Mystery Drill Projectile?

[waffenamt]

Hi chaps,
here i have a proj for ID.
All i can tell you is that its 8 inch long and has no markings except for an arrow on the `shoulder`?
its 40mm diameter.

over to you


TIA


waff

[waffenamt]

the arrow is half way up the shoulder,a bit bad to see but its def there.

[waffenamt]

wood proj..

[waffenamt]

nice original paint..

[spotter]

Its the head from a bangalore torpedo

[waffenamt]

strange holes?..

[waffenamt]

bakelite end peace..

[waffenamt]

cheers spotter,

what the blue blazes is `bangalore torpedo`??:huh:

cheers


waff

[spotter]

Have you seen saving private ryan ,theres one in the beach invasion,its a demolition charge that comes in segments you join them together and push through obstacles such as barbed wire ,it is the detonated clearing a path.Yours is the british one but they all look similar and do the same thing

[waffenamt]

Ah yes!,

now i know what you mean!
I thought it was some sort of experimental projectile!

is it worth owt?

cheers

waff