This 25x137mm turns me mad... please help :-)

[MaskedK]

Hello
My swiss uncle gave me this nice 25x137mm shell and a black projectile (85mm long).

Fitting together, it'a nearly 21 cm long.

A redish stripe near the brass "ring", a bigger green stripe near the fuze.

On the fuze, i can read "465-".

Ah! a last thing : on the projectile body, there is a nice engraved "D", curved as teaching at the school

What is this ?











Thank you for your help

Best regards,
Jean Loup

 

[rigby]

The correct designation of the cartridge is "24x139 für Einsatzlauf 7,5cm Pak.40 und 8,4cm Pak.55" (24x139 for insert barrel 7,5cm AT gun 40 and 8,4cm AT gun 55).

 

[ammogun]

hello
big warning for the projectile ,it fired and it a practice but with HE charge ,the fuze doesn't function but still dangerous
the "big green band" is really a yellow (faded ?) denote presence of HE charge

 

[MaskedK]

Oh thanks!

It seems that black projectile are for practicing (Uebungsmunition).

I will look for pics from the guns who shoots this!

Thank you again!
Best regards
Jean Loup

 

[MaskedK]

@Ammogun

WHAT? it's not empty? Holly shi#&!

Dear Uncle, thank you for this gift! :cry:

What is the best thing to do with this, now?

Jean Loup

 

[MINENAZ16]

Fired and unexploded shell.
Black body for practice but Yellow band for small HE charge (this one is filled 1.7gr of Trotyl).

 

[ammogun]

best thing: do no manipulate the projectile and call the autorities for removal

you can conserve the brass casing it fired and inert

 

[doppz92]

My question may be weird, but why put some active product in a totally inert item? Why put some explosive which requires more than extra care and procedures to load a shell to then screw on a non functional fuze?

 

[ammogun]

hello
this projectile is in reality a practice spotter tracer for subcaliber for larger cannons ,the explosive charge simulate the explosion of the bigger projectile
the fuze on the shell above is a real fuze but this fuze had malfunction