Artillery Faux Projectile

[fenceline]

Hey. It "was" ammo haha.

Last Easter I had the privilege and honor to shoot a 105 howitzer belonging to the 15th Field Artillery Regiment. Quite the experience. To top it all off I got to keep the shell casing as a trophy. Nice and polished on the fireplace mantle.

Problem I have is I can't recall what it looks like unfired, and I'd like to find a projectile or reasonable facsimile to finish it off. Inert, wood, etc will do.

Anyone have pictures of a live shell? Or a source for an inert projectile?

Bottom of the casing is etched "105 MM M14"

The bottom is ink stamped "CA-11K29-01" "CART M1" "105H" "DUAL GRAN"

Best I can tell, from what I've found of US artillery markings online, is it probably the same as an "SHELL M1" "105H" which is a HE round. Just not sure.

 

[trevj]

Lots of images available on Google image search. Pick the one that fits what you best recall, and print it out.

Some work with scaling it can give you a full size template, and then it's choose the material and method of production that suits you.

Some laminated maple would make a nice looking, easy to handle 'bullet' and you could place a pretty nice plaque or a photo in to a cutout in it, if that pleased you. Thinking in terms of a clearcoat on the wood, or an oil finish.

Basic softwood, laminated together the turned, then painted to match the real thing, would work too.

Getting an all metal bullet made could cost a bit, depending on what you chose and who you dealt with to make it.

Finding a inert or dummy round might be worthwhile too.

Lots of ways of getting there!

Cheers
Trev

 

[fenceline]

Thanks. Finding an inert round doesn't look easy. Wood and paint may be the way.

 

[effschool]

Call the 15th Field Artillery Regiment and see if they can point you in the right direction, or at least get you some more information on the 105mm ammunition they use with their guns. If you're lucky and as long as they can dumb it down enough to be unclass and free to release, there should be tons of stats and pictures from their ammunition courses (powerpoints and pubs). Lots of info there for you to decide the ammo type (different colors for HE, smoke, etc) that you want a model of.

Other option is to go through the RCA museum, the website is http://www.rcamuseum.com/English/eng_home.htm and see if anyone there can point you in the right direction for an inert round or replica.

Good luck!

 

[fenceline]

Good idea with the museum. The local military museum may be of some help as well.

 

[yomomma]

Try www.collectorssource.com

 

[recce]

I'm willing to bet that the Regiment has some display models with wooden projectiles as trophies etc. Call them up and see where they were made.

 

[Beretta-Skeet]

Here's an assortment of 105mm rounds, a nice info-graphic even if it doesn't help.

 

[fenceline]

I've actually found a contact that is going to take a mold of an inert round. Should work.