from what's this shell?

[Nick_since_1985]

I notice there's a little eagle with swastika on the bottem...

[Kris]

I notice there's a little eagle with swastika on the bottem...

I'm no expert but can it be a 7,5cm ??
Can you give better/clearer pictures of the markings ?

Greets,
Kris

[Matt Wilson]

& a reference scale please,

No way of telling whether it is twelve inches tall, or twelve feet.

Best,
Matt

[Zünder]

It's 4,7 cm Sprenggranate 36 (t), for the 4,7 cm Pak (t).

[Kris]

It's 4,7 cm Sprenggranate 36 (t), for the 4,7 cm Pak (t).

sry, don't have that in my reference book

[Nick_since_1985]

What was it used for (artillery, mortar,...) except blowing your enemy's sky high

It's 4,7 cm Sprenggranate 36 (t), for the 4,7 cm Pak (t).

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Nick, as Zunder has already correctly mentioned it is a Czech made Anti Tank round. The gun was often mated with the Pz I chassis.


Cheers, Ade.

[Zünder]

The Skoda designed and made 4,7 cm Pak (t) was used in various roles.

First and most important as a antitankgun, in case of "soft"targets, antipersonel, tit would have used the round Nick has.
It was also mounted in several tanks, among them the Panzer I B, and the french Renault made R 35.

It was widely used as a beach defensegun (official name 4,7 cm Pak.K. 36 (t) in the Atlantikwall, in that case it would have been placed in a bunker behind a 20 cm thick armour plate.

Nick's shell is made by Skoda, under german supervision, and is probably fitted with a N.34 (t) fuze.

Matching shellcase is a brass 47 x 404 mm, either with tsjech or german headstamp.