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 12-03-2010, 11:56 PM | #21 | Moderator Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Third bunker on the right, Central Virginia Posts: 8,374 Liked 5 Times on 5 Posts
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37 mm Hotchkiss. __________________
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| 12-04-2010, 12:36 AM | #22 | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: , Texas Posts: 231 |  World War 1 Artillery Shell Relic
Ok....I have a 37mm HE. If the H is Hotchkiss, what is the E? __________________
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| 12-04-2010, 01:54 AM | #23 | Moderator Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Third bunker on the right, Central Virginia Posts: 8,374 Liked 5 Times on 5 Posts
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Hotchkiss was the make of cannon that fired it. Shell marking did not use H for Hotchkiss. It was for HIGH. E was for EXPLOSIVE. As opposed to a solid shot, or a cannister load.
One version was a form of gatling gun- rotary, multi-barreled, hand cranked CANNON.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkOP8Lwdmgg__________________
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| 12-04-2010, 10:16 AM | #24 | Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: , Texas Posts: 231 | World War 1 Artillery Shell Relic
Thanks for the information all. __________________
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| 12-04-2010, 01:18 PM | #25 | Supporting Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: , SW OK Posts: 1,746 Liked 2 Times on 2 Posts
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Yep, looks like the "plain vanilla" WW1 37mm round.
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It is a 37mm round. It is most likely a French Hotchkiss round: For sure it is not US made. The Germans, French and US all used 37mm rounds in small guns. The US gun was the M1916 infantry gun. That gun saw limited service in WWII. After WWII the another version of this gun was adopted: The 37mm gun, minus carriage, was put inside the chamber of the 155mm howitzer and called a sub-caliber gun.
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| 01-13-2011, 04:04 AM | #26 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia Posts: 2,421 |
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If that is indeed a French artillery shell be very, very careful ..... as it is probably unfired! 
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HA! I was just getting to that. The rotating bands don't have rifling marks, so it wasn't fired! __________________
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| 01-13-2011, 04:07 AM | #27 | Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia Posts: 2,421 |
The fuze is probably still capable of taking off a fingertip, so be careful. __________________
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