Lou
Well-Known Member
Ok,so Im browsing an auction site and stumble upon a "Jap Mine" for sale. The advertisment photos show the mine body,with what is obviously a Japanese type grenade fuze sticking out the top,with the top portion of a Japanese grenade also visable.So I gave it a shot,won the auction,it arrived.I took it out of the box,and after about an hour of wiggling,this grenade slid out of the fuze well.Someone had set the grenade in the fuze well of the mine with plumbers putty.
Everything cleaned up nice.No damage to either piece.
My question to you guys,do you think this was put together as a forgery/fake,a fantacy piece,or maybe as an example of a improvised munition?
Are there any stories of US or Japenese troops using mines or grenades in this fashion?
Everything cleaned up nice.No damage to either piece.
My question to you guys,do you think this was put together as a forgery/fake,a fantacy piece,or maybe as an example of a improvised munition?
Are there any stories of US or Japenese troops using mines or grenades in this fashion?