Help?!!

[sarahtout]

Hi guys, i was wondering if you could help me in the identification of this projectile. I have to give a presentation on it and i am struggling to identify it!!

The shell is 89 cm from fuze well to base and is 175mm wide at the widest part. It is boat tailed and the base has a measurement of 150mm. The shell has two driving bands both 2.5cm in width, one of which (the upper most) looks like it has screw threads.

It is fitted with what looks like a time combustion fuze which has the markings No199 72 5/41.

It has a red hazard band marking just below the fuze.

It looks like a shell BL 7.2 inch howitzer, would these ever have been fitted with the above mentioned fuze???

 

[TimG]

Any photo's?

The '72' on the 199 doesn't sound right.

Remember, almost all of the the artillery projectiles of that period were 2" gauge so the fuzes are interchangeable.

Are there no stampings on the projectile body?

Regards

TimG

 

[sarahtout]

I think you are right about the 72. Loks more like IV on closer inspection. There are no stamped markings on the shell body.

Thanks

 

[Chris 42 RQ]

Picture please!

The two bands sound like a 7.2".
As Tim G points out the standard thread would be a 2 inch 14 TPI Whitworth form thread to accept many standard fuzes of the period.
The thread you mention may just be a series of cut rings in the frontal band which allows the band to form a better seal as it makes its way up the barrel.

 

[spotter]

Pictures added to first post (i will delete this notification later)

 

[Chris 42 RQ]

HE=? Gas Check

7.2 inch Projectile fitted with Number 199 Pyrotechnic Time Fuze.
Check the base to see if it has a "Gas check" welded onto it-then it would be HE although a slightly unusual to find a 199 Fuze on top of one !

 

[AMMOTECHXT]

Here's a thread I've just found within `Fuzes' threads: http://www.bocn.co.uk/vbforum/informations-english-artillery-t58013.html I am sure the rings cut into the driving band are as Chris says.