Holy crap....
Did the fuse detonate as a result of the acceleration shock, ie, was the round on its way out of the tube when it went off?
Was this a M107 SPG?
Was this a M107 SPG?
The detonated about 5 or so feet from the muzzle due to a problem with the fuse, although I do not know exactly what it was. Peeled it back just like what was shown here. We thought the crew were all dead, but the Lord was with them that night. I have found other instances of the same thing happening with similar circumstances. Yes, this as a M107, although we changed out tubes frequently going from 8 in (M110) to 175 mm (M107) and back.
We found in the course of tests involving night vision scopes that acceleration shock at the breech of a 105mm tank gun was much less than on the M14 rifle, and that M16s were the worst. A time plot on an oscilloscope showed that the peak shock with the rifles came from the bolt slamming home, rather than anything to do with the round itself.