INERT DEACTIVATED. Rare, Unfired, German WW2, 2.8cm PzB 41 APT (Armour Piercing /Trace (tungsten cored)) Pzgr 41 Squeeze Bore Round. - O 2083 INERT DEACTIVATED. Rare, Unfired, German WW2, 2.8cm PzB 41 APT (Armour Piercing /Trace (tungsten cored)) Pzgr 41 Squeeze Bore Round. - O 2083 Other Ammunition

INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a rare unfired German WW2 2.8cm PzB 41 AP/T (Armour Piercing /Trace) Pzgr 41 tungsten cored squeeze bore round. The gun was designated the 2.8cm schwere Panzerbuche 41 or the heavy anti tank rifle. The round was designed on the Gerlich principle of squeezing a larger projectile to a reduced diameter thereby increasing the velocity and helping the round keep velocity by means of a smaller diameter. The gun was designed for use by Fallschirmjeger airborne troops and had a lightweight carriage on small rubber wheels. The projectile started at 28mm in diameter and was squeezed down to 20mm in the tapered rifled bore. The projectile had 2 collapsible flanges on it, the front one having air bleed holes to enable the projectile to be squeezed in the bore of the gun. The brass case has the following head stamp, P345 8a 1940 (1940 date) waffenampt. The case bears traces of the filling stencilling on the side and appears to have been filled in1940. The tungsten cored composite rigid projectile of the Gerlich type with a waisted belt around the centre of the projectile and air bleed holes on the top squeeze/driving band. See Hogg, German Artillery of World War Two, pages 189 – 190. 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 2083