (1918).
Could You measure the distance fromthe base to the driving band, please?
The fuze looks to be some kind of adapter. Maybe for impact fuze?

Bob
 

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As I wrote previously, this adapter used to be for a 24mm fuze

8cm yugo.jpg


jug.jpg
 
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1st, thanks for your input guy's, Nabob, distance from bottom of rotating band to base of shell is 47mm & from bottom of rotating band to top of shell body is 158mm, I hope this helps
thanks, Mick
 
1st, thanks for your input guy's, Nabob, distance from bottom of rotating band to base of shell is 47mm & from bottom of rotating band to top of shell body is 158mm, I hope this helps
thanks, Mick


There was a similar Yugoslav projectile in 75 mm but the band was 40mm high, so Yours is 7,65cm.

Bob
 
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