I have had this item for many years (I might have even posted a thread in the distant past but can't find it!).
The caliber is 75mm and height 17.5cm. The top is steel then presumably bronze, steel again with four equally spaced screws and a single driving band. It is dated 5/44 and a ST mark at the very base. The top chamber is smooth and opens up halfway down. As far as I can make out the top bore size is 1.8 cm. and 2.6 cm at the base The general construction and markings indicate British.
It was obviously attached to a shell case at some point and with the smooth bore I'm presuming it might have been some some type of test round rather than drill or sub-caliber.
I can only think of one 75mm equipment in use in WW2 and that was the 75mm gun bought from the United States in 1940. It would seem odd for something like this to be made as late as I944.
Does anyone have any ideas what this could be for? TIA
The caliber is 75mm and height 17.5cm. The top is steel then presumably bronze, steel again with four equally spaced screws and a single driving band. It is dated 5/44 and a ST mark at the very base. The top chamber is smooth and opens up halfway down. As far as I can make out the top bore size is 1.8 cm. and 2.6 cm at the base The general construction and markings indicate British.
It was obviously attached to a shell case at some point and with the smooth bore I'm presuming it might have been some some type of test round rather than drill or sub-caliber.
I can only think of one 75mm equipment in use in WW2 and that was the 75mm gun bought from the United States in 1940. It would seem odd for something like this to be made as late as I944.
Does anyone have any ideas what this could be for? TIA
