David Mark 2,452 Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 (edited) I was cleaning up my garage and re-discovered this. I found this while working on a construction job back in my younger days. I was given the job of breaking down a very old crane. It had a ballast box on the back that was used as a counter weight. That box was full of all kinds of scrap metal and this little beauty. It has a brass ring around the base and it is dated 1943. You can also make out the 75mm and the M72 on the ring. Thought some of you fellas might find this interesting. The 7.62 X 39 round is added to show relative size. It makes one hell of a paper weight. Edited July 20, 2011 by DaveM Quote Link to post Share on other sites
patriot 7,197 Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 I hope for your sake that's a solid, not HE or HEI projectile! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Mark 2,452 Posted July 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 I hope for your sake that's a solid, not HE or HEI projectile! M72 was a solid steel AP round. It still bounced off the front of the Tiger tanks though. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bean.223 365 Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 I hope for your sake that's a solid, not HE or HEI projectile! M72 was a solid steel AP round. It still bounced off the front of the Tiger tanks though. Yeah thats the basic AP round the Sherman used for most of the war. It did ALOT of bouncing off Tigers and Panthers....nice find, ya never know, ya might find a collector for it. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
L5K 162 Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Awesome. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cobra 76 two 2,677 Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 Wow Dave hell yeah man! Thanks for sharing. I have some old ordinance pieces a friend gave me, who grew up in the vicinity of Ft Bragg. Need to clean the rust off of them and see what they are sometime. Definitely not "hot", any of it.... They do make good door stops, like some other firearms related products...lol. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thebuns1 4,323 Posted July 20, 2011 Report Share Posted July 20, 2011 thats bad ass. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MT Predator 2,294 Posted July 21, 2011 Report Share Posted July 21, 2011 Nice find! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.