Please help - What is this 90 mm.

[Andy Naude]

This item is being offered as a 90 mm. That's all information I have.

Your thoughts please.

Has this been manufacture as a replica or can it be a legitimate factory round ?

 

[M8owner]

It is not a US 90mm of any variety with which I am familiar.

 

[Andy Naude]

I think the owner is mistaken. Looks loke a 76 mm to me.

 

[glevum]

It could possibly be a Oto Melara 76mm case with home made projectile. There is no driving band on the projectile.

76x636R case?

 

[Spaceinvader]

The projectile looks like the typical home-made stype "projectile". So I would go with that.

 

[HAZORD]

Actually that case looks like a 76mm M26 case for the Super Sherman. It is straight. The Otto Melara cases are tapered.

 

[glevum]

It could be a tapered case. The picture is not taken square on to the case so it may be misleading.

The crimp is typical of the Oto Melara rounds that I have seen. It is a mechanically loaded shell so the crimp is fairly heavy.

All the Sherman shells I have seen have several small indentations around the shell, not one continuous ring crimp.

What are the dimensions of the Sherman case?

 

[Hoeksel]

Looks like a 76 mm M26 indeed, which happens to have a 90 mm rim ;-).