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Unkown 75 mm Rheinmetall shell

greif

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Does anyone know what 75 mm gun this Rheinmetall shell is made for? Because the width of the driving band is only 7 mm I think it must be for a low velocity gun, like an infantry support gun or a mountain gun. Perhaps it is an export gun. The gain of the inert fuze contains a wooden piece and the fuze has no markings. My guess is that it is a display model.
Thanks,
greif
 

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This shell is in the collection of Burney Davis now.
I think I found a sectioned model of this shell on the website of the Swedisch DigitaltMuseum, but it doesn’t make me any wiser about the gun and the country it was made for.
 

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Mentionned as German Rheinmetall, no other details.
The fuze is shown and a brother one piece filled black powder.

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