Hope18 Posted 3 January Share Posted 3 January I added a photo with my hydro flask 32 oz water bottle next to it for size comparison Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikB Posted 3 January Share Posted 3 January (edited) This is a guess: 10,5cm x 92mm Leichte Feldhaubitze (light field howitzer) cartridge case, made by Gelsenkirchner Gussstahlwerke in the month shown. I have a similar one made by Polte of Magdeburg in JAN 16 - it sits on my workbench, full of needle-files . Edited 3 January by MikB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Posted 4 January Share Posted 4 January Unless you have a very small hand, it looks to be bigger than a 10.5 cm German howitzer cartridge case, in which case, it is probably a cartridge case for a 15 cm sFH 02 or heavy (schwere) field howitzer introduced into service in 1902. As with most howitzers, the sFH 02 cartridge case took 6 different charge sizes to give different muzzle velocities and ranges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikB Posted 4 January Share Posted 4 January (edited) 3 hours ago, Spaceman said: Unless you have a very small hand, it looks to be bigger than a 10.5 cm German howitzer cartridge case, in which case... I was thinking of the effect of foreshortening... Can you give a diameter across the casemouth? Imperial or metric. Edited 4 January by MikB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaceman Posted 4 January Share Posted 4 January On reflection, I think the picture showing a hand is a little misleading regarding sizing. I estimate the flask shown in the other picture is probably about 9 cm in diameter making the cartridge case 10.5 cm, probably? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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