Trev2386 Posted 1 October , 2016 Share Posted 1 October , 2016 Can anyone identify the round in the attached photo's please? I know nothing about them whatsoever!! Trev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikB Posted 2 October , 2016 Share Posted 2 October , 2016 Looks like a 37mm. pom pom/ Flak 14 round, as per here:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QF_1-pounder_pom-pom Regards, MikB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Bailey Posted 2 October , 2016 Share Posted 2 October , 2016 Shell is possibly pre WW1 with that style of banding. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev2386 Posted 2 October , 2016 Author Share Posted 2 October , 2016 Gents, many thanks for your input, that's cleared that up, Trev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 2 October , 2016 Share Posted 2 October , 2016 If it is pre-war, then it's quite likely to be a naval round. If so, it would originally have had a waterproof varnish coating ... but in this case the projectile and the cartridge have clearly been separated, so the pointy bit may not be original. A photo of the headstamp would be helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev2386 Posted 2 October , 2016 Author Share Posted 2 October , 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev2386 Posted 2 October , 2016 Author Share Posted 2 October , 2016 I don't know if these will help? Trev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Bailey Posted 2 October , 2016 Share Posted 2 October , 2016 No primer on the shell case? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev2386 Posted 2 October , 2016 Author Share Posted 2 October , 2016 Gunner, not on this one, it's one of a pair sat in a mates cabinet. I took photo's of this one as it's the better one of the two, Trev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Bailey Posted 3 October , 2016 Share Posted 3 October , 2016 Never seen that before. I assume the cases must have been taken from the production line before drilling. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ServiceRumDiluted Posted 3 October , 2016 Share Posted 3 October , 2016 That picture is the Base of the shell, not the cartridge case and looks to be stamped with an M and some sort of elongated V. A photo of the cartridge base would be good as it might give a clue to nationality, at least of the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev2386 Posted 3 October , 2016 Author Share Posted 3 October , 2016 1 hour ago, ServiceRumDiluted said: That picture is the Base of the shell, not the cartridge case and looks to be stamped with an M and some sort of elongated V. A photo of the cartridge base would be good as it might give a clue to nationality, at least of the case. SRD, the picture is the base of the case, not the projectile. The other case has a struck cap, but no markings at all, Trev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikB Posted 3 October , 2016 Share Posted 3 October , 2016 (edited) 2 hours ago, Gunner Bailey said: Never seen that before. I assume the cases must have been taken from the production line before drilling. John That would suggest an intentional DP ('drill purposes' - or other national equivalent) manufacture. Though I thought it would be more usual to swage-form the primer pocket than drill it - easier to hold to the necessary tight tolerances. Edited 3 October , 2016 by MikB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWF1967 Posted 3 October , 2016 Share Posted 3 October , 2016 (edited) Vickers/ Maxim practice/ training round ? like MIKB suggested. Edited 3 October , 2016 by GWF1967 Saw previous post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiegeGunner Posted 3 October , 2016 Share Posted 3 October , 2016 The stamping on the base of the cartridge case with no primer is in the position where the primer pocket would be machined out, which suggests that it was never intended to have a primer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ServiceRumDiluted Posted 3 October , 2016 Share Posted 3 October , 2016 Never seen that before, I assumed it was the shell base. Very unusual, but a drill round might explain the rather ragged neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodB Posted 5 October , 2016 Share Posted 5 October , 2016 The British Ordnance Collectors Network is the ultimate site for questions like this. Somebody there will know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev2386 Posted 8 October , 2016 Author Share Posted 8 October , 2016 On 05/10/2016 at 05:19, RodB said: The British Ordnance Collectors Network is the ultimate site for questions like this. Somebody there will know. Rod, I'll give them a go, Trev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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