40mm Drill Round, 40mm Bofors N2 Drill Round, Not known

Physical description

Chrome plated solid tapered cylinder replicating an actual 40mm artillery round. Three indents evenly spaced around the cylinder 50mm from the base. A further three smaller tear-drop shaped indents are evenly space around the cylinder 250mm from the base and corresponding to the larger indents. The indents are painted red. The base is a milled protuding rim on the shellcase with some inscriptions on the underside. Between the base of the shellcase
and the milled rim is an indented space around the cylinder.

Inscriptions & markings

Numbers and letters stamped into the underside of the base as follows:
40 MM N2 DRILL in 7mm high letters highlighted with red infill.
9-58 in 4mm high numbers highlighted with red infill.
5mm Circle containing letters BM on either side of a larger T.
Defence arrow symbol with equal sides and shaft.
3mm circle containing the letters KW.

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