Help me identify this ARTILLERY shell.

[ThatRandomGuy]

My grandfather recently passed away and for a remembrance my mother gave me one of the shells he had from Destroyers he was stationed on. He had 3 and I received the biggest of the three.



The thing weighs about 5lbs more like 12lbs and I've measured the base and length. 3 inch base and 9 inch height.

[Ad Bot]

[Alternat¡ve]

Looks like a 9mm

[Decepticon]

this may help, bottom kinda looks like it

have you tried lighting it on fire

[ThatRandomGuy]

this may help, bottom kinda looks like it

have you tried lighting it on fire

Those are newer shells also I'm Pretty sure those are for ground artillery, this is a naval shell and is at least from the 70s to 40s

Also I'm sure the paint was added on for decoration plus why would I light it on fire?

[Freek]

it's a grenade

[Fennis]

[Sheepocalypse]

Looks like a 9mm

I hope you're kidding.


I prefer the term casings.

[Space1255]

This helped me identify a shell I was actually going to ask about. Thanks.

[Alyx Vance]

inb4buttplug

Any letters or anything on it?

[Tokthree]

I prefer the term casings.

Well you're wrong because that is not a shell casing, it is the actual projectile "shell"

[ThatRandomGuy]

inb4buttplug

Any letters or anything on it?

too late:

On the base there is some writing but the bottom is rusted so I can only make out 'LBS" and 'MPL"

[Tokthree]

Based on what I know about shell colourings it's either an incendiary shell or an inert/empty shell, most likely an inert/empty shell as it does not appear to be light red in tone. Though this depends on the period, I don't know how long shell colours have been standardised

[Ragequit]

i'm stupid and didn't read i'm so loving gay

[Ceist]

The shell most likely came from a Spruance-Class Destroyer or a Charles F. Adams-Class Destroyer. the shell was probably an ordinary artillery shell from one of the on board cannons. That's about all I'm willing to search for.

[Damp]

Looks like a 9mm

are you loving handicapped