Identification of projectile

[mattcw]

Hi

My friend wants to identify what type of projectile this is on a 6 pounder cartridge can anyone help ?

Thanks

Matt

[peregrinvs]

To me it looks like a dummy projectile that someone has turned on a lathe to make something to fill an empty case. I’m not sure it’s meant to be a copy of a specific type of 6PR projectile, although it bears a vague resemblance to a WWII 6PR 7CWT HE projectile. (Which is a different gun using a different cartridge case)

[MikB]

56 minutes ago, peregrinvs said:

To me it looks like a dummy projectile that someone has turned on a lathe to make something to fill an empty case. I’m not sure it’s meant to be a copy of a specific type of 6PR projectile, although it bears a vague resemblance to a WWII 6PR 7CWT HE projectile. (Which is a different gun using a different cartridge case)

I'd agree. The hole in the projectile heel looks like a lathe centre-drill hole which would not have represented a practical measure in series production. There's no provision for a driving band. The ogive shows a much longer CRH profile than would've been common in WW1, and looks more like a WW2 or postwar example. The nose doesn't look like a separate component, just delineated with turned undercut.

[peregrinvs]

BTW. If anyone has an empty 6PR Hotchkiss case they’d like to fill, this chap in France makes resin projectiles:

https://www.milcorem.fr/obus-de-48-à-74mm/

[mattcw]

Thanks all