Special round

[kz11gr]

Hi

just to share with you

Artistic creation or anti zeppelin ?


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[hicky1300]

Pretty much Anti everything I reckon!!!

 

[Slick]

There was a discussion of the "zeppelin" projectiles on the IAA discussion board a while back. Your example looks similar to pictures I recall from that thread. Is the fuze correct to that projectile? I understand that incendiary rounds were quite effective, as well.

Rick

 

[Falcon]

In case anyone doesn't understand the "anti-zeppelin" description: I have seen this round discussed before. The hooks on the side were supposed to snag wires and other internal parts of a zeppelin after the round penetrated the outer skin.

 

[ajf.350d]

Very interesting, wouldn't mind adding one of those to the collection!

Difficult to judge from the photo, but how big are these rounds?
To me surprisingly intricate given its age.

Andrew

 

[smle2009]

Yes would be so much easier and effective to 'wack' a few small arms tracer into it and set fire to the b****r!

Tony

 

[Gspragge]

Found this, seems kind of late in the war, so I think there are others similar but perhaps earlier.

 

[US-Subs]

http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threads/60957-Russian-anti-balloon-projos?highlight=Artillery+museum

 

[Gspragge]

I think I saw some patents for something like those cable projectiles, but I was looking for the kind with blades. Where any of these imported to Russia or all of Russian manufacture.

 

[US-Subs]

The only ones that I saw were 76's, and the 76 was made in a lot of places on behalf of the Russians. That being said, the ones I photographed were identified to me as Russian manufactured by the curator and they had cyrillic markings.

 

[AMMOTECHXT]

The UK Army School of Ammo museum had a 19th century naval shell - I don't remember its correct name - that was designed as a mast cutter. The projectile was inert but had three bladed bars that splayed out from near the shell base, as in the photo shown in this thread, when the shell left the canon's barrel. The projectile was around 15 inches long and had a diameter of about 5 inches. I would love to return there and take a pile of photos - I just didn't appreciate the museum enough while I was there.

 

[SG500]

May be of interest, I found this in a pile of old info.

Dave.