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Help ID 165mm projectile

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Brian Keith

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I would appreciate any help in identifying this large projectile, probably WW I era. It appears to be 6 inches (165 mm?) in diameter at the rotating band. It is 34 3/8ths inches in length and the base is five inches in diameter. The fuze well diameter is 2 inches. I brushed the rotating band but didnt find any markings, nor did I find any on the base. It is pretty rusty from many years of outside storage. I looked around some for a 6.5 inch or 165mm projectile and didnt find much. Thanks in advance. Photos attached.
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Thanks Minenaz16, It does look like that one, I'll recheck my measurements, but it looks like you ID'd it for us. I'm surprised it is that new!
Have a good day!
BKW
 
I must admit I thought it looked much more recent than WW1, having a streamlined shape and an added disc on the base (`Schlatterplate' comes to mind - a disc welded onto the base of a shell to prevent propellant gases from entering the shell through the body's natural grain, thereby causing a bore explosion).
 
Hi Brain, are you going to patch it up?
They are becomming quite rare , and it's well worth the sandblasting, repolishing the drivingband and repainting it.
The nose fuze is easily obtainable for a few dollar on your side of the pond.
Find a machine shop that can make you a white nylon obturation ring and you have a very nice piece for in the corner of your living room.

Regards, DJH :)
 
Ammotechxt, You know a whole bunch more about this stuff then I do! Thanks for you comments.
pzgr40, this would clean and display pretty nicely, I'll look into finding a couple of fuzes (we have two of these). It is on loan to a museum I'm involved with and we have just taken on a couple of BIG restoration projects, a WW I German 240mm mortar (the gun, not just a projectile), a WW I German 75mm mountain howitzer (again the gun) and a US 76 mm gun!
We'll be busy!
Thanks for the comments and interest!
BKW
 
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