150 cm

[Dok]

Hello. I’m having no success identifying this shell case. It weighs around 3 kg, botton has stamped
P14 1940
150 cm
M25
I would like to know what one of them is and what kind of gun it was fired with/
Regards

[Litwa]

Hi, I'm pretty sure the marking says "15 cm" and not 150 cm and if that's the case the shell is probably from a 15 cm sFH 18 (schwere Feldhaubitze 18), 15 cm K 18 (15 cm Kanone 18) or 15 cm sIG 33 (schweres Infanterie Geschütz 33) but someone correct me if I'm wrong.
Either way a very cool shell I really like the bullet(?) holes!
Cheers, Litwa

[Ian Hayes]

That guy was a good shot!

[kradman]

I agree with Litwa looks to be a German 15cm case

[Martin Bull]

Used throughout the war. This sFH 18 remains at Cherain in the Ardennes.

[Dok]

Thanks for the reply. Forgot to add the shell case length 164. I wonder where this shell case was made. Usually in Germany there is a stamp on the bottom of the shell case. For example, 15 cm sFH-18 has the index 6350, 15 cm K18 - 6352, 15 cm sIG - 6303. Here I see M25. What does it mean? Thanks in Advance.

[Dok]

In addition to Germany, other countries produced similar ammunition.
This is for example a Hungarian 15 cm shell case

[kradman]

Finland also made cases as they used these cannons also , but German made cases i have seen have the P14 marking