roughbarked said:

captain_spalding said:

roughbarked said:

One can only wonder why this elegant wine bottle was where it was found.

Hasn’t been fired.

No marks on the copper driving bands.

Definitely unexploded.

Reports say it’s a Chinese Type 59 artillery shell (130mm). This is used by the Type 59 130mm towed field gun (a licensed Chinese copy of the Soviet M-46).

PNG has no Chinese artillery. In fact, it has no artillery at all.

So, who’s supplying Chinese shells, who are they supplying them to, and why are they being mislaid at a wharf in P/NG?