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unknow item

Buster

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Can anyone identify the item in the attached pics?NK2.jpgNK.jpg

Thanks in advance

Buster
 
Is not a grenade !
And probably not an artillery shell because I don't see a place for a driving band.


Yoda
 
Unfortunately I only have the pictures, it is an item found in Donegal, Ireland which I have been asked to help identify.
 
I'm going to take a wild guess here and say you might have it upside down.
 
It's not a minenwerfer. It's really light compared to its size, made from thin steel.
Its possible to lift this quite easily.
i can tell you 100 things that this isn't, but not what it is! ;-)

Cheers

Pete
 
I was thinking that it resembled an oversized hedgehog anti-sub type weapon. The largest US one I know of was 7.2-inch, but I'm crap on Navy stuff and would have no idea about variants, experimentals, etc. I may be way off, but I've got a couple (7.2) in the garage that I'm helping to move for a local museum (they need holes in them), and the construction/design has similarities. Pete, what is the dia/length of the one you photographed?
 
Not sure Jeff, don't have the details to hand right now. I thought i posted it here before but can't find it.
Working on the ID of that bomb at the moment, i'll mail you later.

Pete
 
Here is a picture of the 7.2 for comparison. Different certainly, but some similarities as well. If I recall these have a plug in the nose which is similar to the plug on yours Pete (but on the other end).
 
Work computer is fighting me. Second time is the charm.

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The 7.2 items are usually very thin wall, like 1/8 inch or less. Minimum thickness for max explosive load.
 
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