75MM Gun Casing

retiredgun

October 10, 2010 17:50

My Dad was in the NY Guard Artillery and was discharged about 1925/6, he had a 75MM Gun brass casing that is 13-3/4" tall and 3" in diameter. The casing is marked "75mm GUN, LOT 1272-25 E. M. C.", "AM LOT P8512-105" and the primer is marked "U. S. 18 1425-118".

I am not sure if he got the shell at Pine Camp (now Camp Drum) near Watertown, NY or if one of his brothers sent it home during WWII. From the markings can anyone tell me the age of the shell and what the markings mean?

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  v35

  October 10, 2010 18:31

  I believe it's for the French 75mm, a very successful piece of artillery
  used in WW1.
  I also believe the date was coded into the primer and casing: 1918 for the primer and 1925 for the casing.

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  11b6r

  October 10, 2010 20:39

  Here ya go-http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gregkrenzelok/veterinary corp in ww1/75mm M1897gun.html
  
  While I was a grunt, the gun bunnies DID come in useful now and again-

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  retiredgun

  October 11, 2010 03:32

  Thanks for your reply I do recall my Dad speaking about the French 75 and fighting thr fires the shell started on the range.
  quote:Originally posted by v35
  I believe it's for the French 75mm, a very successful piece of artillery
  used in WW1.
  I also believe the date was coded into the primer and casing: 1918 for the primer and 1925 for the casing.

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  retiredgun

  October 11, 2010 03:33

  Thanks for the link lots of great info there.
  quote:Originally posted by 11b6r
  Here ya go-http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~gregkrenzelok/veterinary corp in ww1/75mm M1897gun.html
  
  While I was a grunt, the gun bunnies DID come in useful now and again-

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