Hey guys, my father bought a bunch of random antiques from someone who had passed away, and found this bad boy. Knowing that i like anything gun/cannon related, he gave me this large casing. It’s in very nice condition considering it’s age BUT some d*** found it a good idea to drill holes all around the mouth of the case… God i hate those pseudo artists.

Anyway, from the research i have done i would THINK this came from a 24 cm SK L/40 gun, as the caliber is roughly 24cm but closer to 25cm but i found no record of a 25cm gun used by Germany at that time from my very limited research. There was another gun of the same diameter but that one used bagged charges instead of cased.

I’d love to own the actual shell that came with it but yeah, one can dream… Or be rich… Or know the right people :p

Any ideas from the experts?
Cheers!

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