INERT DEACTIVATED French WW2, 1939 dated 25mm (25 x 163) Hotchkiss anti-aircraft INERT DEACTIVATED French WW2, 1939 dated 25mm (25 x 163) Hotchkiss anti-aircraft Antiques & Militaria

INERT DEACTIVATED French WW2, 1939 dated 25mm (25 x 163) Hotchkiss anti-aircraft gun ball round. Sn O 1069 - O 1069

DEACTIVATED INERT. This is a scarce inert ball round for the French mitrailleuse de 25 mm CA mle 39 anti-aircraft gun developed in the 1930s and used in a ground role and on French warships. It was introduced in1938 in small quantities, totalling approximately 200 guns in service at the outbreak of the German invasion of France in 1940. This round consist of a copper sheathed projectile crimped in the brass cartridge case and is headstamped SF (Société Française des Munitions de Issy-les-Moulineaux (French Society for Munitions) France) over H 4 39 (December 1939) I . The brass primer is stamped EB 211 39 (1939) . No licence is required to possess this round in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. The price includes UK delivery. Sn O 1069

£145.00