Artillery Trainer or ? ..any ideas?

[Mike P.]

I only found one picture of this and, can't seem to ID it ..do any of you recognize this ?
The only thing it says is RMHEYM, Cal 14.5 x 51 Ser # 848.

[Mike P.]

That revolving Safety/Fire band reminds me of an MG15

[Mike P.]

marked

[Howard Kelley]

Mike,

Very interesting piece, where did you dig this up?

Looks like it was intended to be "mounted" in a fixed hardware.

Very odd piece!

Howard

[Stonewall]

A google search for 14.4 x51 cartridge finds this: http://www.janes.com/extracts/extract/jah/jah_a242.html

Try looking here also : http://cartridgecollectors.org/forum...fa0c5f94cffab5

Glenn

[Bergflak]

I only found one picture of this and, can't seem to ID it ..do any of you recognize this ?
The only thing it says is RMHEYM, Cal 14.5 x 51 Ser # 848.

It is a Bundeswehr contraption. It is installed inside the breechblock of the M109 Howitzer and used for gunnery training when the Howitzer is used in the Anti Tank role. I have used them a lot!