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INERT DEACTIVATED. German, WW2, 1943 Dated, 20mm Soluthern (20x138B) (Flak 30 & 38) Armour Piercing/Trace Round & Cardboard Transit Tube. - O 1931 INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a mint unfired 1943 dated WW2 German 20mm Armour Piercing/Trace (AP/T) round for the German 2cm Flak 30 and 38 anti-aircraft guns. The round is complete with its original cardboard transit tube. Although these guns were originally used as anti-aircraft guns, they could be used to great effect in close support ground fire. The round has a brown lacquered steel percussion primed cartridge case and is headstamped wg (Hasag, Hugo Schneider AG, Altenburg)146b 43 (1943 date) Waa836. The round is fitted with a steel armour piercing projectile with a tracer. The projectile retains all of its original black painted finish with a 6mm red band above the iron driving band signifying a tracer round. The projectile is stamped above the driving band eds (Zuendappwerke GmbH, Nuernberg) 22 d 43 (1943 date). The iron driving band is stamped with a waffenampt 386. The projectile is stencilled in white around its circumference wg (Hasag, Hugo Schneider AG, Altenburg) 623 43 (1943 date) 148g Zerl and a waffenampt stencil. Both projectile and cartridge case have no cracks. See Hogg, German artillery of World War Two, pages 144 – 148. 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. O 1931 £245.00
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