2'inch EARLY FLATEPLATE Mortar...

[Rafail]

Guess what guys,

we found in the village an early scarce example of this type....
At the moment it is undergoing restoration in Malta.

It is completely rusted and stuck.. nothing moves and the tube is filled up with hard material...
Not a live item...

Enjoy!!

 

[BMG50]

Can't seem to see any picture. How is the restoration to date?

 

[spotter]

Can't seem to see any picture. How is the restoration to date?

The image is showing on here for me but its uploaded via an off site image hoster which could be causing the problem of not been visible to some as we do not have any image blocking in place for images hosted off site ,but this is a good example of why we dont recommend it.

heres a copy for you which ive photosnatched

 

[BMG50]

Thanks Allan much appreciated. Don't see many of these base plate 2inch mortars about, anyone know if there are any drawings blue prints of this base plate.

 

[Rafail]

:tinysmile_shy_t: ..... OH !! NICE SOMEONE DIG THAT UP!

well a good opportunity to show off this a bit... its an MKVII 1943, different handle and trigger system..
was pretty much in the same condition.. took more than a year to restore..

the first one is still undergoing restoration process..

 

[butterfly]

Do you have any 'before' photos of this one?
Superb restoration, looks to be in excellent shape now, well done, thanks for showing.

regards Kev

 

[BMG50]

What a fantastic transformation, i wish i could get my hands on a baseplate for the 2 inch mortar, i am sure there is a pile somewhere. I do like your 2 inch smoke as well. Do you find much 2 inch stuff from you part of Europe.

 

[Rafail]

Thank you Guys!

i really wanted to share since these are not very common over the internet... i guess i am glad i have 2....
unfortunately i don't have any photo prior, but i can tell you it was very similar with the above...

its not easy to find items here in general... the law is different than rest of Europe and militaria sales are a grey zone...
deacs can be bought but they need special license and treated as live ones... also British stuff was mostly sold-scrapped in the 80's 90's...
back in the day you could find not bad deacs by the army, British MG, SMG, rifles, in the flea market but nowadays it is impossible...

my examples where both found on different mountains with a 3 year time difference.. both where/are treated by gunsmith and and registered and permanently made inert.

another photo with the correct strap for the tube... now i am looking for a cleaning kit and a web muzzle cover...

 

[BMG50]

Do you have any close up pictures of your smoke bomb, looks like a really nice mint example.

 

[Rafail]

yep. i was really glad to find one in such a great condition.

 

[BMG50]

Beauty of a smoke bomb, interesting how you got to remove the end cap. Thanks for show such a nice piece.

 

[Rafail]

it seems like a straight cut. There are no threads or some kind of snap to close/
My guess is the one who made it inert made a cut right where the cap fits the main body.