Cherry table...oops, Teak table!...Dun

[jedmc571]

Nice job Woodbloke

If I might be as nosey as to ask about the shell?

What year was your wife in the Falklands?

I think that's actually a 105mm Howitzer Artillery Shell, I can lay claim to making over 50 of those between Dec 98 - March 99 in Kotes Armoury.

Sory to butt in, it brought some memories back

Jed

 

[woodbloke]

Nice job Woodbloke

If I might be as nosey as to ask about the shell?

What year was your wife in the Falklands?

I think that's actually a 105mm Howitzer Artillery Shell, I can lay claim to making over 50 of those between Dec 98 - March 99 in Kotes Armoury.

Sory to butt in, it brought some memories back

Jed

SWIMBO was in the Falklands from Oct '07 to Apr '08 and as far as I'm aware we were told by 'them that know' that it's a naval shell case. I think that you're not allowed to import these back to the UK any more 'cos of the scrap value of the brass, but it was a **** :evil: of a convoluted job to get it signed off before I came home (I went out there in Feb '08 for a visit) - Rob

 

[big soft moose]

Nice job Woodbloke

If I might be as nosey as to ask about the shell?

What year was your wife in the Falklands?

I think that's actually a 105mm Howitzer Artillery Shell, I can lay claim to making over 50 of those between Dec 98 - March 99 in Kotes Armoury.

Sory to butt in, it brought some memories back

Jed

SWIMBO was in the Falklands from Oct '07 to Apr '08 and as far as I'm aware we were told by 'them that know' that it's a naval shell case. I think that you're not allowed to import these back to the UK any more 'cos of the scrap value of the brass, but it was a **** :evil: of a convoluted job to get it signed off before I came home (I went out there in Feb '08 for a visit) - Rob

I think you a both right - dont some destroyers have 105mm gun mount ? - if so its quite possible that they take the same rounds as a land based howitzer

 

[jlawrence]

Normally they come back on a warship so strictly speaking they never actually leave the UK so they're not imported.
Still a pita to get them signed off in order to get them out of the dockyard.