wingsofwrath
Well-Known Member
Since I finally managed to pick up a 17-pdr cartridge case (straightforward to do in the UK, slightly more difficult at the other end of the continent) I was thinking of 3D printing myself a projectile to go with it.
Unfortunately I have been unable to find a proper blueprint with dimensions and the search function on BOCN doesn't turn up anything either.
Does anybody here know where I can find one and/or is willing to measure an actual projectile from their collection?
Thanks!
Here is my case - made in 1950 at the Forges de Zeebrugge in Herstal, Belgium and subsequently used for drill - primer replaced by wooden plug and painted red and traces of red paint on the case itself. Interesting to note the case doesn't have any crimping marks - not sure if it was an APDS case or they used it for drill from the onset.
Posed next to an inflatable 17-pdr I picked up for a laugh at the Tank Museum in Bovington:
Unfortunately I have been unable to find a proper blueprint with dimensions and the search function on BOCN doesn't turn up anything either.
Does anybody here know where I can find one and/or is willing to measure an actual projectile from their collection?
Thanks!
Here is my case - made in 1950 at the Forges de Zeebrugge in Herstal, Belgium and subsequently used for drill - primer replaced by wooden plug and painted red and traces of red paint on the case itself. Interesting to note the case doesn't have any crimping marks - not sure if it was an APDS case or they used it for drill from the onset.
Posed next to an inflatable 17-pdr I picked up for a laugh at the Tank Museum in Bovington: