Russian 122mm BR-471 AP projectile.

[Mariusz Loslau]

Hi,
Another battlefield find from poland;
WW2 Russian 122mm BR-471 AP projectile with MD-8 base fuze.
Weight; 25kg, weight of a harge; 0,165kg.
Amunition 121,92x780R Used in;
122mm gun mod.1931/37 [A-19]
122mm tank gun A-19S
122mm tank gun D-25S
ISU-122

Regards.

 

[Mariusz Loslau]

More foto's, fuze and base plug.

 

[Mariusz Loslau]

...and last.

Regards.

 

[farre]

Very nice, is it rare?

 

[APFSDST]

Marc, yes it is.

 

[M8owner]

Russian 122mm AP in the US

I finally found one. The fuse is inbound to me. I did some restoration work to reduce the severity of the pitting.

 

[RichardB]

Ecellent find...as you say extremely hard to obtain.... do you have a case for it to show its proportions as a complete round?

 

[M8owner]

Hello Rich,

So far the tank case is harder to come by then the projectile. I have WWII dated 122mm cases (two types) for the howitzers, but not the tank case.

 

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[marek_wawa]

I love those russian heavy AP projectiles. Does someone have a 152mm AP ?

 

[M8owner]

I finally found a case dated 1944 , but it had a big ding in it. Fortunately, I built the right tool for removing big dings from big cases. I know the projectile does not belong on top of the case, but it was a very tight fit. All my other separately loaded ammunition has a very sloppy fit for the projectile to the case.

 

[marek_wawa]

I like what you did to this case. Very Nice. Will you share your tool with us?
Is the Su-100 case ww2 dated?

 

[M8owner]

Hello Marek - I have attached the link to the thread on BOCN where I show my hydraulic dent removal tool. The 100mm case shown above is dated 1944.

http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/95152-Hydraulic-Power-for-Dent-Removal-in-Large-Cases

 

[marek_wawa]

Wow! I have to start usung other stuff than just wrenches and hammers This is great.
Btw, is this projectile a 100mm for sure? As far as I know there should be 2 driving bands.

 

[M8owner]

The 100mm AP does have two driving bands. One just fits down inside the case.

http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threa...-Piercing-Round-for-the-SU-100-Tank-Destroyer

 

[M8owner]

I have a new nicer 122mm AP projectile. Who wants to be my new best friend and buy my old 122mm AP?

 

[RichardB]

For fun, here are two of my favourite "biggies".
The russian 122 and German 128
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