7.7 x 56R : ; Cartridge, SA, Ball, .303-inch, Mk 7
description
Physical description
sectioned cartridge
sectioned example, loaded with cupro-nickel jacketed bullets.
History note
Description: one of a series of sectioned inert cartridges prepared for display during the early days of the Imperial War Museum. In this case both the accompanying 'live' complete cartridge with a slightly modified rim to allow it to lie flat when mounted for display and the original caption are missing.
Instituted in the hope of avoiding war, appeasement was the name given to Britain’s policy in the 1930s of allowing Hitler to expand German territory unchecked. Most closely associated with British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, it is now widely discredited as a policy of weakness. Yet at the time, it was a popular and seemingly pragmatic policy.
