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Actually, the one you show in the rendering is UK manufacture. The photo you show of the one for sale looks like U.S. manufacture. UK material have very characteristic rotating bands. The band on the one in the photo looks U.S.
You might ask your source to look about an inch above the rotating band for stamping in the body of the projectile like 155mm M107 and a date, or something similar. You might also ask for a photo of the base to show if it has the welded plate on the bottom that the U.S. uses.
His eyesight isn't that good. I doubt that he would be able to see any markings.
I thought that the fuze was a British No. 222 or No.231? That's what led me to believe that it was British or Canadian.
...I'm told the fuze does screw in all the way, it just needs a bit of oil and elbow grease
We're the fuzes interchangeable on US and British Howitzer shells?
Here's the only photo of the base I have at this time...
The raised up area on the base, the circle that showsabout 1/2 inch from the outer edge, looks like the plate that the U.S. welds on their projectiles. It's looking more like U.S. manufacture. Most likely an M107 HE.
I know that some UK fuze wells are threaded the same as the U.S. ones.
6 in naval bands, according to the 1945 handbook are distinctly raised in the lower portion to engage the rifling when rammed and so not drop back onto the charge when the gun is elevated. Afraid I dont think yours in the photo is British.
Looking at the first picture you posted, I'll agree with HAZ in it being a 155mm howitzer (not gun), and the second picture confirms, as HAZ also said, that it is that because of the base plate. The fuze in the first picture, from what I can see of it looks like an M500/M501 series mech time, but I would have to see a full length to confirm that. Cheers, Bruce.
I've found that when ordnance becomes available you had better buy it then and there, as it usually never presents itself again and it never usually gets cheaper.
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