For artillery experts

[weimajack]

A friend bring me this piece of artillery, I know nothing about that, of course, it's empty.

It's a Canadian "C-ARROW" marking.

Base diameter is 3.279 in.

All informations will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

 

[shredder]

The grooved band at the base of the round suggests that it's the warhead from a 75mm recoilless rifle round - intended to take out tanks and fortifications.

 

[sail32]

It is approximately the right diameter for a WW 1 , 18 Pounder shell.

 

[fraserdw]

Driving Band is common on all artillery projectiles as the whole round in contact with rifling would heat the round up too much. Driving bands are used as indirect fire weapons are slow twist. The fuse is time limited so it is intended for indirect fire. 84mm base means the driving band is likely 88mm which is the bore of a 25 pounder. Although I am a retired artillery officer, I have no personal experience with 25#QF.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_QF_25-pounder

Someone just said 18 pounder, I had not considered that, I would go with 18 pounder as the shell is not boat tailed. Likely post WW1 training round.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_QF_18-pounder

 

[shredder]

The grooved band at the base of the round suggests that it's the warhead from a 75mm recoilless rifle round - intended to take out tanks and fortifications.

Driving Band is common on all artillery projectiles as the whole round in contact with rifling would heat the round up too much. Driving bands are used as indirect fire weapons are slow twist. The fuse is time limited so it is intended for indirect fire. 84mm base means the driving band is likely 88mm which is the bore of a 25 pounder. Although I am a retired artillery officer, I have no personal experience with 25#QF.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_QF_25-pounder

Someone just said 18 pounder, I had not considered that, I would go with 18 pounder as the shell is not boat tailed. Likely post WW1 training round.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_QF_18-pounder

I had completely forgotten about driving bands on arty shells.......my bad!!!

(in my defence it's been 25 years since I've been near a howitzer )

 

[Beater]

18 pdr

 

[55recce]

agreed 18 pounder

 

[yomomma]

Make sure that the fuse ports are open...hate to have a live round

 

[Grizzly Adams]

It is approximately the right diameter for a WW 1 , 18 Pounder shell.

gonna go on a limb and say it's a shrapnel shell, got one similar.

Grizz

 

[weimajack]

Make sure that the fuse ports are open...hate to have a live round

All empty, I can see light from one end to the other.

Thanks for all good informations.

 

[plinker 777]

Does the timer on the fuse still work Jacques? Any that I've handled I couldn't rotate the timer setting at all. Brass, so I know they aren't seized. Just wondering if all dummy rounds are the same.

 

[257Wby]

Are the here any stampings on the steel body?

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Here's mine, 18 pounder shrapnel shell. Apparently that one has been fired and reassembled.

Grizz

 

[sail32]

Picture of an 18 pounder projectile.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:18-pounder_HE_shell_and_No_106_fuze.jpg

 

[Beater]

if there are rifleing marks in the driving band, it has been fired