All steel 7.5cm Pak 40 hollow charge projectile

[Burney Davis]

I have attached a picture of a recently acquired 7.5cm pak 40 hollow charge projectile. It has a steel nose piece. I have seen and handled many HC projectiles over the years for different 7.5cm guns but never seen one that was all steel. Is there a specific designation for this and are there many others around? TIA.

 

[high-value-target]

To my knowledge there was never any specific designation for the steel hood or any other type of material as there was for the driving bands (e.g. FES). At least I have never come across it. Personally I have only seen perhaps 2 or 3 of the all steel ones and only recognised them as such due to corrosion. I guess Zinc was also getting rare towards the end of 1944 and the manufacturing process for the drawn steel hood was reasonably faster and resource-saving.

 

[Burney Davis]

To my knowledge there was never any specific designation for the steel hood or any other type of material as there was for the driving bands (e.g. FES). At least I have never come across it. Personally I have only seen perhaps 2 or 3 of the all steel ones and only recognised them as such due to corrosion. I guess Zinc was also getting rare towards the end of 1944 and the manufacturing process for the drawn steel hood was reasonably faster and resource-saving.

I think you are most likely right in these being late war production. I've always thought they could have used steel rather than zinc alloy as standard.

 

[Alpini]

Aren't there any stamps on it? Is the fuze screwed in completely on the picture?

 

[Burney Davis]

Aren't there any stamps on it? Is the fuze screwed in completely on the picture?

The fuze is not fully seated in the picture but it does screw down correctly. Only markings are the 2754 shown in the picture.

 

[Alpini]

That isn't normal - it should be full of stamps. Did you meassure the exact diameter? The steel nose piece isn't unusual.

 

[fert]

Could be a post ww2 czech made?