Russian 155mm (Arnhem)

[Philip Reinders]

 

[leeski]

thats a nice looking case have you got a picture of a complete shell

regards lee

 

[Philip Reinders]

we found only 4 empty shells you can just see the top of it on the upper photo, these guns were move to the arnhem area after the battle

 

[leeski]

hi philip sorry i ment what would the projectile have looked like

regards lee

 

[pzgr40]

Here the gun and the projectile.
Text, see:
http://www.wk2ammo.com/showthread.php?t=1366

Regards DJH

 

[Philip Reinders]

Thanks for that

 

[Mariusz Loslau]

Hi,
Correct caliber is 152,4 mm.
This ammunition -152 x 545r was used in 152mm МЛ-20 Gun and Su-152.

pzgr40, nice but this is German made projectile, not oryginal Russian.

Here some info;

Regards.