INERT DEACTIVATED. Unfired, British, 1967 Dated 120mm LII APDS/T (Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot/Trace) Projectile. Sn - 22997 INERT DEACTIVATED. Unfired, British, 1967 Dated 120mm LII APDS/T (Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot/Trace) Projectile. Sn - 22997 Various Other Ammunition

INERT DEACTIVATED. The Royal Ordnance L11A5, officially designated Gun, 120 mm, Tank L11 is a 120 mm L/55 rifled tank gun design. The gun was the second 120 mm calibre tank gun in service with British Army and was the first of NATO's 120 mm main battle tank guns which became the standard calibre for Western tanks in the later period of the Cold War. The gun was designed in 1957 and introduced in service in 1966 in the Chieftain main battle tank. This gun was later modified and fitted to the Challenger tank. This is an unfired 120mm APDS/T (Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot/Trace) projectile and consists of a tungsten core sheathed in steel, fitted inside a light alloy sabot or sheath. Upon firing, the sabot is discarded and the reduced calibre projectile with trace carries on to the target. This projectile is complete with all nylon bore bands and the rear rubber sealing ring. The projectile retains all its original black painted finish and its stencilled in white round its circumference 120mm TK LII APDS L15A LOT 88 SUB. LOT E RLB (Royal Laboratories) 3 – 67 (March 1967) 39. The projectile also has a purple stripe on the side of the sabot which indicates a trials or experimental projectile, the round being introduced into British service in 1967. The projectile is stamped on the base RLB (Royal Laboratories) 2/67 (February 1967) 88E D I 1001 120MM APDS SX139GE. 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 22997