The colour codes and inner structure slides you posted are interesting. Do you have a reference? CheersInteresting. While these are definitely Italian projectiles for the 65/17 M.1908, 75/27 Krupp M.1906 and the 76/40 M.1916, the colours, especially on the chemical shells are not the ones I would have expected.
For reference, here is how the Italian gas shells should be painted - first plate is WW1 including key, second is interwar and WW2, also with key.
Unfortunately, I can't remembrer where I found them, because it was on some forum years ago. Reverse searching the image gives no hits. So that's all I have, sorry.The colour codes and inner structure slides you posted are interesting. Do you have a reference? Cheers
This color code intended for ww1 stuff. Italian ww1 76/40 shell was with navy color code, white with red ogive. No yellow shells used by italian. I know Italy also made for Romania 47/32 rounds for the 47mm Bolher AT gun, and they were yellowUnfortunately, I can't remembrer where I found them, because it was on some forum years ago. Reverse searching the image gives no hits. So that's all I have, sorry.
Yeah, if these are all HE and one CA, then the colours start to make sense if we assume the pre-1942 colour scheme - the "grigio chiaro" (light grey) body stood for "granata ordinaria d’acciaio" (ordinary steel shell) the white body was for "granata a grande capacità" (large capacity shell) and the "bigio azzurrino" (light blue) body was for "granata a frattura prestabilita" (pre-segmented shell) while a "rosso carminio" (carmine red) ogive denotes incendiary filling - I assume it's that and not a "rosso minio" (minium red) ogive denoting "caricamento da guerra" (war loading) since that one's more orange.
Couldn't find any info on the CA shell, but if we assume they had yellow bodies and the red ogive denotes incendiary filling, this would explain why the 76/40 M.1916 anti-aircraft shrapnel shells in Romanian service were yellow (in Romania, shrapnels were usually red, with yellow deonoting HE filling) because this was the colour they came in from italy and they were never repainted...
Yeah, I know, I'm the one who posted those pictures...This color code intended for ww1 stuff. Italian ww1 76/40 shell was with navy color code, white with red ogive. No yellow shells used by italian. I know Italy also made for Romania 47/32 rounds for the 47mm Bolher AT gun, and they were yellow
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