INERT DEACTIVATED. British, WW2, Naval Vickers .5 (12.7×81mm) Drill Round In Link. - O 2041 INERT DEACTIVATED. British, WW2, Naval Vickers .5 (12.7×81mm) Drill Round In Link. - O 2041 Other Ammunition

INERT DEACTIVATED. The Vickers .50 machine gun, also known as the 'Vickers .50' was similar to the .303 inches (7.70 mm) Vickers machine gun but enlarged to use a larger-calibre 0.5-inch (12.7 mm) round. The gun saw some use in tanks and other fighting vehicles but was more commonly used as a close-in anti-aircraft weapon during World War 2 on Royal Navy and Allied ships, in a four-gun mounting). During the Second World War the gun was also mounted in power-operated turrets in smaller craft such as motor gunboats and motor torpedo boats. This is a British Vickers .5 inch gun drill round in its disintegrating link. The round is nickel plated with 3 red flutes in the side with a nickel plated bullet. The round is headstamped R crowfoot L (Royal Laboratories) DI (Drill mark 1). The blind primer poket is painted red. The steel disintegrating link is stamped .5 M G and IIN (mark 2 naval) HT&S. The price for this round includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess inert rounds in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. O 2041