My guess is that it is a 90mm shell. They were used on the 90mm AA guns and in the Pershing and M48 Patton series of tanks until upgraded to the 105. It appears to be a solid practice round. It was a dug item which explains the rusted condition of the shell itself, The driving band is interesting in that it has slots cut in it. Most were solid. I used to have many examples of shells when I had my WW2 collection. I had examples of 20mm,37mm, 57mm, 75mm, 105mm, and even a 155. The 90 mm shell was used late in WW2, and saw little action. I still have a couple of WW2 dated service manuals concerning the 90mm AA gun that I will look at to see if it will identify the shell you have.
Identification Help for a Artillery projectile
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