usoverlord Posted April 24, 2019 Share #1 Posted April 24, 2019 This is the last thing I expected to find in a junkyard. Exactly as found, I did clean the primer area for photographic help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Hudson Posted April 24, 2019 Share #2 Posted April 24, 2019 way cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skysoldier80 Posted April 24, 2019 Share #3 Posted April 24, 2019 Pretty cool. Looks to be 90mm? Pictures may be deceiving, but the diameter looks pretty large. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattS Posted April 24, 2019 Share #4 Posted April 24, 2019 Very cool! Too bad it ended up in a junkyard, but awesome that you saved it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katieony Posted April 24, 2019 Share #5 Posted April 24, 2019 Wow, what an interesting find...congratulations! Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usoverlord Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share #6 Posted April 24, 2019 I think it's a 105mm round. Dec 1944 I believe was "battle of the bulge" vintage also. I had trouble with the pictures earlier. Will post others later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usoverlord Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share #7 Posted April 24, 2019 105mm.....Both the casing and the primer are dated 1944. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indexred Posted April 24, 2019 Share #8 Posted April 24, 2019 Fantastic find! Too bad its not named ... but still. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd12 Posted April 24, 2019 Share #9 Posted April 24, 2019 Very cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usoverlord Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share #10 Posted April 24, 2019 FYI "rd12", the junkyard was located in Sierra Vista Az. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugme Posted April 24, 2019 Share #11 Posted April 24, 2019 N-E-A-T! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bodes Posted April 24, 2019 Share #12 Posted April 24, 2019 That is cool....I have a 75mm Sherman practice round that was salvaged from a scrap metal heap....I purchased it from a guy who's son picked it up....The head is a 75mm APC round and the casing is a WW1 converted one.....Holes are drilled in the casing, so that it can't be loaded.....Bodes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGrayGhost Posted April 24, 2019 Share #13 Posted April 24, 2019 Awesome find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Meatcan Posted April 24, 2019 Share #14 Posted April 24, 2019 Great save at the junkyard! Truly a one of a kind for the collection. Congrats! Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
917601 Posted April 24, 2019 Share #15 Posted April 24, 2019 M14 casings are from a 105 howitzer. It is not a tank shell. In the ordnance world, a 105H is howitzer ( artillery ) and a 105G is a gun ( tank). The only mounted 105 howitzer I know of during WW2 was the M7 Priest, a self propelled ( tracked) artillery vehicle. Rare vehicles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
917601 Posted April 24, 2019 Share #16 Posted April 24, 2019 Here is an example of projo markings. 155G, not 155H, puzzling to most. No tanks fired the 155, it was bag loaded and has no case. It is a 1942 dated 155mm HE for the Long Tom cannon. The projo for your case would be lettered the same but have a "105H" marking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
917601 Posted April 25, 2019 Share #17 Posted April 25, 2019 Here we go, my 105H M1 HE, dated 1969. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Browninggunner688 Posted April 25, 2019 Share #18 Posted April 25, 2019 Nice find. Wasn't the Sherman Jumbo armed with the 105mm M4 howitzer for close infantry support ? Nick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattS Posted April 25, 2019 Share #19 Posted April 25, 2019 Yep. From Wiki: "M4(105) - Upgraded with 105mm M4 Howitzer, designed for infantry support and assault, sacrificing anti-armor capability. 47° glacis with large drivers' hatches." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M24 Chaffee Posted April 25, 2019 Share #20 Posted April 25, 2019 That’s really cool! Great that you found it! I wondered about what vehicle this was used with and thought maybe the M7 Priest but I forgot about the M4 howitzer. Interesting that the tanker actually thought to save it for himself. Frank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
917601 Posted April 25, 2019 Share #21 Posted April 25, 2019 Correct, even more interesting as internet sources state only 250 were produced. Very nice.....now keep your eyes open for a '44 marked 105 M1 HE projectile....very hard to find, ( hey, I was able to find a Long Tom 155 unexpectedly) but they are out there....I will keep my eyes open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usoverlord Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share #22 Posted April 25, 2019 For a short time I was beginning to be increasingly disappointed with my junkyard find. Now not so much. I really appreciate all the input. The knowledge/information on this site is surpassed only by the willingness to share. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
917601 Posted April 25, 2019 Share #23 Posted April 25, 2019 For a short time I was beginning to be increasingly disappointed with my junkyard find. Now not so much. I really appreciate all the input. The knowledge/information on this site is surpassed only by the willingness to share. Thanks! Start squirrel holing some cash for a matching projectile, we will find one. That case needs to be completed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usoverlord Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share #24 Posted April 25, 2019 I'm all in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usoverlord Posted April 26, 2019 Author Share #25 Posted April 26, 2019 Well I've been inspired by the feedback here and fortunately for me, I took a business card from the salvage yard owner and spoke with him this AM. Apparently, he originally got the casing from a longtime friend who died about 3 or 4 yrs ago. He can't say for certain if he was the original owner or not, or if he was a WW2 vet. He was 87 when he passed away. And was army vet who served for 20 +/- years up through the Korean war. His name was Ronald Stone and is buried in Sierra Vista Arizona. He would have been 17 or 18 in 1944. Maybe that's the end of the story but it certainly adds a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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