I have been forming an ammo collection for a few years now and have tried everything I can think of to try to obtain a 155mm spent shell cashing. The proving grounds wont sell me one and the company that sells off surplus for the gov't wants me to buy 10,000 of them at a time. Is anyone here aware of any place that will sell me one of these rounds?
Gumby is correct. If you mean the projectile, google 155mm and "inert" and that will point you in the right direction. Obviously, it will not have been fired.
Originally posted by WENDELLKEITHDUNCAN: I know the Shillelagh was two tit hairs smaller than the main round.
Yes, and it hand two guide pins/blades at the 1200 and 1800 position on the missile which guided it down the rifled 152mm gun tube of both the M551 and the M60A2…. And DON'T/NEVER Ding the Nose Cone area when loading it!!!!!...
That could be a very bad thing, as one of my Master Gunner School, a (SFC) instructors explained to us back in 78...
He told of a bad situation in a M60 “A- Duce” class which fired a service Shillelagh missile with a “dinged” nose cone.
I think I have seen 4 fired.Seen a lot of TOWs and other stuff shot out long ago. things get messed up in my head. I know at a dog and pony the missle left the tube and just before not hitting target it took off straight up like a rocket. A lot of panic and oh schits that day. The gunner swore he keep the target in his sights.
