Hi all,
Could any members here please ID this (I believe) French 75mm projectile. I say 'believe' on account of the odd fuse socket/adaptor, something I've never seen before.
I took a chance on this one, but I'm stumped by the fuze socket arrangement. Seller had it listed as a chemical round but I think otherwise. As Minenaz16 recently pointed out, chemical ordnance was painted Green. It seems to me to be a shrap round, looking inside the shell you can clearly see the ogive threads, but then saying that, shrapnel type rounds seem to have been used for gas too. (My knowledge on French ordnance is poor as you can see....)
Sadly, the threads for the fuse are completely knackered. The turned recesses near the socket are just that, the top sections don't unscrew.
The originality of the paint I'm not too sure about...
Any help would be much appreciated (and apologies for the poor drawing!).
Thanks in advance!
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