105mm USAF Cannon Artillery Shell

105mm USAF Cannon Artillery Shell

14 5/8" tall x 4 5/8" base
Weight- 5 lbs 3.7oz
Branch- USAF

My sister and I were selling with our etsy store at Thriftapalooza show over the weekend. It was very busy, but got a chance to walk around and buy a few things. I bought this for my militaria collection. Got a deal and an extra 20mm shell I will show later. It barely fits in my photo tent!

This is a practice cartridge used by the Air Force in their AC 130 gunship cannons. You can see it has a dummy(inert) primer that has a 2013 date. The case has lots of scratches due to the fact it's a training cartridge. Haven't decided if I will polish it up or not? I cleaned a little area with some brasso..it's really dirty.

AC 130 GUNSHIP
This is a heavily armed version of the transport C130 Hercules. It has wide array of ground-attack weapons that are integrated with sensors, navigation, and fire-control systems.

THE PYLON TURN
"The AC-130 has an unpressurized cabin, with the weaponry mounted to fire from the port side of the fuselage. During an attack, the gunship performs a pylon turn, flying in a large circle around the target, so is able to fire at it for far longer than in a conventional strafing attack. "

MEGA FIRE POWER!
"The AC-130H Spectre was armed with two 20 mm M61 Vulcan cannons, one L/60 Bofors 40 mm cannon, and an M137 105 mm cannon and M37 recoil mechanism from the M102 howitzer. After 1994, the 20 mm cannons were removed. The upgraded AC-130U Spooky has a 25 mm GAU-12 Equalizer cannon in place of the Spectre's two 20 mm cannons, an improved fire-control system, and increased ammunition capacity."