DEACTIVATED INERT. RARE, British Unfired WW 1, 1908 Dated, Naval Vickers 3 Pounder Mark 2, (47x411R) High Explosive Common Pointed Round. Sn - 21969 DEACTIVATED INERT. RARE, British Unfired WW 1, 1908 Dated, Naval Vickers 3 Pounder Mark 2, (47x411R) High Explosive Common Pointed Round. Sn - 21969 Other Ammunition

DEACTIVATED INERT. This is a rare unfired WW 1 , 1908 dated British 3 Pounder Vickers Mark 2, (47x411R) common pointed high explosive round used in the British 3 Pounder Vickers gun and first introduced in Royal Navy service in 1905 as a more powerful gun, having twice the propellant charge to the 3 pounder Hotchkiss then inn use as a anti torpedo gun, which was first introduced in 1886. The 3 pounder Vickers was found to be ineffective in the First World War and were removed from most larger ships from 1915. During the inter war years, these guns were used to arm Monitors, (river craft) and lightly armed ships. A 3 pounder Hotchkiss is shown for comparison which has a shorter cartridge case in the last photograph. These guns were fitted to as an anti-torpedo boat gun to Capital and smaller ships. The cartridge case is head stamped 3Pr VICKERS II R.L (Royal Laboratories) 1908 14 2 08 (dates) N over 8 and a crowfoot (Naval) CFF (Cordite Full Charge with a second reload to the cartridge case) A (the cartridge case has been annealed) G3. The cartridge case is fitted with a brass screw in No 2 mark IVA percussion primer and is stamped No2 IVA B (Birmingham Metals) 12/15 (December 1915 manufacture date). The round is fitted with a common pointed high explosive base fused projectile is stamped above the driving band III EOC. (Mark 3 projectile made by the Elswick Ordnance Company). The price of this rare round includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess inert rounds in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Sn 21969