WW1 Shrapnel Shell Casing 1916 British Royal Horse Artillery 13-Pounder Field Gun

WW1 Shrapnel Shell Casing 1916 British Royal Horse Artillery 13-Pounder Field Gun  

ON AUCTION IS THIS BRITISH / US 13 POUNDER GUN BRASS SHELL CASING MANUFACTURED IN 1916 DURING THE WW1. IT FEATURES THE ABSENCE OF VARIOUS INTERESTING MARKS (LIKE CF CORDITE FILLED) TO INDICATE THIS SHELL WAS A SCRAPNEL SHELL USED DURING THE WAR PLEASE HAVE A LOOK BELOW.
 
The British Ordnance 13-pounder field gun was a rapid-firing light artillery piece introduced in 1904 and prominently utilized by the British Royal Horse Artillery during World War I.
 
Early during WW1 the Wartime service primarily relied on a shrapnel shell configurations of the 76.2mm (3-inch) calibre projectile, each weighing when filled approximately 13 pounds (5.9 kg).
 
Shrapnel Shells was the most common type used during the early stages of WWI. It featured a forged steel casing packed with exactly 234 lead balls. The fuze could be set to detonate the shell in mid-air above advancing infantry, acting like a giant shotgun blast, or explode instantly on impact.
 
MARKINGS:
a) 13 PR means Pounder which is shortened to "13-PR".  Pounder denotes a gun which fired a projectile of approximately 13 pounds (5.9kg).
b) II MEANS Mark 2
c) 14 8 16 on shell casing 14 August 1916 - Date marks were sometimes formatted as day, month, and year followed by an inspectors stamp, such as a Broad Arrow (Government Acceptance Mark).
1/ 16 on Primer Cap and 1916 on shell casing Year of manufacture January 1916
d) Lot 3219 on Primer Cap Lot number for that year
e) BROAD ARROW - BRITISH MILITARY ACCEPTANCE / PROPERTY MARK
f) AHB on shell casing Unknown manufacturer during World War 1. British ordnance was made by various private firms and Royal Arsenals.
g) B.S.C. on primer cap - Stands for the Bethlehem Steel Company. They were contracted by the British government to produce large quantities of artillery ammunition in the United States.
h) US in Circle on Primer Cap - (typically a No. 1 Mk II primer) indicates it was manufactured by the United States Cartridge Company a World War I-era mark denoting American manufacturing under contract for the British military. During the height of World War I, British munitions factories couldn't keep up with the staggering demand for  field gun ammunition.The British War Office contracted several American companies to manufacture empty brass cartridge cases, primers, and shell components.The United States Cartridge Company produced these primers and often shipped them to the UK or other contractors (such as E.W. Bliss & Co.) to be filled with gunpowder and assembled.
 
SIZE: THE CASE IS 75MM IN DIAMETER AT THE OPEN END WITH A TOTAL LENGTH OF 310MM.
WEIGHT OF CASING: 1,16KG
 
CONDITION: GOOD CONDITION.
 
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