DEACTIVATED INERT. Belgian, Unfired, WW2, 1939 Dated 75mm (75x280R) Shrapnel Round for the Belgian 75mm Canon de 7.5cm 1905 TR Field Gun. - O 2261 DEACTIVATED INERT. Belgian, Unfired, WW2, 1939 Dated 75mm (75x280R) Shrapnel Round for the Belgian 75mm Canon de 7.5cm 1905 TR Field Gun. - O 2261 Other Ammunition

DEACTIVATED INERT. The Belgium army at the start of WW2 was equipped with the Canon de 7.5cm mle GPIII (75x280R) field gun dating from WWI which had a modified trail to increase elevation and range. This is a 1939 dated shrapnel round for the 75mm bun. The round has a brass cartridge case with the screw in primer is stamped 169. The steel projectile is fitted with a copper driving band and has an alloy nose time fuze made by FN. The top of the fuze is stamped round the circumference STA 1/39 FN (January 1939 Fabrique Nationale Herstal). When Belgium was overrun by the Germans in May 1940 the gun was adopted by them as the 7.5 cm FK 233(b). The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess this inert round in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. O 2261