DEACTIVATED INERT. Unfired Mint American 57mm T15 Recoilless Rifle (57x410R) High Explosive (HE) Round For The 57mm T15 Recoilless Rifle. - O 1644 DEACTIVATED INERT. Unfired Mint American 57mm T15 Recoilless Rifle (57x410R) High Explosive (HE) Round For The 57mm T15 Recoilless Rifle. - O 1644 Other Ammunition

DEACTIVATED INERT. This is a near mint unfired American 57mm (57x410R) T15 Recoilless Rifle High Explosive (HE) Round. this gun was developed from a captured German 10.5cm Leichgeschutz 40 recoilless gun that had a blow out breech plug and the Americans improved upon it by giving the bottleneck steel cartridge many holes in the sidewalls to release the propellant to the rear and also a pre engraved driving band to reduce thee initial pressure spike on firing. The gun was introduced in early 1945 and was fitted on a ground tripod. The gun was used to good effect mainly the pacific theatre where it gave the infantry a weapon that could fire both high explosive and smoke rounds. The gun proved very useful to the infantry in the battle of Okinawa and later on in the Korean War. This is near mint round for the 57mm T17 gun The brown lacquered steel cartridge case is headstamped 75MM-M31A1 SAP-1-2 1976. The base of the cartridge case is also stencilled in white AMM LOT SAP.1.8 SHELL M310A1 75MM RIFLE. The high explosive projectile retains most of its original green paint and is stencilled in yellow T 51 TNT SHELL M3094 ++. The projectile is also stamped over the pre engraved copper driving band LOT Y-E 1952 IP M309A1 XY-50 . The round is fitted with a brass and alloy point detonation nose fuse with a brass delay screw. 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 1644