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identify this shell WWII ??
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 8:52 am
by steptoe
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Anyone into military and stuff ?
I took pic with imperial rule by its side but guessing ammo has been metric for long while. Is almost 50mm in diameter, but may be spot on 2" at the compressin bulge at the near base ?? So, 7 1/2" or 192mm long as it stands now .....
Found this empty, rusty shell, alloy head, with rusty tip on a bushwalk maybe ten years ago outside Canberra
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 9:48 am
by TOONGA
How does still dangerous sound. The top looks to be a badly damaged percussion cap, I really hope it isn't.
Looks to be a training round that was dropped from the sky, what does the bottom look like?
TOONGA
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2012 8:12 pm
by d_generate
Ker***nboom!!!!
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 7:57 am
by steptoe
empty with a ding in it.
been banging around in my shed for years and not gone off ....yet
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:04 am
by Brumby Kid
A wild guess because I can.
Well it doesn't seem to be a Gun bullet,
Maybe small tank round,
Looks a bit like a grenade of some sort.
Do we have any war veterans on Ausubaru?
Cam
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 8:19 am
by steptoe
waiting for blackduck84 .... better known as olddog Hylton......
German WW11
Posted: Sun Sep 23, 2012 2:25 pm
by olddog642
I would say it is a rifle grenade that was used by the Germans early to mid WW11 against tanks.Possibly issued to the Wehrmacht on home guard duty.
I'm guessing it was brought back by a Digger and was later stolen by some opportunist, who then dumped it in the bush when it was realized how easy to be caught with stolen goods.
Hylton:twisted::evil:
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:53 am
by steptoe
It was between Dumtroon and the miltary training fields...Germans eh ?? Uh oh !!
