Rare armor-piercing shell for the German anti-tank gun (7.5 cm Pak 41) WWII period.

Shlosser

Greenie
Nov 28, 2008
15
18
HI, i'm Alexandr from Russia.
Sorry for my English.

A couple of months ago with my friend, we found this wonderful artifact in the Tver region on fights of the summer of 1942. This is 75/55-mm armor-piercing shell to German anti-tank gun with a tapered bore arr. 41 - 7,5 cm Pak.41, one of two versions: 7,5 cm Pzgr.41 (HK) or 7,5 cm Pzgr.41 (StK). One of this shells with a tungsten core, the second looks exactly the same, but the core is made of steel. Therefore, for accurate identification will need to broken shell, but I do not want it. These guns were produced in 1942, a very small party of 150 pcs., After which due to its high cost of production was discontinued. Ammo for it produced in 1942-43 total number of about 144 thousand shots, and more than a third of this amount were fragmentation grenades 7,5 cm Sprgr.41, and we found the shell was produced in an amount of not more than 30 thousand.

Article about anti-tank gun 7,5 cm Pak.41: 7.5 cm Pak 41 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

0_693a8_33626105_XXL.jpg



But he himself:


0_69089_6370729b_XL.jpg


0_6908a_829e08f1_XL.jpg
0_6908b_f008cb14_XL.jpg


0_6908c_8a56a1e7_XL.jpg
0_6908d_950c6aa7_XL.jpg


In the next photo is visible marking 1942

0_6908e_240e900b_XL.jpg
0_69088_63d6728e_XL.jpg


Photo of a round from a private collection from the WEB:

0_69082_7e1fc205_XL.jpg
0_69083_e792bf7e_XL.jpg


A bit of historical photos guns

0_6906e_8935c799_L.jpg
0_6906f_aebb6f60_L.jpg


0_69071_99f67b69_L.jpg


0_69072_b11aa1cb_L.jpg
0_69073_1be23ed5_L.jpg


0_69074_d27fc867_L.jpg
0_69075_b6cb17b7_L.jpg


0_69079_6dea5bc4_L.jpg
0_6907a_dfa4811e_L.jpg


0_6907b_39bd173e_L.jpg
0_6907c_d5c13b70_L.jpg




0_69085_dcebc017_L.jpg
0_693cb_493bfe36_XL.jpg


The only extant cannon from Fort Nelson Museum ( Visit | Royal Armouries ):

0_69078_59c64ca9_XL.jpg
 

Upvote 1

goldencoin

Gold Member
Sep 27, 2005
5,669
446
Indiana
Detector(s) used
Whites DFX & Beach Hunter ID
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Very excellent find! I hope to see many more recoveries by you

HH
-GC
 

skateandcreate

Sr. Member
May 5, 2008
303
241
MARYLAND
Detector(s) used
Garrett ACE 350, Minelab GPX 4800
Welcome aboard. Very nice find and good research. And no worries about the english as it is very good
 

Digs68

Sr. Member
Apr 14, 2012
258
79
Mid-Missouri
Detector(s) used
Garrett AT Pro
Garrett Ace 350
Garrett Pro Pointer
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Very interesting!
Congratulations on your find!
 

Top Member Reactions

Users who are viewing this thread

Top