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**INERT**DEACTIVATED**WW2 & Korean War Era U.S. Army MK II A1/ MK 2 A1 Pineapple Fragmentation Hand Grenade By ‘S’ (Savage Arms Company) With 1946 Dated Eastman Kodak USA M200A1 Fuze & Lever Assembly & Original M41A1 Cardboard Transit Tube / Canister. - O 2401 **INERT**DEACTIVATED**The American MK II grenade is a fragmentation type anti-personnel hand grenade introduced by the U.S. armed forces in 1918. It was the standard issue anti-personnel grenade used during WW2. During Ww2 the MK2 A1 was introduced, a modification of the MK II and served the armed forces throughout WW2, Korea & Vietnam wars. The basic shape of the grenade was the same but without filler hole in the base of the grenade. This is an original, inert, deactivated, MK 2 A1 Pineapple hand grenade (see page 37 of The Grenade recognition Manual Vol. 1 by Lynn). This example has the correct segmented cast iron body correctly without filler hole in the base & its original green paint. The base has original stenciled white paint weapon number '7'. The body has cast manufacturer mark ‘S’ (Savage Arms Company). It has its original fuse cap lever and firing cap spring & pull ring with pin. The top of the lever is stamped ‘Fuze M200A1 Lot P-672-46 (1946) & ‘K within Circle’ maker mark (Eastman Kodak USA). The lever assembly can be unscrewed to reveal the hollow grenade casing. The grenade comes with its original cardboard transit tube / canister. The removeable tin lid and tin base of the tube are both embossed ‘Hand grenade MK II Cont. M41A1’. The price includes UK delivery. O 2401 (grenade shelf corridor) £295.00 |
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**INERT**DEACTIVATED**SCARCE**WW2 Japanese Army Type 89, 58mm High Explosive H.E. Mortor Round For Type 89 ‘Knee’ Mortors Strippable & Complete With Original Finish. O 2400 - O 2400 **INERT DEACTIVATED** The Type 89 Grenade Discharger, inaccurately and colloquially known as a knee mortar by Allied forces, (derived from the curved base plate) is a Japanese grenade launcher or light mortar that was widely used in the Pacific Ocean theatre of World War II. It could fire incendiary rounds, smoke rounds, and high-explosive rounds. This is a scarce WW2 Japanese type 89 high explosive mortor round (A diagram of a Type 89 Mortar round is illustrated on page 373 of a U.S. Army Technical Manual Japanese Explosive Ordnance and is reproduced in image 1 together with a period image of a Type 89 Mortar in during WW2). The explosive components of these rounds were: Main charge: TNT. Propellant: Nitrocellulose diphenylamine flaked powder. Our example has its all original finish, black over all with red band at nose and Yellow cylinder band (Navy examples were maroon colour all over). It has the correct Type 88 small instantaneous fuze. The body of this shell is made of three parts. The propellant base housing houses the propellant container and the percussion primer. The main shell base cover is threaded to the top section on one end and to the propellant housing on the other. The top section has an opening in the top to receive the fuze. On firing, the gases generated blow through the ports in the base housing, expanding the copper rotating band into the rifling of the discharger giving a gas seal and imparting rotation to the shell. The fuze, copper band, hollow casing & brass collar with pronged pin and pull string have Japanese kanji marks and numbers (all illustrated). The price for this scarce WW2 Japanese Mortar round includes UK delivery. NB No license is required to own this inert deactivated round in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. O 2400 (corridor shelf with fuzes) £750.00 |
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RARE **INERT**DEACTIVATED**WW2 German King Tiger 8.8cm (88 x 822R) (APCBCHE/T) Armour Piercing Ballistic Capped High Explosive / Trace Round (PzGr.39/43) For The King Tiger ll Tanks 88mm KwK43 Gun & PaK 43 Anti-Tank Gun. Sn 23436:4 - 23436:4 INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a rare unfired German WW2, 8.8cm (88x822R) (APCBCHE/T) Armour Piercing Capped Ballistic High Explosive/Trace Round (PzGr.39/43) round for the King Tiger II tanks 88mm KwK43 gun and in the PaK 43 anti-tank. The 8.8 cm KwK 43. Versions of this gun were also mounted in several German armoured vehicles under different designations, including the Tiger II, Elefant, Jagdpanther