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DEACTIVATED INERT. WW2, 1939 Dated, German, 7.9mm (7.9x94) Panzerbusche 38/39 Anti Tank Gun Armour Piercing Round. - O 2300 DEACTIVATED INERT. WW2, German, German anti-tank rifles originated back in 1917 with the Mauser 1918 T Gewehr, the world's first anti-tank rifle. The Germans developed this concept prior to the second world war, the cartridge used was essentially a necked down version of the earlier 13x92SR Mauser cartridge to 7.9mm used in the 1918 anti tank gun. This round was used in the 7.9mm Panzerbüchse 38, abbreviated Pzb 38 culminating with the Panzerbüchse 39 PzB 39 using a tungsten cored copper jacketed bullet. This is a 1939 dated round and the brass cartridge case is headstamped P (Polte Armaturen- u. Maschinenfabrik AG, Magdeburg) 13f 39 (1939 date) WaA700 waffenampt. The cartridge case is fitted with a brass primer held in with 3 stab crimps with a red coloured annulus. The copper jacketed bullet has a black tip 10mm long. See page 102 in Small Arms, Artillery and Special Weapons of the Third Reich, An Encyclopaedic Survey by Terry Gander and Peter Chamberlain. 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 2300 £275.00
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