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  | DEACTIVATED INERT. RARE, WW2, 1941 Dated,  German Unfired 10.5cm Flak (105 x 766R) High Explosive (HE) Round, For The 10.5cm Flak 38 & 39 Anti-aircraft Guns. - O 2089 DEACTIVATED INERT. This is a Rare, German unfired WW2, 1941 dated German 
10.5cm (105 x 766R) High Explosive (HE) round for the 10.5cm Flak 38 & 3 Anti-aircraft Guns. The gun was also used by the Kriegsmarine under the designation 10.5cm/65 DK C/33 and installed in the Bismark and other capital ships. Due to the weight of these guns, although mounted on a wheeled cruciform base, they were used in static locations due to their poor mobility.  
The projectile retains most of its original yellow painted finish and has two unfired copper (KPS) driving bands. And is stamped round the circumference  41 (1941 date)  DEV over CSS  48  KPS (bimetallic driving band (50% copper). The projectile is fitted with a steel Zt.Z.S/30Fg1 nose time fuze which is stamped round its circumference  Zt.Z.S/30Fg1  W  ccw  (Kuttroff, Gebr., Doubleketten- und Bijouteriefabrik, Pforzheim) 1944 (1944 date)  Waa873. This round has a steel cartridge which is head stamped  euk  awt 
(Wuerttembergische Metallwarenfabrik AG, Geislingen (Steige))  O  42 (1942 date). See page 173 – 176, 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.  O 2089
 £1,275.00
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