tanks and Nashorn tank destroyers. The copper washed steel cartridge case retains much of its original brass washed finish. The Armour Piercing Capped Ballistic Capped High Explosive Trace (PzGr.39/43) projectile retains much of its original black finish with a white painted tip to the ballistic cap and is fitted with 2 sintered iron driving bands. The side of the projectile is stencilled in white on both sides FES (sintered iron driving band). There are no visible headstamp markings. There are no cracks to the case mouth (see page 191 Hogg, German Artillery of World War Two). The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to own this inert round in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 23436:4 £1,975.00 |
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DEACTIVATED INERT. RARE, Unfired German, WW2, Panther V, 7.5cm (75 x 640R) Pzgr 39 APCBC/HE (Armour Piercing Capped, Ballistic Cap / High Explosive Round for the Panther (Panzer V) and Jagdpanzer IV, Sd.Kfz. 162 tank destroyer. O 2222 - O 2222 DEACTIVATED INERT. This is a rare, unfired, German WW2, 7.5cm (75 x 640R) Pzgr 39 APCBC/HE (Armour Piercing Capped, Ballistic Cap / High Explosive round for the Panther (Panzer V) tank KwK42 L/70 gun, Jagdpanzer IV, Sd.Kfz. 162 tank destroyer. The Panther was built later in WW2 as a replacement for the Panzer III & IV. This round has a steel case and is headstamped acw (Gold-u. Silberscheideanstalt Oberstein, Jdar-Oberstein) 5 87St 7. /42. The unfired Pzgr 39 projectile has a twin sintered iron driving bands. 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. O 2222 £1,325.00 |
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INERT DEACTIVATED. British, 1936 Dated, .455 Webley & Enfield Mark VI Revolvers 6 round service pack. O 2221 - O 2221 INERT DEACTIVATED. This is an original 1936 dated British military service pack of 6 x inert .455” cartridges for the Webley & Enfield Mk VI military revolvers. Loaded with a lead bullet, they bear the headstamp R L ll (Royal Laboratories Mark 2) 36 (date). The rounds are contained in their original buff paper wrapper where the rounds are individually separated by a concertinaed piece of paper. The buff paper wrapper is printed in green on the front 6 CARTRIDGES REVOLVER .455 INCH MK II R a crowfoot L 31 12 36F A CROWFOOT I.S.A.A. This is an original and complete pack in excellent condition. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess these inert rounds in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. O 2221 £125.00 |
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INERT DEACTIVATED. WW1 1917 Dated No.23 MK llI Mills Hand Grenade by J.G.W. (James Gibbons, Wolverhampton). O 2220 - O 2220 INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a nice WW1, September 1917 dated No.23 MK llI Mills hand grenade by James Gibbons of Wolverhampton. The grenade was first introduced in 1916 and declared obsolete in 1918, being replaced by the number 36 Mills grenade. The grenade has cast into the front under the filling hole JGW (James Gibbons Wolverhampton) and has the mould letter 6 cast into it under the fly off handle. The cast iron base plug is screwed for a rifle grenade rod and has cast into it No 23 MK llI 9 17 (September 1917) J.G.W (James Gibbons Wolverhampton). The grenade is fitted with the correct fly off lever, brass filling plug and large safety pin ring. See pages 73-79 in ‘GRENADE’ British & Commonwealth Hand & Rifle Grenades by Rick Landers. No licence is required to possess this inert grenade items in the UK if retained as part of a collection or displays. The price includes UK delivery. O 2220 £325.00 |
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DEACTIVATED INERT. WW2, German Tiger 1 Tank, 1943 Dated, Unfired 88mm (88 x 571R) High Explosive (HE) Round for the 88mm Tiger 1 KWK 36 tank gun and the Flak 18 Towed Anti-aircraft/Tank and Naval Guns. Sn 23347 - 23347 DEACTIVATED INERT. This is an unfired WW2 German 88mm (88 x 571R) High Explosive Round for the Tiger 1 tanks KWK 36 L/56 gun and the 88mm Flak 18 towed anti-aircraft/tank gun. The gun was also fitted to various German naval vessels. These guns had formidable power both in range and hitting power throughout the war. This unfired round has a steel cartridge case and is headstamped At 154 faa 43 (1943 date) 8,8 Flak 18 (8,8 – 30St. The steel cartridge case retains most of its original grey lacquered finish. The steel high explosive projectile retains much of its original yellow painted finish and has two sintered iron (FES) driving bands. The projectile is stamped round its circumference PJ 22 WAANA 10. The round is fitted with a steel AZ23/28 nose impact fuze and has a delay screw on the side. The fuze is stamped round its circumference AZ23/28 feu (Krone Presswerke GmbH, Berlin) 43 (1943 dated). 