I am posting this for a friend who found this shell along a,railroad track near a civil war site in Virginia. He as told it was a WWII shell I think. Can someone who is an expert look at this and let me know your thoughts. Thanks!
WWI or WWII artillery shell found long railroad near civil war site
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Charlie P. (NY)
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Not an expert, but my guess would be it was for a WWI era 6 pounder gun (57mm bore); possibly WWII as well.
Does it weigh six pounds?
Does it weigh six pounds?
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Jpaar0000 wrote:
> I am posting this for a friend who found this shell along a railroad track near a civil war site in Virginia. He was told it was a WWII shell I think. Can someone who is an expert look at this and let me know your thoughts. Thanks!
My specialty area of relic knowledge is artillery projectiles from the civil war era or earlier. However, in my studies on that subject, I've learned a fair amount about 20th Century ones. Your friend's find is definitely from the 20tth Century. I can't say whether it is WW1 or WW2 era... but it's not from the Vietnam War era or later. Its copperbrass band-sabot shows no rifling groovemarks from firing, so it is definitely unfired. Also, this shell's flat base shows a DEEP empty hole with a small flat shelf encircling the hole's rim, which means this shell's fuze is absent. So, the only way this one can hurt you is if you drop it on your foot.
Being about 10-inches long and about 2.5-inches in diameter, combined with having a sharp-pointed solid steel nose and a "base fuze" means it is an armor-piercing shell.
> I am posting this for a friend who found this shell along a railroad track near a civil war site in Virginia. He was told it was a WWII shell I think. Can someone who is an expert look at this and let me know your thoughts. Thanks!
My specialty area of relic knowledge is artillery projectiles from the civil war era or earlier. However, in my studies on that subject, I've learned a fair amount about 20th Century ones. Your friend's find is definitely from the 20tth Century. I can't say whether it is WW1 or WW2 era... but it's not from the Vietnam War era or later. Its copperbrass band-sabot shows no rifling groovemarks from firing, so it is definitely unfired. Also, this shell's flat base shows a DEEP empty hole with a small flat shelf encircling the hole's rim, which means this shell's fuze is absent. So, the only way this one can hurt you is if you drop it on your foot.
Being about 10-inches long and about 2.5-inches in diameter, combined with having a sharp-pointed solid steel nose and a "base fuze" means it is an armor-piercing shell.
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Awesome find, congrats! 
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My guess 75 mm,looks like ammo for a sherman.
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