April 5, 2024
RARE WWI c1918 6 Pd Brass Tank Shell 301st Btn Engraved
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Being offered is this very rare engraved brass 6 pounder tank shell given to Alois Jos. Bell of the historical 301st Heavy Tank Battalion. The tank shell retains its very old brass patina and is engraved with the old style script lettering. The shell measures 12 inches in height and 3 inches in diameter across the base. T is an old 2 inch crack coming up from the base as pictured. Inscription: Somme Offensive August 8, 1918 to Nov. 11, 1918 Cambrai and St. Quentin / Alois Jos. Bell 301st Heavy Tank Battalion, Co., A Reference: http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/Lineage/arcav/arcav.htm for history below. In the heavy tank category, the 301st Heavy Tank Battalion trained at the British Tank School at Wareham, England, from April until August 1918. It was to remain with the British Tank Corps until American tanks became available, but when the battalion arrived in France in late August 1918 and could not be supplied with American tanks, it was equipped with 47 British Mark V and Mark V Star tanks and assigned to the U.S. 27th Division. Both the Mark V and the Mark V Star had 8-man crews and a maximum speed of approximately 4 miles per hour. The Mark V Star, weighing 36 or 3 7 tons, depending upon armament, was about 5 tons heavier than the Mark V. Both were armed with either 2 6-pounder guns or an additional 2 machine guns, which were
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