Original U.S. WWII 75mm Armor-Piercing M72 Artillery Round with M18 Casing and Yellow Paint - Inert - No Fuze U.S. Navy SSG Shields' parachute got caught

SSG Shields' parachute got caught on the roof gable of a French house and he was forced to cut his way out of the parachute harness

incremental improvements were subsequently made

Finish: blue

The metalwork has an overall bright polished patina from years of cleaning

There are no existing markings and the construction is rather crude

Original U.S. WWII 75mm Armor-Piercing M72 Artillery Round with M18 Casing and Yellow Paint - Inert - No Fuze U.S. Navy SSG Shields' parachute got caughtOriginal Item. Only One Available. This is a great unfired Second World War US 75mm M72 Armor Piercing shot round with an M18 casing, though the fuze is now entirely gone. The projectile retains some of the original yellow paint. Unloaded or dummy grenades, artillery shell casings, and similar devices, which are cut or drilled in an BATF approved manner so that they cannot be used as ammunition components for destructive devices, are not considered