INERT DEACTIVATED. This a German 13mm MG131/13 (20x82) incendiary tracer aircraft cannon round fitted to various German aircraft during WW2, including the Me109, FW190, various night fighters and bomber aircraft. The light brown lacquered steel cartridge case is electric primed and retains much of its lacquered original finish. The round is headstamped Wg (Hasag, Hugo Schneider AG, Altenburg plant) 2354 44 (1944 date) The incendiary trace projectile has an iron driving band and is stamped round the circumference above the driving band cqm 80/44 (1944 date). the electric primer is stamped hhr (Joseph Schwarz Sohn, Freilassing / Oberbayern) 407 J2t. The nose of the projectile has a pressed steel thimble that originally had a percussion cap at the tip and the incendiary mixture inside. Both projectile and cartridge case have no cracks in the necks. Price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess inert rounds in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 22994