ww1 German gas shell

[dano1917]

U.S. WW1 gas shells

Here is a pic of some U.S. WW1 gas shells. Dano

 

[18pounder]

Thanks Dickaren,Danno good pics!anyone like to add to our chemical arsenal??
18pounder

 

[thejavelinman]

Nice job, the only thing is that this would be a blue cross shell and not yellow cross (mustard)

 

[peteblight]

More for the chemical arsenal

18Pdr,

Here's a few more to add.






65lb Light cased aircraft bomb - UK - This was mustard filled, didn't contain any explosive charges and just burst open on impact with the ground.

4.2" Mortar - UK - Mustard fill, hex nut visible on the tail, very strong indication of either CW or Phos fill, 152 DA fuze.

4.5" Shell - UK - Mustard fill (This particular projo), side filler plug not visible, 106 DA fuze.

 

[18pounder]

Chemical container bomb (clock!)

Peteblite
at first glance I thought it was a carridge clock!!
Very unusual design,I supose it didnt need to be 'bomb shaped'to do its job-never seen one before.

 

[peteblight]

Here's a bit of info on the 65lb ACB.
If these things are ever recovered they tend to be completly rusted out due to their light weight construction.

 

[Der_Feldgraue]

Great job on the yellow cross shell!
Here is a german 77 mm long green cross shell I restored recently.

http://i35.tinypic.com/2natxc4.jpg

http://i35.tinypic.com/2pr9vz4.jpg

http://i35.tinypic.com/27yab9k.jpg

http://i37.tinypic.com/md117o.jpg

http://i33.tinypic.com/zmyyk8.jpg

http://i34.tinypic.com/125j03n.jpg

http://i34.tinypic.com/dxxmwx.jpg

 

[HAZORD]

It looks very nice! It is refreshing to see a 77mm that isn't already fired.

 

[dano1917]

A1

Yeah buddy, Der Feldgraue - some eye poppers there. Keep 'em coming. Best..Dano

 

[Der_Feldgraue]

Thanks. I will post some more pics in the next days.

Btw. I am seaching for a more or less good german HZ05 (Haubitzznder 05) for 10,5 cm shrapnels.

 

[Der_Feldgraue]

Here the long 7,7 cm shell with EKZ16 somewere on the battlefield of Verdun in France. Never touch anything like this!!!

 

[18pounder]

Here the long 7,7 cm shell with EKZ16 somewere on the battlefield of Verdun in France. Never touch anything like this!!!

quite rare to see this fuze not rusted to mush..

keep em coming

ive PM'ED you

18pounder

 

[jvollenberg]

outstanding

What an outstanding piece of work.

Congrats,

Joe

 

[SG500]

Bottle on e bay.

This could be what you need to go inside it.

Dave.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WW1-GERMAN-GL...Militaria_LE?hash=item3a545b3a00#ht_500wt_990

 

[US-Subs]

Pretty much, that is the short bottle for the K. Gr. 16, this would be the same bottle diameter, but a little longer. I think the bottle sizes were shown in an earlier thread.

 

[Der_Feldgraue]

Good picture!
I think there was only one bottle size for the 77 mm bluecross and the remaining space in the shell was filled with cast FP02 to destroy the bottle and disperse the filling of it.

 

[US-Subs]

I'll see if I can dig up some photos and I am able to get back on the internet tomorrow -

 

[US-Subs]

Here are the two sizes of bottle for 7.7cm. The purpose of the bottle was to cool the heat of the explosion, so that the agent was not completely destroyed. The Germans fired more than 13,000,000 blue cross projectiles during the war, making it by far the most use CW of the war. The idea was that the small molecule would act as a mask breaker, the sneezing/vomiting effect of the agent then forcing the soldiers to remove their masks, then lethal gases would follow. In truth, it was rarely effective or noticed at all. the Allies considered it worthless, but Germany persisted. It is still the most commonly recoverd old chemical weapon in France and Belgium today.

 

[SG500]

Thanks for posting the photos US-Subs.
What is the scale on the left hand bottle, I can't work out how long it is compared to the other.
Ta,
Dave.

 

[SG500]

Just worked it out from the RIGHT hand photo.

About 15cm long.

Ta,

Dave.