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Found this 37MM U.S. shell on a field by my country house in Latvia! I believe this one is from a M3 Stuart or M3 Lee as they both had served in the Soviet army during WW2 as part of the Lend-Lease program and both had 37MM guns. This is such an amazing find for me as I am 14 years old and started metal detecting about a week ago.
These are all the things my grandpa told me that he remembered that are associated with this house and WW2. Keep in mind that this happened in Latvia (the former WW2 Eastern Front).
So my grandpa said the previous owner of the house said that near the end of WW2 a couple U.S. tanks rolled up on to the field from a forest right next to the field and got shelled by German artillery about 3km away. It's known that one of the tanks took a direct hit from the artillery because the previous owner found a badly damaged tank generator on the field and I also knew the tanks were U.S. because the owner said that the plate with all the information about it was in English. When my grandpa's parents bought the house from that guy (around the 1950's) the house was a little bit damaged. A German artillery shell actually hit the house ,but didn't explode so they had to get it out. The main reason i actually thought about starting metal detecting was to find tank parts of these tanks that were by my house. The reasons as to why this shell is a bit damaged are: 1) This is the tank that took a direct hit from the German artillery or 2) This shell got mowed up by a plow. If anyone can help me find out more about this shell's lot that would be great!
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Here's a video of a similar generator starting up
These are all the things my grandpa told me that he remembered that are associated with this house and WW2. Keep in mind that this happened in Latvia (the former WW2 Eastern Front).
So my grandpa said the previous owner of the house said that near the end of WW2 a couple U.S. tanks rolled up on to the field from a forest right next to the field and got shelled by German artillery about 3km away. It's known that one of the tanks took a direct hit from the artillery because the previous owner found a badly damaged tank generator on the field and I also knew the tanks were U.S. because the owner said that the plate with all the information about it was in English. When my grandpa's parents bought the house from that guy (around the 1950's) the house was a little bit damaged. A German artillery shell actually hit the house ,but didn't explode so they had to get it out. The main reason i actually thought about starting metal detecting was to find tank parts of these tanks that were by my house. The reasons as to why this shell is a bit damaged are: 1) This is the tank that took a direct hit from the German artillery or 2) This shell got mowed up by a plow. If anyone can help me find out more about this shell's lot that would be great!
Here's a video of a similar generator starting up
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