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75mm projectile

F0031

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Identification needed for 75-ish mm projectile. The only marking is an L about 1cm below the band. The fuze has no visible markings. A bit of a mystery to me. Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Tony.
 

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some measurements would be nice...
length of projectile with and without fuze
distance of driving band to bottom
and width of driving band

(looks like a German ww1 to me)
Sprenggranate Model 1900 G fr die 7.5cm Kanone is a wild guess till meassured
 
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Measurements

I've included a picture of the base, showing that off-centre circular part.

Length, including fuze: 326mm
Length without fuze: 292mm
Base to bottom of driving band: 58mm
Width of band: 13mm
Diameter at driving band: 75mm
Diameter at base: 65mm
Diameter of fuze: 40mm

Hope this helps,

T.
 

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Hello

For me, it can be a french 75mm explosive shell model AL (Andr Lefvre / year 1916).
model AL is longer than the standard shell. And rarer also ...
 
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