Question on 157mm projectile ( 40mm diameter)

[jozefb2009]

Hello,

Does anybody know what kind of projectile this is? Is it armor piercing?
What is the meaning of the various text on the band?



Regards,

Jef

 

[pzgr40]

It'a WW2 APC-T (Armour Piercing Capped -Tracer), the cap being a ballistic cap in this case.

The projectile is the same like this post WW2 projectile.

Regards, DJH

 

[HAZORD]

43 is the manufacturing year (1943), PA is for Picatinney Arsenal where the projectile was made. M81 is the model number for AP-T projectile. GL-53 is the manufacturing Lot number for the batch of these shells made in 1943.