✅ SOLVED 75mm Round

[OmegaMan]

Hey everyone. I found this 75mm round in the Malibu hills of southern CA. around 2001. I was wondering if the 1942 on this is a date? I was watching a show on the Battle of Los Angeles (Battle of Los Angeles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) and was curious if this was one of the rounds fired or junk someone discarded. Thanks!

 

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[BosnMate]

Your find has not been fired, as there are no rifling marks on the brass band. Here is a photo of a fired round to show what I'm talking about.

 

[gunsil]

Bosun is correct about it being unfired, and yes, the 1942 is the manufacture date.

 

[TheCannonballGuy]

BosnMate and Gunsil have already correctly shown it is unfired, and dated it... so I'll give you its specific ID and manufacturer. It is a US 75mm AP (Armor-Piercing) Solid-Shot (non-explosive) artillery projectile. The small shallow hole in the center of its flat base is not a fuze-hole... it held the Tracer chemical. The letters "FA" stamped into its copperbrass band-sabot mean it was manufactured at the Frankford (Pennsylvania) Arsenal.

 

[MuckyBottles]

Nice 75 mikemike

 

[OmegaMan]

You guys are great! Thanks BosnMate, gunsil and TheCannonballguy for the info on this. It's greatly appreciated.