75mm Training Shell & Fuze

[MikeS0000]

Hi Folks -

Haven't been actively collecting (anything) for quite a while. Doesn't stop one from looking though!

I've had this cutaway shell for a long time, but couldn't find the correct fuze for it. Then voila, over on Gunbroker it popped up! Not one of the recent cutaway fuzes, but an actual training fuze from the Great War period IMHO. Nicely aged to match the shell.

Anyhow, just had to show it off. Thanks for looking!!

- Mike

 

[wingsofwrath]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but to me this looks like a 3-inch shrapnel for the 3-inch Gun, Model of 1902 rather than a 75mm for the 75 mm Gun M1897 (the French Canon de 75 modèle 1897). The double crimping groove makes it pretty clear, because the 75x350mmR case is crimped at the top, so the shells have the crimping groove just below the driving band.
What makes it interesting though is how low the shoulder and bourrelet is and how elongated the ogive compared to the production drawings reproduced below:

 

[AKON_]

Yes , 3-inch US Shrapnel Shell, 1915.

 

[MINENAZ16]

Hi,
Not this one guys, but this one (different head) :