Can anyone ID this? plz Posted on January 13, 2023 by PrepHole Contributor Can anyone ID this? plz 250 Piece Survival Gear First Aid Kit LifeStraw Water Filter for Hiking and Preparedness 250 Piece Survival Gear First Aid Kit
1 year ago Reply Anonymous never heard of a M1 155mm HE shell before. and who's the manufacturer? XI doesn't help
1 year ago Reply Anonymous >XI doesn't help Its the month in date code Black person. ...is that thing from a 1961 batch? It was in storage THAT long, and didn't get used for training or shipped out to the field? Frick me. Imagine getting killed by shell that is older than your parents.
1 year ago Reply Anonymous >Imagine getting killed by shell that is older than your parents. That fricking thing was manufactured and placed in storage two years before the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Four years before the US entered the Vietnam war!
1 year ago Reply Anonymous >Its the month in date code Black person. >1 Batch >XI Manufacturer >61 Year Is usually how its been with ammo ive handled
1 year ago Reply Anonymous this thing is old af >155/23 the m114 had a 23 caliber barrel. I think this is an m107 or m102, no idea why its marked M1
1 year ago Reply Anonymous 155/23 ammunition for one of the M114 howitzers that was donated by the US and Portugal
1 year ago Reply Anonymous >155/23 ammunition for one of the M114 howitzers that was donated by the US and Portugal nobody has donated m114's
1 year ago Reply Anonymous OP here My thoughts as well. But havent found any pics of the same ammo or anything. All pics pf m114s have been with m107s
1 year ago Reply Anonymous ...is that thing from a 1961 batch? It was in storage THAT long, and didn't get used for training or shipped out to the field? Frick me.
1 year ago Reply Anonymous most european countries decommissioned their m114's in the 90's and just put the ammo in storage
That is literally a Fat Man
OP was asking about the content of the photo, not about its author.
Believe it or not, it's an M1 155mm HE shell
never heard of a M1 155mm HE shell before. and who's the manufacturer? XI doesn't help
>XI doesn't help
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>XI doesn't help
Its the month in date code Black person.
Imagine getting killed by shell that is older than your parents.
>Imagine getting killed by shell that is older than your parents.
That fricking thing was manufactured and placed in storage two years before the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
Four years before the US entered the Vietnam war!
>Its the month in date code Black person.
>1
Batch
>XI
Manufacturer
>61
Year
Is usually how its been with ammo ive handled
pls halp its for teh realm
this thing is old af
>155/23
the m114 had a 23 caliber barrel. I think this is an m107 or m102, no idea why its marked M1
Pics of m102? Have googled my ass off, can't find shit
only external difference is the driving band which is covored in OP pic
155/23 ammunition for one of the M114 howitzers that was donated by the US and Portugal
>155/23 ammunition for one of the M114 howitzers that was donated by the US and Portugal
nobody has donated m114's
OP here
My thoughts as well. But havent found any pics of the same ammo or anything. All pics pf m114s have been with m107s
...is that thing from a 1961 batch?
It was in storage THAT long, and didn't get used for training or shipped out to the field?
Frick me.
most european countries decommissioned their m114's in the 90's and just put the ammo in storage
Youre going to need to crack it open to find out