INERT DEACTIVATED. Rare Unfired German WW2 King Tiger 8.8cm (88 x 822R) High Explosive (HE) Round for the KwK43 Gun And the PaK43 Anti Tank Guns complete with its Original Wooden Transit Case. Sn - 22308 INERT DEACTIVATED. Rare Unfired German WW2 King Tiger 8.8cm (88 x 822R) High Explosive (HE) Round for the KwK43 Gun And the PaK43 Anti Tank Guns complete with its Original Wooden Transit Case. Sn - 22308 Other Ammunition

INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a rare, unfired German WW2 King Tiger and PaK 43 ani tank gun, 8.8cm (88 x 822R) High Explosive (HE) round complete with its original wooden transit case for the KwK43 tank and PaK 43 anti tank guns. The 8.8 cm KwK 43. versions of this gun were mounted in a number of German armored vehicles under different designations, including the Tiger II, Elefant, Jagdpanther tanks and Nashorn tank destroyers. The round has a steel cartridge case with two ring crimps to the case mouth. The high explosive projectile is fitted with two sintered iron driving bands. The round is fitted with a steel AZ23 nose impact fuze which retains much of its original green painted finish. The fuze has a delay screw on the side and is stamped round its circumference AZ23 awl (Union-Gesellschaft fur Metallindustrie, Sils Van de Loo & Company, Werk Werl, Frondenberg/Rhur) 43 (1943 date). The lid of the wooden transit case is stenciled in black 8,8cm Pzgr. 38/43. The front of the case is stenciled Kwk.43 Pattr. 8,8 cm Pak 43 u.43/1/2 Pak. 43/41. There is also a white paper label at the front of the case 8,8cm Pzgr Patr 38/43 2-44 (February 1944 date) Kw.K.43 Pk43 und 43/1/2/3 Pak 43/41. The wooden transit cases lid is secured by two steel clamps and two steel hinges. There is damage to one end of the packing box. See page 162 – 170, Hogg, German Artillery of World War Two. 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. Sn 22308