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 23347 £595.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (27/04) DEACTIVATED INERT. British Boer War Era, Hotchkiss 37mm (37 x 94R) Pom Pom Base Fused HE (High Explosive) Round. Sn 23384:1 - 23384:1 DEACTIVATED INERT. This is an early British, Boer War Era 37mm (37 x 94R) Pom Pom base fused HE (High Explosive) round made by Benjamin B. Hotchkiss. The Hotchkiss revolving cannon was a rotating barrel weapon invented in 1872 by Benjamin B Hotchkiss who was the founder of Hotchkiss & Co and used his monogram BHB. The gun was used by the British as the 1 Pounder Maxim Pom Pom in the late 1880s and was used to great effect in the Boer War as did the Boers with their German made 1 pounder pom pom guns. The brass cartridge case bears no headstamp and is fitted with a copper percussion primer held in with a single ring crimp. The projectile has two narrow driving bands and is fitted with a brass screw in base fuze which bears the BHB (Benjamin B Hotchkiss) monogram stamped on it. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to retain this inert round in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 23384:1 £0.00 |
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SOLD SOLD (28/04) INERT DEACTIVATED. WW2 Japanese Type 91, 50mm Strippable & Complete Grenade with the Type 89 Knee Mortor Launching Cartridge. Sn 23383 - 23383 INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a scarce WW2 Japanese type 91 high explosive hand grenade that has the type 89 knee mortor launching cartridge fitted. This grenade was the same as the type 97 grenade but with a threaded base which accepted the screw in launching cartridge. The type 91 grenade was interchangeable with the type 89 mortor round. This grenade could also be hand thrown as per the normal grenade by pulling the string on the fuzes safety pin. This grenade has a segmented cast iron body and is strippable into all of its components including its brass liner to the mortor screw on steel propellent holder. The brass fuse casing is screwed into the cast iron top of the grenade and is complete with all of its parts including its string pull cord. The interior of the mortor includes the copper gaine tube shroud and card washer that waterproofs the interior of the grenade before being fuzed. The base of the grenade is fitted with the screw in steel launching cartridge which still retains its brass propellant cup. The price includes UK delivery and no license is required to possess this inert hand grenade in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 23383 £0.00 |
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INERT DEACTIVATED. *MINT* German Late WW2 Model 1924 Stielhandgranate (M24) Stick Grenade. O 2219 - O 2219 INERT DEACTIVATED. This is an original near mint German late WW2 Model 1924 Stielhandgranate (M24) stick grenade. The grenade is in excellent condition and retains much of its original green painted finish. The grenade was the standard hand grenade of the German army in WW2 and was an improvement on the First World War German M16 stick grenade. This grenade was manufactured in late WW2 consists of a pressed steel high explosive head screwed onto a threaded steel collar secured by four stab indents into the wooden throwing shaft which is roughly machined. The other end of the wooden shaft has a pressed steel threaded collar secured by four stab crimps to which a threaded pressed steel screw on cap was attached. To arm the grenade, the steel base cap was unscrewed and the porcelain ball secured to the primer string was pulled before throwing the grenade. The porcelain ball and string are present. The grenades head has been deactivated by drilling a small hole in the side of the head near the base and then welding it up (illustrated). The price for this late WW2 stick grenade includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess this grenade in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. O 2219 £495.00 |
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