Comet 77mm

[cestrialad]

An early example of a 77mm cartridge as used on the Comet tank.......I believe.
77 x 440R.
Nice Vickers Armstrong stampings, no primer though.

Remember getting this at a booty on the August Bank Holiday that Princess Diana's death was on everybody's car radio. Chap picked it up and upon being told the price was3 promptly put it down, two old dears between it and myself almost went down as I lunged at it.

 

[pzgr40]

Nice shellcase, shurely worth the lunge.

Regrads, DJH

 

[Spaceinvader]

Very nice. I would love to get my hands on one of those casings!

 

[Tony Williams]

An early example of a 77mm cartridge as used on the Comet tank.......I believe.
77 x 440R.

Correct - the Comet was the only user of the 77mm AFAIK, the gun was only devised because the 17 pdr (which used the same projectiles, including the APDS) was too big to fit in the turret. The 77mm cartridge case was based on the WW1-era 3 inch 20 cwt AA gun's, but was loaded to a significantly highly pressure.

 

[cestrialad]

Thanks for extra info.