Dorset1 Posted 27 December , 2015 Share Posted 27 December , 2015 Evening all, I was given a couple of shell casing for Christmas. Here is the first one I am researching ...... Height - 25cm Base - 16 cm The head stamp seems irregular and almost done by hand. Any info would be greatly appreciated. I believe it is a German shell. The headstamp suggests 76 MM - MKE 2 Manuver - kanon F N - Los Happy New Year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorset1 Posted 27 December , 2015 Author Share Posted 27 December , 2015 And here is the other one is - 17cm tall 7.5 cm base Description on the bottom being 65/17 - M1 - 938 - BE ? Is this saying 17 is the height and the other the year or vice versa ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ServiceRumDiluted Posted 28 December , 2015 Share Posted 28 December , 2015 I'd hesitate to offer anything definitive but the top one could be a restamped Russian capture, possibly for training use, the bottom one looks French and could be a 65mm mountain gun case. (Canon de montane modele 1906) Measurements of the neck (ie shell diameter) would be useful, especially if they are bottle necked, which I'd suspect the bottom one will be. Neither are unduly common, and certainly better than socks or chocs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorset1 Posted 28 December , 2015 Author Share Posted 28 December , 2015 Haha I agree SRD. thanks for the help. When you say re-stamped I Pressume you mean a Russian made shell which the Germans have re used at a later date ??? Here as the measurements for the neck for both - Shell 1 - 9.2 (German ?) Shell 2 - 6.5 ( French ?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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