75mm canister

[Burney Davis]

This is a 75mm canister projectile which I believe is either Belgian or French. It resembles Belgian WW2 canisters but it is longer, has no vertical breakup grooves and was said to be WW1. Can anyone give a positive ID and detail the cases or guns it would have been used with?

Thanks

D

 

[HAZORD]

I'm thinking you have a repro turned out of brass. The canister shells I've seen that had copper projos have very thin sheet copper that disintegrates in the gun. The hollow base with thick brass walls seem unreal as an ordnance item. Too much brass and hollow. The front looks like a repro shape of a nose fuzed 18Pdr.

 

[SG500]

In the third photo is the base thick brass or very thin brass that has been turned over? Its hard to tell from the photo.

Dave.

 

[Yodamaster]

Should it not can be a manipulation projectile (DRILL) ?


Yoda

 

[HAZORD]

I can see where it could be a Drill projo. The durable dummy of the day.

 

[Burney Davis]

It might not look like it, but this canister is very light. The base is made of solid brass but the canister itself above the driving band is thin sheet brass. It definately isn't a drill proj.

D

 

[Burney Davis]

Just bumping this thread to see if there were any more thoughts.

Thanks