US 75mm

[orcutteod]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe this projectile is an WWI era American. Their is a flaming bomb on the base but it's too hard to take a good picture of it.

 

[peteblight]

Looks like an 18Pdr

 

[SHAKY]

Here's a US 75 I recently acquired. Scovill fuze and case.

 

[orcutteod]

Well it's definitely a shrapnel.

 

[bacarnal]

orcutteod, Yes, it's a 75mm US Shrapnel for the M1898 and M1917 guns. The US 3" Shrapnel for the M1902/04/05 gun was almost the same but was shorter from the rotating bands down and had 2 crimping grooves. Doing a search here will produce a lot of images of both. Cheers, Bruce.

 

[orcutteod]

Thanks for the info BTW this projectile was given to me.

 

[bdgreen]

Some diagrams from Shrapnel Shell Manufacture 1915.

Brian