WW2 US 75mm M5A1 Type 1 Brass Shell Case – BB Co 1943 Twin Cities Artillery crews used this device

Artillery crews used this device to observe enemy movements

The 30×113mm round has been in service since the 1970s and remains standard NATO helicopter armament

October 1969 - August 1970

offering an authentic piece of Great War battlefield history

These specialised kits formed part of the British Army’s wider NBC defence and battlefield contamination monitoring systems during the Cold War era and beyond

WW2 US 75mm M5A1 Type 1 Brass Shell Case – BB Co 1943 Twin Cities Artillery crews used this deviceAn unfired Second World War US 75mm M18 tank shell, dated 1943 B. Co. This original WWII U. S. Army 75mm M5A1 Type 1 brass shell case, manufactured by B. B. Co. (Bridgeport Brass Company) and dated 1943, is an excellent example of American wartime ordnance production. The 75mm M5A1 cartridge case was used with U. S. artillery pieces and tank mounted guns, including those fitted to vehicles such as the M3 Lee Grant and early Sherman variants, as well