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105 Prac Hesh ?

spotter

spotter

UBIQUE
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Came across this today ,i think its a 105mm practice hesh round ,i cannot find any stampings anywhere on the body plus no sign of it ever been stencilled,,,can anyone please confirm what it is and if possible what fired it and again if possible a sectioned drawing of one...thanks for looking spotter

105mmheshprac.jpg
 
Perhaps it was to install an electronic performance monitor/device as its practice??
Only a guess?

cheers

waff
 
mmmmmmmmm waff no no no..stop guessing mate The colour blue indicates this is a practice round ..these normally get smegged on targets and then we find them and they get scrapped just like whats gonna happen to this one,,,The fillings are normally a resin waxy stuff and thats it, to simulate the weight of a live round,they are used for practice as they are much cheaper to produce.

Update still looking for info on what the screws are for ..
 
Hi all, we where all looking in wrong direction. This is a 106mm recoiles rifle projectile and the pins are locating pins to put it in the barrel so the pre-engraved driving band goes in the right way in the barrel. If you look at the driving band you can see it is pre-engraved becaus it is missing the normal damage which normal tank round have when fired. Also most HESH for the 105mm have two driving bands. See the two documents of the american one. As a lot of coutrys make them it is unclear which yours is.
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Thank you very much Blu for the positive id,and information...i did notice the screw thingys were a bit raised but thought must been how i was looking at them ,im just wondering if this was something the belgians have been using as they use the UK ranges it was found on
 
unfortunately blu97 there are no markings at all but i am now convinced its the Mecar made 106 practice round ,thanks again for all your help
 
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