INERT DEACTIVATED. German, rare, 3.7cm Stielgranate 41 Hollow Charge, High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) For German 3.7cm Pak 36 Anti-Tank Gun. - O 1665 INERT DEACTIVATED. German, rare, 3.7cm Stielgranate 41 Hollow Charge, High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) For German 3.7cm Pak 36 Anti-Tank Gun. - O 1665 Other Ammunition

INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a rareGerman WW2 Stielgranate 41 hollow charged fin stabilised projectile for the Pak 36 anti-tank gun used by the German army from the start of WW2. It was soon discovered that the gun did not have the penetration power to defeat later tanks and to enhance its penetrating power a Hollow Charged High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT) projectile was developed that used a blank cartridge to launch it. The large projectile, 75cm in length was loaded at the muzzle and guided in the guns bore by a spigot attached to the fin assembly. Its penetrative power was great although a short range and low speed of the projectile limited its use. The projectile has an unfired AZ5075 alloy nose fuse, that was derived from the rifle grenade and is a direct action type armed by setback on firing. The fuse is stamped round its circumference eef (Heine u. Sohn, Voehrenbach) 42 (1942 date) 58 and waffenampt 54. The projectile has retains approximately much of its original green painted finish and is stamped round its circumference 95 Ge 9 42 (September 1942 date). The fin assembly retains approximately three quarters if its original green painted finish. A photograph shows a Pak36 with the projectile loaded, (See Hogg, German Artillery of WW2 pages 189 to 192). 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 1665