Restored 105MM shell

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potatoheadman

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A year or two ago I bought a 105 MM shell at a garage sale for a couple of bucks.

I always wanted to refinish the shell but never found the time...till now.

The shell had been painted a couple of times when I found it and was rusted. I sanded it and painted it the original brass color.


I took a chunk of wood and put it on the lathe and began to carve the projectile.


The profile in this photo isn't right yet but it's getting there.



The finished shell stands about 3 feet tall!

Cool Huh?
 
Fun aren't they? Make great room decor to.
1st one 105 vietnam era recoilless loading dummy
2nd one 3 inch/50 cal WW2 naval gun drill round oak and zinc over steel
 

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Actually the first one is 106 not 105. Note the holes in the case. 105s were M102 if I remember correctly? The 106 was the RR. I have the twin to yours.
 
medalguy said:
Actually the first one is 106 not 105. Note the holes in the case. 105s were M102 if I remember correctly? The 106 was the RR. I have the twin to yours.
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It could be a 105mm RR dummy. There was already a 105mm RR when the 106mm came out. As a matter of fact the 106mm projectile is actually 105mm and several of the projectiles were interchangeable and are marked 105mm/106mm below the rotating band. The cartridge cases were different however, and that is why the new RR was designated 106mm, so that the ammunition would not get mixed up while both guns were in use.
 
I have a newer 105mm M-1 (zinc???) casing, drilled out primer hole, installed cord and hung it up as dinner gong :) MIARNG ( ret)
 
"2nd one 3 inch/50 cal WW2 naval gun drill round oak and zinc over steel"

Very nice.

We still had twin 3 inch/50 mounts on my DLG (guided missile frigate) in 1973. They were replaced soon after by Harpoon missile lauchers.

I made it home with an empty 3 inch/50 casing , and a 5 inch/54 casing, intending to make lamp bases/ashtrays out of them, but several moves before I settled down resulted in them disappearing. I still regret that.
 
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i have a 105, all brass, made it into a wind chime, i hung it up and surrounded it with all brass 40mm and 20mm cases, the 105 and 40's also have 12 Ga. brass shells inside them with a copper "flag" attached to make them more active, hung at different lengths, makes a beautiful tune when a breeze is rustling around the corner.
 
Very nice looking!

The 105mm rounds for the M60 tank I worked with back in the day were not brass cased, or brass colored. Not nearly as pretty as the one you made there. Good job!
 
There was already a 105mm RR when the 106mm came out
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Never heard that one. Not in the US military, anyway. The 57mm, 75mm, 90mm, and 106mm recoilless are the only ones I know about.

The actual bore diameter of the 106 may be 105, I don't know about that, but the ammo (case & projectile together) are in no way interchangeable.

Kind of humorous in a way, in ord school we trained for a solid week on the M40A2 106mm Recoilless rifle and the M8c spotting rifle. Once I left school, I never saw one. What was in service was the 90mm RR (which they never even mentioned in school!) We were told all the 106s had been given to the Guard.
 
BPowder-sounds neat! (No pun intended.) Got pictures?
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yes, of them on paper photos separate before i put them all together, but i could take some with my digital camera but i don't have the smarts to post them, i am kinda ignorant on how to post photos.
 
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The actual bore diameter of the 106 may be 105, I don't know about that, but the ammo (case & projectile together) are in no way interchangeable.
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I said that some of the projectiles were used in both guns. I also said that the cartridge cases were different. The complete cartridges were obviously not interchangeable.

The projectiles were not changed in the field. After the projectiles were made, some were loaded for 105mm RR and some for 106mm RR.
 
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