Wanted to know...

[V40]

I have been watching some old videos of mine and was wondering about this: Does the shell casing on a U.S. made 105mm that holds the round up front. Do these get used again? Or any other field piece.

 

[HAZORD]

The U.S. has not been known for reloading any cases except for limited run experimental cases.

 

[BOMBSaway1980]

We have used old ejection and practice rounds for Counter IED training for soldiers but besides that they get scraped

 

[V40]

Thanks guys.

 

[EODGUY]

We did re-load some 105mm fired drawn brass cases in Japan in the mid to late 1960's. A fairly large production run, but the practice is not typically done.

 

[V40]

Thanks again friends of mine! Maybe what I am seeing is what looks like them doing it to the 105mm in a Firebase in Vietnam. Like I said before, thank you all my friends.

 

[highlandotter]

Maybe what you saw in the videos was the crew taking the projectle out of the case and snipping off propellant increments and putting the projectile back before firing???

 

[V40]

That was it highlandotter. That is what I saw them doing and therefore reusing a case so that the projectile was just dropped in with all of those packets on a string. Than you very much for that answer as you were spot on.