57mm German made ID

[Burney Davis]

I have attached a picture of a drill/sub-calibre round (suitably modified so it is not fit for purpose) which I am trying to get more information on. It appears to measure 57mm as a projectile and what would be the case length is 360mm. It is clearly German made, probably for Turkey, but I cannot find reference to any 57mm cases of that length. Anyone any ideas? Can anyone translate the writing on the base?

Many thanks

 

[Alpini]

Impressive piece! Yes, it's for Turkey. They numbers in first line are 5,7 40. I think it means 5,7 cm L40. The same case (57x359R) was shown by some BOCN member some time ago.

//Edit: found the old thread:

http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/92270-German-57mm-WW1-case/page2?highlight=Krupp

So now, it seems that Krupp made 5,7 cm L/40 guns for different ammunition...

 

[Burney Davis]

Thank you Alpini, I now remember the thread but didn't put the two together. It would be great to get a full translation of the base markings.

 

[Falcon]

I seem to remember reading (possibly on this forum) that there are not many people around today who can read Ottoman Turkish written in Arabic script.