DEACTIVATED INERT. This is a rare brass and wood drill round for the British 6pr 7cwt tank gun and the towed anti-tank gun. The anti-tank gun was first introduced on November 1941. Later the gun was fitted to the Churchill III & IV, Valentine IX, Crusader III tanks and the AEC armoured car Mk III. This drill round has a brass collar at the shoulder of the round which is held on by 4 brass screws. The nose of the round has a pointed brass profile representing an armour piercing round. The base of the round is headstamped 6pr7cwt mark I LOT RL (struck out twice) ASL 1942 (twice) 19 over a crowfoot. . The rim on the base of the round has straight knurling round its circumference. The round is fitted with a No 15 Mk2 brass screw in primer which is stamped No15 II PDC 5/42 (May 1942 date). 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 2197