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Offline EskimoJoe

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So, I almost stepped on this
« on: July 14, 2015, 08:52:04 AM »
It's been awhile since I've posted. I went away and became a Combat Engineer and spent some time blowing stuff up. We were doing a cleanup after our last demolitions range when I discovered at my feet this little gem.



Anyway, after waiting several hours for EOD, they came and blew it up for us. Anybody want to take a stab at identifying it?

We were thinking tank or artillery shell, but definitely a projected projectile with a fuse and a frag sleeve.

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Re: So, I almost stepped on this
« Reply #1 on: July 14, 2015, 09:05:41 AM »
I wonder whatever happened to Eskimo.
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Re: So, I almost stepped on this
« Reply #2 on: July 14, 2015, 09:09:28 AM »
Hard to say without any idea of size.
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Re: So, I almost stepped on this
« Reply #3 on: July 14, 2015, 09:12:27 AM »
He was about avg height and non american weight.
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Re: So, I almost stepped on this
« Reply #4 on: July 14, 2015, 12:51:33 PM »
Quote from: Maverick on July 14, 2015, 09:09:28 AM
Hard to say without any idea of size.
I wish I had the pictures with dollar bills used for reference that we sent to EOD. Its about 2.5 feet long, maybe 3-5 inches in diameter. I was hoping there were a few old Abrams/Bradley crewmen around.

FLOOB, I don't know about the old Eskimo. I never flew under that handle, but I think I remember seeing some of his posts in linked threads from the early 2000s. You might try to look up his name here and look at his last posts.

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Re: So, I almost stepped on this
« Reply #5 on: July 14, 2015, 12:51:46 PM »
I heard he went flying
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Re: So, I almost stepped on this
« Reply #6 on: July 14, 2015, 02:32:01 PM »
That my sir looks like a 105mm howitzer round..


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Re: So, I almost stepped on this
« Reply #7 on: July 14, 2015, 06:56:08 PM »
Quote from: ebfd11 on July 14, 2015, 02:32:01 PM
That my sir looks like a 105mm howitzer round..
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It could be. Apparently it was an old tank range but I wouldn't doubt artillery either. It didn't look as short and fat, but it could explain why the fuse looks like it was pushed into the nose of the projectile so far. Thumped into the ground and failed to go off.

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Re: So, I almost stepped on this
« Reply #8 on: July 14, 2015, 07:26:04 PM »
Quote from: FLOOB on July 14, 2015, 09:12:27 AM
He was about avg height and non american weight.
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Re: So, I almost stepped on this
« Reply #9 on: July 15, 2015, 01:22:38 PM »
Looks like an 105mm M913 HERA round to me.... High Explosive Rocket Assist.
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Re: So, I almost stepped on this
« Reply #10 on: July 15, 2015, 03:51:09 PM »
Kind of like this....

105mm M913 APERS & HE

 
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Re: So, I almost stepped on this
« Reply #11 on: July 15, 2015, 05:23:30 PM »
Quote from: Widewing on July 15, 2015, 01:22:38 PM
Looks like an 105mm M913 HERA round to me.... High Explosive Rocket Assist.

If you are allowed to say, did you design the fuse for the M913?
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Re: So, I almost stepped on this
« Reply #12 on: July 16, 2015, 10:12:09 AM »
Quote from: EskimoJoe on July 14, 2015, 06:56:08 PM
It could be. Apparently it was an old tank range but I wouldn't doubt artillery either. It didn't look as short and fat, but it could explain why the fuse looks like it was pushed into the nose of the projectile so far. Thumped into the ground and failed to go off.

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I doubt it's a tank round. The only tank round that has a fuse like that is the beehive round (talking 60's on to now) and I highly doubt that they would have used it on a range since they were and are a "go to war" munition. The tanks have target ammo, inert rounds, with the same ballistics as the real deal stuff. The Beehive round has a timed fuse that is set by the loader to make the shell explode a distance from the target which releases a cloud of flechettes towards exposed infantry. Mainly for longer ranges beyond normal 30 cal MG ranges. Turns the main gun into a giant shotgun for extended ranges unlike canister. I've seen a beehive round but never saw an inert version (would be painted blue) or fired one. We typically fired 2 kinds of shell, sabot and HEAT (a shaped charge round). HEP (high explosive plastic)was pretty much dropped with the HEAT round tanking up both armor and bunker busting duties.
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Re: So, I almost stepped on this
« Reply #13 on: July 17, 2015, 10:16:41 AM »
Awesome stuff, thanks all.

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