GIGANTIC 61,5CM HIGH 4.1 INCH (105MM) CALIBRE M68 TANK GUN SHELL CASING DATED 1975 WITH PRIMER CAP AND ROD WEIGHS 6,6KG!
A HUGE 61,5CM HIGH 4.1 INCH CALIBER TANK GUN SHELL CASING. HAS WRITTEN ON THE SIDE SSGT WINTER AND WEIGHING A HEFTY 6,6KG.
COMES WITH PRIMER CAP AND ROD VISIBLE. WEIGHT OF SHELL CASING AN ENORMOUS 6,6KG.
THIS IS ONE OF THE LARGEST SHELL CASING I HAVE ENCOUNTERED.
IT WOULD HAVE PACKED QUIT A PUNCH.
THE SHELL CASING WAS MADE IN THE USA, THE PRIMER WAS MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IT WAS PRIMARILY USED IN THE 105MM BATTLE TANKS OF THE USA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.
MARKINGS
ON SHELL: SSGT WINTER
ENGRAVED ON BASE: RW242 105MM FACTORY DRAWING NUMBER AND SHELL CALIBRE
SEEMS THE RW242 CARTRIDGE WAS FOR USED AS A PRACTISE SHELL IN THE 105MM M68 TANK CANNON FOR TRAINING IN MARKSMANSHIP.
TZ 8/75 MANUFACTURE DATE AUG 1975
STAMPED ON BASE HESH - A high-explosive squash head (HESH), in British terminology which is a type of explosive projectile with plastic explosive that conforms to the surface of a target before detonating, which improves the transfer of explosive energy to the target.
FZ 10 75 105mm
ON PRIMER L1A4 THIS PRIMER HAS A CONDUCTIVE MIX IGNITER AND WAS USED IN 155MM ARTILLERY AND 105MM TANK WEAPONS SYSTEMS
TZ 4/76 PRIMER FIRING PIN DATE APRIL 1976
SIZE: 61,5 CM IN HEIGHT, 10.5 CM DIAMETER INSIDE RIM AT TOP, 14,7CM DIAMETER AT BASE
WEIGHT 6,6KG
CONDITION: ONE DENT ON TOP RIM. SOME PATINA SPOTS. OVERALL GOOD CONDITION.
THE M68 US BATTLE TANKS: The 105 mm M68 is an American tank cannon employed in 1959 that saw widespread use among American armoured fighting vehicles during the Cold War up to the present. Based off the British 105mm L7 gun the 105 mm M68 shares many characteristics as the British counterpart such as the access to the HESH (High-Explosive Squash-Head) ammunition.
As the main armament of the many M60 variants and the early M1 Abrams tanks, players will become intimately familiar with the 105 mm M68 gun whether from the firing or receiving end of the tanks.
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