Shell, Artillery
Object number2015.73.1
Date1968
OriginPittsburgh, PA
MediumMetal/Paint(?)
Credit LineGift of Gary and Elizabeth White
Description105 mm artillery shell casing. Not live, shell casing only. Ferrous metal. Cylindrical with one conical end and one slightly tapered blunt end. Conical end is open to hollow interior; interior end of hollow is threaded. Body is painted(?) green. Ring of gray and brass-tone ferrous metal around body near blunt end.Dimensions15.625 x 4 in. (39.7 x 10.2 cm)MarksImpressed text around body in front of metal ring "PBP-1-106 1968 105MM HE M1".
Historical NotesThis 105mm shell casing was used with the M2A1 (M101A1) Howitzer. The Hays Army Ammunition Plant was originally built by the Navy in 1942 and operated by Mesta Machine for wartime production. Initially it produced metal parts for 16-inch shells and 5-inch breechblocks. In the 1950s, during the Korean War, the plant was operated by Mullins Manufacturing Company. In 1966, the plant switched to Army control and was run by Levinson Steel Company. Hays produced 105-mm shells at a rate of 250,000 per month during 1968. It was the only Army plant with cold extrusion capability. In 1971, the plant was put on standby status by the military, and in 1993 they sold the site to the URA for one dollar.
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Levinson Steel Company
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Mesta Machine Company
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United States Army
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1953-1954
1939-1945
1868-1880
C. and E. Marshall Company
1974-2012
