INERT DEACTIVATED. Rare, WW1, 1915 Dated, 7.6cm Minenwerfer Gas Shell Round. - O 2260 INERT DEACTIVATED. Rare, WW1, 1915 Dated, 7.6cm Minenwerfer Gas Shell Round. - O 2260 Other Ammunition

INERT DEACTIVATED. The 7.6cm Minerwerfer was the smallest round fired by the German series of Minenwrfer trench mortors in WW1. The round was self contained with the primer and propellant in the base of the round. The mortor had a rifled bore and the projectile had a pre engraved driving band at the bottom in copper on the earlier rounds being copper which was later replaced by aluminum due to copper shortage. This is rare gas shell for the 7.6cm Minenwerfer with blow out holes at the top of the projectile which were plugged with blow out cores during manufacture. The projectile has an alloy driving band and is fitted with the early time and percussion mark 1 brass L.W.M.Zdr (light Meinwerfer fuze) which is stamped round the circumference L.W.M.Zdr 1915 (date) & the makers mark RB in an oval. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess this round in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. O 2260