Turkish 75mm projectile

[Burney Davis]

I've recently acquired this 75mm Turkish projectile and fuze. It measures 153mm tall excluding the fuze. The low position of the driving band indicates this is probably for a mountain gun,

My questions are:

Is this a Krupp designed and made shell (export) or perhaps Turkish made?
Can anyone offer an explanation of the base markings? A couple of the figures look Turkish.
What case would this have fitted.

TIA

 

[Gspragge]

It would appear that Turkey wasn't able to produce any Artillery munitions. Go to this;

Weaponry - Turkey in the First World War​

turkeyswar.com › Army
May 30, 2026 · Zeytinburnu Munitions Plant in Istanbul could produce small quantities of rifle ammunition, : the Turkish 1914 model spherical grenade.

 

[Burney Davis]

It would appear that Turkey wasn't able to produce any Artillery munitions. Go to this;

Weaponry - Turkey in the First World War​

turkeyswar.com › Army
May 30, 2026 · Zeytinburnu Munitions Plant in Istanbul could produce small quantities of rifle ammunition, : the Turkish 1914 model spherical grenade.

Thanks for that, but other information I have seen contradicts that as below:

"
1. The Ottoman Army had two different mountain guns before WW1 - the 7.5cm Krupp M1892 (no recoil absorption) and the 7.5cm Krupp M04. The first image looks like the older gun and the AWM image is a battery of M04s. There were a fair number (450) of the M1892 mountain guns built in the Imperial Arsenal in Istanbul.

2. 9cm was the nominal calibre - it was 8.7cm. The Ottoman Army's standard field gun before the Krupp M03s was the 8.7(9)cm Krupp M80. Not only did they import them (790) but also built them under licence (130).

The numbers and types seem to have been derived from Turkish publications and Krupp's export book. "

Obviously further research needed.

 

[AKON_]

Hi BD
75mm Krupp (one opinion is here)

https://ordnancesociety.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/wwi-ottoman-empire-artillery.pdf