WW2 US 75mm M5A1 Type 1 Brass Shell Case – BB Co 1943 armour of special status to those

of special status to those who had participated in the bitter fighting of 1914-1918 (as opposed to those who served behind the lines)

one of Italy’s official military ammunition producers

The Burma Star is a military campaign medal

The C-A-T uses a windlass system with a free-moving internal band to provide true circumferential pressure to the extremity

this cartridge represents pre-WW2 Commonwealth military ammunition production during the British Empire period

WW2 US 75mm M5A1 Type 1 Brass Shell Case – BB Co 1943 armour of special status to thoseAn 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