76mm / 17pdr shell with fuze no80.

[Terricus]

Hello,

while clearing a former demolition area we came upon this strange combination.

A 76mm / 17pdr shell with fuze no80...I have never seen that combination before.

Best regards,
Markus

 

[M8owner]

It is not a 17 pounder. 17 pounder projectiles have two driving bands.

 

[tigbrand]

Doesn't look like a no 80 to me! More like a 221 or something similar, not my field of collecting though.

 

[Terricus]

Basically you're right there is a smoke / screening version that has only one.
But the dimensions are wrong for that one either.

 

[Alpini]

To me it looks like a dutch Tijdbuis No.7 as shown some days ago in my restoration thread:

http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/103430-Fuze-cap-reproduction?p=316988&viewfull=1#post316988

The shell should be a HE shell for the dutch 7.5 cm Vickers AA gun.

 

[Terricus]

Alpini is right.
It is definitely a dutch Tijdbuis No.7 like the one on display in the Nationaal Militair Museum: https://www.nmm.nl/zoeken-in-de-collectie/detail/312246/

Thanks again.
Btw, I haven't had much contact with dutch ordnance in the past. Does anyone of you know of some good reference material on this topic?

Best regards,
Markus

 

[greif]

I noticed that the rudiment of the night tracer is missing on this shell. Is it screwed out or does the shell has a flat base?

 

[Terricus]

The shell had a flat base.

 

[MINENAZ16]

http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/103460-Abbriviation-(H)-on-captuered-ammunition



http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/102445-7-5cm-SprGr-Patr-(h)-Vickers?highlight=Vickers+Dutch

 

[Terricus]

It makes sense to find such a shell there; the area was a Marinesperrzeugamt before it was converted into a demolition area.

Thanks again.

Best regards,
Markus