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Hi All,
Hoping someone here might have a copy of Jane's Artillery Book, I'm at wit's end trying to identify an artillery shell casing I have. I've posted here about it in the past, maybe a year ago or so and the best I could get then was it *might* be a Canadian 4" naval shell...
Thanks!
Russ
Just thought I'd bring this forward, I don't know...don't think it's Canadian. Ours were pretty clearly marked.
https://www.milsurps.com/showthread.php?t=64701
I had another look and the 35 code at 9 O'clock on the close up of the primer hole may also mean;
35 (035) Svenska Metallverken, Blikstorp, Sweden (1954 to 1965)
I can't help but wonder if this is a 105 shell of some sort. This Wiki pic of a 4" QF shell shows the projectile to be slightly larger above the cannalure
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...4Diagram-1.jpg
Thanks Jim, I should have hunted that thread up myself. Don't remember where/how I got the "Canadian" connection, I did e-mail one of the docents of a (? Kingfisher class ship ?) and never got a reply. The shell shape looks identical to a QF 4" except for the tail markings.Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...Widgeon_-1.jpg
Thanks Cinders, I'll poke around some more. I did find an online "Jane's" but it was so clunky to operate I gave up...Quote:
Originally Posted by CINDERS
Russ
Wow, I missed a lot on my previous post. Sunray mentioned the HMCS Haida National Historic Site and that was who I had contacted. I did get one e-mail stating they were forwarding my query to someone who could give a definitive answer, but I never got a reply from said person.
And Brit Plumber mentioned the German SK C/32 gun, but the shell casing length is 18" on that gun vs. the almost 26" length on mine.
While likely the "1939" is a date, could it refer to something else? This could preclude the date range on Cinders' "035" Svenska idea...
Russ