INERT DEACTIVATED. Rare, Unfired, 155MM NATO FH70 Quarter Sectioned Instruction Illumination Projectile. - O 1998 INERT DEACTIVATED. Rare, Unfired, 155MM NATO FH70 Quarter Sectioned Instruction Illumination Projectile. - O 1998 Other Ammunition

INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a rare unfired 155mm NATO illumination projectile that has had a quarter section taken out of it for instruction purposes. The FH70 gun was developed by Vickers and Rheinmetall and was introduced into service in 1976 and used a bagged charge system for the propellant. The 155mm rounds are widely used in NATO guns including the FH70, M777 howitzer the French Caeser, M109 and the German Panzerhaubitze 2000. The projectile has a steel body and a copper driving band with the interior showing the inner workings of the round. The nose fuzed round shows the inner workings of the projectile including the illumination container and the dark green parachute. The exterior of the round is painted in dark green with a 1 inch white band near the nose. See pages195-217, Janes Ammunition Handbook, 1st Edition 1993 – 4. No licence is required to possess inert rounds in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. Delivery is to the U.K. only at cost and by arrangement. O 1998