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It has a lever operated firing pin....I have one, it has a WaA popped on the leveling bubble cover, so it must have been German used. I am curious whether they could use the standard German 5cm mortar round in it....
Here are some pics of my demilled mortar....there are two leveling bubbles which I am not sure are original to the French versions...the one on the base seems to have been added, while the one on the tube fits into a pre-existing dovetail. Also took shots of the "trigger" lever and some overall shots for you..
I see now. Maybe just a German Inspector marked it with the "OK Eagle" for service in the German Army. Congratulations, it is an extremelly nice piece and thank you for the photos.
Hello,
I have just aquired a 60mm WW2 French mortar round which looks similar to yours. Could anyone let me have some info on this? (It's definitely 60mm). I would particularly like to see a section or a drawing of the workings.
Many thanks in advance,
navyman.
Only use of the standard 5cm french round.
For information :
two differents models of fins exist
* the aluminium fins like these on the pictures before
* and the steel fins , less common , perhaps made by the germans .
These 5cm mortar shells were also used as antipersonal mines , without fins and fuzed with a chemical buck german mine fuze.
that's true, kz11gr this one stripped down to a so called W-1 , a Reibznder West or the similar brass adapter with M 10x1 thread for other types of pull-fuzes will also fit.
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