Please ID 47 mm projectile

[poiskovik]

Hi
Please ID my 47 mm HE projectile. oh:

 

[al'saad]

looks like an WWII era Italian 47/32 M35 HE projectile to me.

 

[al'saad]

here is data from TM9-1985-6


if i'm wrong hope that someone will correct me

 

[US-Subs]

I'm not certain, but I don't think the Italian 47 has its rotating band that high. Offhand the only ones I can remember are the Russian 45s. I'll dig a little later, sometime back I photographed about a hundred Italian WWII projos that they had dumped in a back room at their EOD school, it seems there were some 47s in there. The question is whether the pictures are in the NL or the US....

 

[al'saad]

here is one photo of 47/32 HE i made recently...you will notice position of the rotating band

http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/47-32-47mm-t48994.html?t=48994

 

[Fjordhouse]

Your are absolute right, its an Italian 47 mm Round, Ben

 

[poiskovik]

Ok, but what about marking? Green band is Italian projectile marking or not?

 

[al'saad]

what is origin of the projectile?

 

[poiskovik]

I talking about my projectile.You said it's Italian. My 47 mm projectile has green band. It's Italian marking?
Do you have some info about marking?
Alex

 

[US-Subs]

While I'm still not 100% convinced (TM 9-1985 series has never been the best reference) I haven't got the books here with me and the only photo I have is in the case - so I'll have to concede.

Here are the photos I have of the Italian projos.

 

[al'saad]

i meant how you got projectile? are you sure that painting is original and do you know where it was before? as i know those projos were not marked with colored bends, but i only found several rusted pieces.

us subs, there are several photos of projo on link i posted. i also have a photos of case base with stamps designating 47/32.

 

[US-Subs]

By the way, yes, a green band just above the rotating band is common to many of the Italian projos. Can't remember why, but it is on about 80% of the projos I photographed, always in the same location and the same dark shade of green.

 

[poiskovik]

Look some small differences in rotation band.

 

[al'saad]

but your projectile has not rotating band but only bed for it.

 

[HAZORD]

I have three projectiles, and the rotating band is in the middle just as Al'saad has described. They look very much like the 45mm Russian.

 

[poiskovik]

Yes my projectile doesn't have all rotation band. It was demaged but one part is remained. I marked this part with red.

My projectile came from my contry. Here in some plec was German storages in WWII. Here was a lot of WWI and WWII munition from different countries. ( Russian, German, French, US, and others )
Alex

 

[poiskovik]

My projectile is 100% 47 mm and not Russian 45 mm.