INERT DEACTIVATED. MINT, WW2 1943 Dated American 57mm (57x480R) Armour Piercing (AP) Drill Round For The 57mm M1 Anti-tank Gun. - 19530:2 INERT DEACTIVATED. MINT, WW2 1943 Dated American 57mm (57x480R) Armour Piercing (AP) Drill Round For The 57mm M1 Anti-tank Gun. - 19530:2 Other Ammunition

INERT DEACTIVATED. This is a mint condition WW2 1943 dated American 57mm Armour Piercing Explosive (AP) drill round for the American M1 anti-tank gun which was adopted from the British 6pr 7cwt anti-tank gun in 1941. This American gun was issued in 1943 to its ground troops. The black painted projectile was originally manufactured as an armour piercing projectile and reused in this drill round. The projectile is stenciled round its circumference 57MM M22 DRILL CARTRIDGE and has a copper driving band. The driving band is stamped round its circumference 57G M1 & 6 PR 7CWT, DRILL CARTRIDGE M22. Above this has a cancelled out stamping LOT 261 -23137-30 10-42 (October 1942 date) MY Co 57MM M70 and an inspection stamp. The lacquered steel cartridge case is stenciled on the side 1943 57 M.M. M23AB1 LOT CB 1 – 2. The steel cartridge case was used instead of a brass one due to its resilience to wear and damage. The projectile is held in the cartridge case by a neck crimp and a threaded steel bar screwed into a round nut where the primer would have been. See Hogg, British and American Artillery of World War 2, pages 85 to 86. The price includes UK delivery and no license is required to possess inert rounds in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. Sn 19530:2