Russian WWII 85mm Antiaircraft Gun Ammunition

[AKON_]

Hi Bob
Such a description for now.
... @A to Z
Without a gaseous component, therefore there are no holes for the escape of gases during combustion on the ballistic cover , unlike the T-5 fuse . The T-11 stencil and hood paint is one wide black belt.


Akon
PS: Hledání na webu opravdu nedalo žádný kloudný výsledek .

 

[M8owner]

The 85mm continues to soldier on. Notice the single drive band on this O-365K. He is probably going to load a D-44 AT gun.

"A serviceman of an artillery unit of the 108th Territorial Defence Brigade carries a shell while on a combat mission in the Zaporizhzhia direction in Ukraine on March 31, 2025. (Photo by Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/NurPhoto via Getty Images)"

 

[strakv]

Notice the single drive band

I don’t think that is a single drive band. The shell is a O-365KV which differs from the O-365K only in the design of the fuze well to accept the V-429 fuze.

 

[Eggburt1969]

As per Strakv, who beat me to it, the round's projectile is an O-365KV (О-365КВ) going by the makings seen, and hence its projectile's full GAU/GRAU (ГАУ/ГРАУ) index code is 53-O-365KV (53-О-365КВ).

The 53-O-365KV is a 53-O-365K (53-О-365К) modified to take a V-429 (В-429) fuze and not the KTM-1 (КТМ-1).

The 53-O-365KV projectile forms part of the 53-UO-365KV (53-УО-365КВ) and 53-UO-367KV (53-УО-367В) rounds. These can both be used by the D-44 (Д-44) and other 85 mm guns (quite a few).

As Strakv stated, it has two driving bands, it's just that the second is butting up against the neck of the case, which makes it less obvious. It doesn't help that the driving bands and body are all painted grey.