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Nabob
08.01.2011, 23:02
Hallo, I ask for help to ID this item.
It was found empty, the bottom could be screwed off, inside was a sheetmetal container.
The obturator ring was missing.
Diameter is 75mm. To get other maesurments will take some time.
Thanks for help.

Bob
Alpini
09.01.2011, 13:01
that's a austro-hungarian "7,5 cm M.15/15a Granate", construction and fuze is similar to following 8 cm shell:
Nabob
11.01.2011, 16:22
Thank You, how about the rod on the fuze?
It doesn't look like it was added later.

Regards, Bob
Alpini
11.01.2011, 17:38
It was added later for sure. Also the shape of the fuze is not original, it has original not such a flat nose. I just wonder for which purpose it was converted. May be some type of bottle? It not looks like one of the common trench-art cigarette cutters.
PzGr40
12.01.2011, 07:12
Maybe a clock weight on a chain?
regards, DJH
Nabob
20.01.2011, 16:07
Than there would be two of them :-). One for the clock and one from the bell. I think it was found under the floor. So the purpose might be lost forever.
Any idea on the manufacturer?
Would the Granate 15 have a screw on the bottom?
With the metal canister I was thinking more of smoke or incendiary shell.

Thank You for the answers.
Bob
Alpini
20.01.2011, 16:27
yes, all 7,5 cm M.15 Granate have a base screw (same construction as 8 cm M.05 Granate). It is needed to put the fragmentation rings and the cardboard explosive charge inside. The fragmentation rings and shell casing are made of steel, so the earlier common method of casting the shell around the rings could not be used.