INERT DEACTIVATED. Rare German Unfired WW2, 1944 Dated 15.2cm high explosive pro INERT DEACTIVATED. Rare German Unfired WW2, 1944 Dated 15.2cm high explosive pro Antique & Militaria

INERT DEACTIVATED. Rare German Unfired WW2, 1944 Dated 15.2cm high explosive projectile and wooden transit container specially manufactured by the Germans in WW2 to use in the Russian made 152-mm (6 inch) M1938 (M-10) howitzer. O 1233 - O 1233

INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a rare unfired German WW2 15.2cm high explosive projectile specially manufactured by the Germans in WW2 to use in the Russian made 152-mm (6 inch) M1938 (M-10) howitzer. These guns were made between 1939 and 1941 by the Russians and when captured by the Wehrmacht were given the designation 15,2 cm FH 443(r). The (r) means a captured Russian weapon. The projectile comes in its original wooden transit container and retains virtually all of its original paint and stenciling. The iron driving banded projectiles are painted green with a red band painted round the middle and are stenciled above the driving band and on the base IV. The projectile is stenciled in white A5532 152akr rj60/60-NP/23 ghs 0.15-1-50-60 AseV4 210460TM . The projectile is stamped on the reverse 00 761 13A ?? 7 44 (July 1944) . The projectile is fitted with a AZ23 percussion fuse and is stamped AZ23 orz43 and has a delay slot. The wooden transit container is stenciled in black Gesch.Kast. 152 Sprgr(r) and Herresmunitions. There is some remains of a original paper label affixed to the container. 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 1233

£495.00