75mm Howitzer Shell Packing Stops For Sale

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75mm Howitzer Shell Packing Stops For Sale

Post by DesertRick » Mon Mar 30, 2015 7:23 am

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Selling these WWII era 75mm Howitzer shell packing stops. $25.00USD per clip.
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From an Army Tech manual-
"In the smaller calibers, other components and rounds of artillery ammunition are packed in a slip-cover fiber container of the mailing tube type. For further protection, rounds assembled with point-fuzed projectiles may have U-shaped packing stops fitted into the fuze wrench slots. These must be removed before firing."

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Here's the dimensions-
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I pulled out my 75mm tube cutaway and found that it would fit perfectly against the wooden nose holder-
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Rick


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