Russian Unfired, 57mm (57x348SR) HET (High Explosive Tracer) Quarter Sectioned Round For The S-60 Anti-Aircraft Gun & ZSU-57-2 Anti-Aircraft Self Propelled Gun. - O 1853 Russian Unfired, 57mm (57x348SR) HET (High Explosive Tracer) Quarter Sectioned Round For The S-60 Anti-Aircraft Gun & ZSU-57-2 Anti-Aircraft Self Propelled Gun. - O 1853 Other Ammunition

The Russian S-60 anti-aircraft gun which started its development in 1945 and entered service in the early 1950s. The gun was also used in a two barrelled turret in the ZSU-57-2 tank a self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon against fast low flying ground attack aircraft from its introduction in 1957. The gun which is fed by a 4 round clip is still being used by the Ukrainian Army to provide indirect artillery support. This is a quarter sectioned high explosive tracer (HET) round which has been sectioned for instructional purpose showing the internals of the round including the inert propellant and high explosive filling. The brass cartridge case is headstamped 8 over 59 (August 1958) and 2 in an oval. The steel screw in percussion primer is stamped K-W-5U and 21 on an oval. The cartridge case is stencilled in black UOR 281U 57-5 60 SW 1/87-381 07-87-6 F . The steel projectile has a wide grooved copper driving band with a grey painted finish. The projectile is stencilled round its circumference in black A-IX-2 and OR-281U. The price of this round includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess inert rounds in the UK if retained as a part of a collection or display. O 1853