7,5cm Shrapnel ???

[kuni75]

Hello,

can someone say something about it? Ill never seen before.

Length : 260mm
Diameter : 75mm
Date: 1915

The band below the fuze is made of cooper.

Otherwise, no further than the scale labeling visible.
Could this be a Skoda or Austro-Hungarian?

Greetings Kuni

 

[Dronic69]

Hi,

Yes it's an Austro Hungarian shrapnel for 8cm M5/08 gun with a 1905 Pattern M5 Time and Percussion fuze (60sec time ring)

Nice projectile and fuze!

Cheers
Drew

 

[kuni75]

Thank you Drew,

but why 8 cm? The diameter of 7.5 cm is definitely.

 

[Dronic69]

Hi Kuni,

Hum, perhaps it lost some MMs after being fired! (LOL)

Good question!

In this example "8cm" actually equates 7.62cm:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8_cm_FK_M._5

So it seems that most of these "similar" calibre guns were derived from the 3" designation......................

Perhaps they just round it up to 8cm for convenience?

Having stating that, why not state 7.7cm rather than 8cm? Or even down to 7.5cm?

I did hear (somewhere) that different nominations were used to specifically reference gun types within the same calibre

Have a look at the number of different nominations for "7.62" under Austria:

http://www.passioncompassion1418.com/Canons/english_CanonsIndex_Nation.html

Even 8.8cm is referred to as "9cm".

Perhaps some of the other Forum members may shed some light onto this....................

Cheers
Drew

 

[Alpini]

the calibre is 76,5 mm, not 76,2 (that would be 3"). But such shrapnells exist also for the 7,5 cm Geb. K. 15 but as far as I can remember these 75 mm Shrapnells did not exist with a groove in the lower driving band. The fuze is not a complete M.5 fuze, iit is a collection of parts from different fuzes.

 

[Dronic69]

the calibre is 76,5 mm, not 76,2 (that would be 3"). But such shrapnells exist also for the 7,5 cm Geb. K. 15 but as far as I can remember these 75 mm Shrapnells did not exist with a groove in the lower driving band. The fuze is not a complete M.5 fuze, iit is a collection of parts from different fuzes.

Yep, I can't even read my own reference correctly as the Wiki link states 76.5 not 76.2......................

Interesting remark re the M.5 fuse - I also thought the fuse shown just didn't quite "fit" the M5 shape - perhaps distorted on impact. Perhaps the only thing original is the 60sec time ring

Cheers
Drew