British naval 6" armour piercing shell

[rickwedlock]

I'm looking for some info on this shell i picked up recently, as far as i can tell it's ww2 british semi armour piercing. i'd like to restore and reband it. does anyone have any drawings or pics of the original war time specs. any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks.
i put it next to a 17 pdr APCBC to give an idea of size and yes it is heavy :tinysmile_eyebrow_t

 

[TimG]

See - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BL_6-inch_Mk_XXIII_naval_gun for drive bands (not the best of images). The rounds shown are fitted with 'K' devices, hence the odd nose profile and colour scheme.



Images from BR 932 - 1945.

TimG

 

[rickwedlock]

thanks tim. i'd seen the wiki pics and wondered why they seem to have a fuze in the ballistic cap. do you know the colour code for the colour. cheers

 

[Eggburt1969]

It's a similar arrangement as shown in the plate below, which in this case shows an 8" British naval semi-armour piercing (SAP) projectile.



The fuze is used with a small explosive charge so that it can distributes a coloured spotting charge on impact with the target.

 

[rickwedlock]

thanks for the explanation. i like the idea of marker dye in the nose

 

[TimG]

See - http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/threa...40s-to-early-50s?p=26037&viewfull=1#post26037

for the codes. The body will be mid buff and the filling band Signal Red 537.

What I've never understood about the principle of the 'K' device is that at the ranges the enemy were engaged, colours just become shades of grey.

TimG

 

[2pounder]

two things, why has the initial photo of the shell got double bands and also the K device would work if a closer spotter aircraft was watching. just looked in the 1945 edition of Handbook Ammunition Naval has a drawing of types of driving band and the double is 6 inch MKSXXII to XXIII guns

 

[rickwedlock]

thanks for the info on the colour, i assumed it was golden yellow. glad i didn't paint it before i found out

 

[rickwedlock]

could you post a pic of the double bands please. i need to copy the profile. thanks

 

[Basilisk]

If 2pounder doesn't get back to you, I believe you can find it here from the Historical Breechloading Smallarms Association:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hbsa-uk/49923052106/in/album-72157714411307407/

 

[spotter]

could you post a pic of the double bands please. i need to copy the profile. thanks

Driving bands



Full book for downloading
http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/downloads.php?do=file&id=420

 

[2pounder]

would have posted the same illustration but got beaten to it.

 

[rickwedlock]

thanks guys, much appreciated