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INERT DEACTIVATED. The Oerlikon KAA/5TG cannon used in a manually-controlled mounting built by BMARC (British Manufacture and Research Company) under the designation A41/820 and was developed from the original Oerlikon cannon that armed many allied ships during WW2 as an anti-aircraft gun. The gun was installed on many British warships after lessons learnt in the Falklands War. This is a British made Oerlikon KAA/5TG, APCR (Armour Piercing Composite Rigid) round with a 1/4 section cut out to reveal its tungsten carbide penetrator which is contained in the alloy projectile. The alloy projectile has a copper driving band and is not fitted with a tracer element. The green coloured steel cartridge case is screwed in the base for a screw in primer and is headstamped 191 BM (British Marco) 82 (1982 date) Oe (Oerlikon). See Jane's Ammunition Handbook: Ninth Edition 2000-2001 edited by Terry J. Gander and Ian Hogg pages 45 – 46. The price includes U.K. delivery and no licence is required to possess this inert round in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. O 1993