military artillery ID help

[acoomer]

I’m sorry I have very limited info for this piece. This was given to me by my neighbor around 1982 (I was 8Yrs old). She told me that it was unearthed in Central Pennsylvania (Near Hershey). I do not recall when it was found.
Also if you have any idea what it may be worth I would be interested to know.
Please let me know if you need any more info and I can try to help.



Thanks for your time,
Tony

 

Amazon Forum Fav 👍

Upgraded Night Vision Monocular Digital Infrared Monocular Telescope for 100% Darkness with 8X Zoom - Grab it through Amazon!

[acoomer]

Maybe this can help??


Top

Bottom

 

[whispers]

Cool projectile .I tried searching for you .googled civil war artillary and found one round called a butler projectile.You would probabaly find out in no time if you posted on civil war forum.Those guys and gals would know for sure

 

[acoomer]

Cool projectile .I tried searching for you .googled civil war artillary and found one round called a butler projectile.You would probabaly find out in no time if you posted on civil war forum.Those guys and gals would know for sure

I will try that and I thank you for your efforts.

 

[dnewbury2]

It's too small be be a Civil War Round. It appears to be a 37mm cannon projectile. The World War II light tank called "The "Stuart" fired a round of this size.

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

Looks like a Rupp or Hotchkiss projectile. Breechloading small cannon of the Victorian Age. One variation of the Hotchkiss was repeating and looked like a large gatling gun. They were used up to the Spanish-American War. Sometimes called "Mountain Guns".

The Hotchkiss is infamous for being the cannon used on the men, women and children Lakota gathered at Wounded Knee after they were disarmed.

The shells weight two pounds (37mm) and are explosive, by the way. Don't drop it.

http://www.spanamwar.com/hotchkis165.htm

 

[acoomer]

Third post down(from link) has pictures of the same projectile....
http://talks.guns.ru/forummessage/42/261390.html

What I have looks like the ( http://cartridgecollectors.org/introtoartyammo/AP.jpg ) 37mm A.P. M74 w/ Tracer (Thank you dnewbury2), but the rotating band is different. But the band in the other forum(linked aboved) is the same as mine.

http://cartridgecollectors.org/introtoartyammo/introtoarty.htm (where I found some more info)
Any ideas

I apologize if my ignorance is making this difficult

Charlie P. said "Don't drop it" When I was 8-9 I use to bang rollcaps w/ it

 

[whispers]

These look similar

http://www.civilwarartillery.com/projectiles/rifled/default.htm