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51mm Mortar

oktato

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Hi,

I really like this early model of the British 51mm HE mortar bomb - mainly because of the extravagant use of purple paint to denote experimental.

The early fuzes were variations on the 2" No.161 MK 4 fuze - the one on the mortar bomb is marked XL98E2 whereas the other two are just marked XL98.

I would be grateful for any information regarding the bottom left fuze - it is a different design but has the British "REMOVE BEFORE FIRING" imprint on the cap.

51mm Exp 1.jpg51mm exp 2.jpg

Cheers,

Gary
 
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