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105MM How shell ID please

hicky1300

Well-Known Member
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Hi again
Picked this up
Unfired 105mm How projectile.
No stencils unfortunately but stamped with a B with an arrow through it (Bofors) Then 81 (1981)
Whats got me is the colour??
Is this a practice or proof projectile?
It is hollow steel with a plated steel dummy fuze.
Colour is a green/blue? Turquoise?
 
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