One ugly and beat up 105mm M1.

[917601]

From a Vietnam vets estate. Condition, projectile painted little rust color poking through, worn discolored, and driving band all nicked up and dented but present. The lacquered steel wire wound casing has rust here and there and primer and tube in place, opening loose but the projectile fits without falling in. Fuze is an M78 C.P. Is it correct? Vietnam era correct?
Identifying marks: shell, Lot-Spl-6-8-1969-105-mm- HE-M1. Fuze, Lot SOP 214-2 2-45 Fuze CP M78 025, SEC. Casing,
105 MM M 14B4, KKO -13-311, 1975.

 

[TimG]

American manufacturers are not my area, so these may well be incorrect -

SPL - St Louis Army Ammunition Plant - Operating Contractor - Chevrolet Motor Div., 4300 Goodfellow Blvd. St. Louis, MO 63120

SOP - Scranton Army Ammunition Plant - Operating Contractor - Chamberlain Corp., Scranton, PA 18501

SEC - Sierra Engineering Co., 123 E Montecito Ave, Sierra Madre, CA 91024

KKO – no trace

TimG

 

[tankbarrell]

M78 concrete piercing is correct though I wonder how often they were used in 105mm.