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DEACTIVATED INERT. 1984 Dated, Unfired, British BAT (Battalion Anti Tank) 120mm (120x790R) HESH/T (High Explosive Squash Head) Anti Tank Round. - O 2245 DEACTIVATED INERT. The L2 BAT (Battalion, Anti-Tank) was a 120 mm calibre recoilless anti-tank rifle used by the British Army. It was also produced in the MOBAT version without a gun shield, and the ConBAT version with a new spotting rifle attachment. The L6 Wombat version was lightened and used by mobile units such as paratroopers and marines. The BAT replaced the QF 17 pounder anti tank gun to become the standard anti-tank weapon of the Army in the post World War II era. The BAT and MOBAT were used until anti-tank guided missiles, such as Vigilant and MILAN, took their place in the 1960s. The WOMBAT remained in anti-tank platoons in Berlin to supplement MILAN until the late 1980s. This is a British, BAT (Battalion Anti Tank), 1984 dated 120mm (120x790R) HESH/T (High Explosive Squash Head) anti tank round. The unfired weighted projectile retains its original green painted finish and is stencilled in white round the circumference 120MM SX434 GF REP SX 369 GF HE SUB 21-9-76 CSR PROOF OF PROP. 010 GD 10/82. The projectile has a unfired copper driving band and an inert white painted tracer spigot. The projectile is stamped POP P SX 134 GE OT 83 RLB (Royal Laboratories) 8/84 (September 1984) A6621A. The brass cartridge case with a steel reinforced base has a blown out base due to the ammunition being recoilless. The brass base is is headstamped RLG 1958 QA1235 FW RLB 1959 QX 1387. The steel base of the cartridge case is stamped round the circumference RLB 1959 QX 1387 IGN L1A5 LOT 4 CY 2/60. The price includes UK delivery and no licence is required to possess this round in the UK if retained as part of a collection or display. O 2245 £475.00
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