Bozothenutter Posted August 31, 2020 Share Posted August 31, 2020 is there a website where one can find dimensions of ammunition? Not just diameter x lenght, but all the others like base thickness, diameter at shoulder, shoulder height etc....? Want to put these in Fusion 360 and see if my Sherline can make something..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don149 Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 If you can get hold of The Cartridge Guide by Ian V. Hogg , I think that may answer your questions . It`s a great book on the subject , published by Arms And Armour Press . Don . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltcarBoB Posted September 9, 2020 Share Posted September 9, 2020 MMP books no 4120 Firing Now by Dick Taylor This book explores the fascinating history of, tank and self propelled artillery ammunition used by the British and Americans in WW2. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozothenutter Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 Thanks for both suggestions! But do they have dimensions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don149 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 The book does , but only up to 30m/m . It gives the diameter of the rims , but not the thickness , if that is what you wanted . Current and obsolete rounds are included . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AltcarBoB Posted September 11, 2020 Share Posted September 11, 2020 I haven't read Firing Now for a while, unfortunately it's in the loft but I will get it out and have a look. Is there anything you specifically want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcrfan Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 (edited) You can always work out the dimensions from the drawings as the projectile diameter will always be a nats nacker smaller than the bore dimension. I guess you're thinking how big is a 'nats nacker'. Well I have a Practice projectile for a 76mm gun (L23A1 on Scorpion). Obviously the bore is 76mm. The diameter of the projectile body is 75.96mm so a nats nacker is about 0.04mm which is not enough to worry about in any modelling scale. Edited September 12, 2020 by dcrfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozothenutter Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share Posted September 12, 2020 So that would be smaller than a whisker then... Looking for more measurements than ghat though.... Shoulder angles Shoulder start/end height Baseplate thickness Wall thickness Taper Diameter at certain heights Basically everything to create 1/35 drawings, and maybe cnc code Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bozothenutter Posted September 12, 2020 Author Share Posted September 12, 2020 16 hours ago, AltcarBoB said: I haven't read Firing Now for a while, unfortunately it's in the loft but I will get it out and have a look. Is there anything you specifically want. I'm looking for the Mk.IV QF6 pdr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingsman Posted September 12, 2020 Share Posted September 12, 2020 Royal Ordnance almost certainly still own the rights to 6pdr ammunition. Might be worth contacting them. I recall a conversation up at Eskmeals back in the 90s that 6pdr ammunition was still then used for proof testing armour plate. If so, someone was still making it. Bovington Museum archive will probably have 6pdr ammunition that you could measure yourself. Also Royal Amouries artillery collection at Fort Nelson. Sadly there is no current RA museum. Any drawings of WW2 vintage will still be copyright to the design owner anywhere the Paris Convention on IPR protection is applied unless they have been released as free licence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick4350 Posted September 13, 2020 Share Posted September 13, 2020 On 9/12/2020 at 9:58 PM, Bozothenutter said: I'm looking for the Mk.IV QF6 pdr Looking at my copy of Firing Now, there is one tiny thumbnail picture with dimensions of a 6 pounder AP shot, but no real dimensions of the entire round with the exception of what's described over two pages of text regarding the 6 pounder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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