81mm Mortar Round Wrench Spanner?

[tokarev]

Helol all. I have in my collection a L54A1 illuminating mortar round (completely inert of course).

As the paint is very poor, I intend to strip its finish, polish it, and probably section it.

Is there an easy way of removing the nose (timer?) without a specialist wrench tool?

 

[Andysarmoury]

Hi, I have never been able to get one off without destroying it your better off leaving it be, the only way I have removed one is by cutting the body but thats only ok if you have two too make one if you get what i mean, hear is a pic of a couple I have

 

[tokarev]

Hi, I have never been able to get one off without destroying it your better off leaving it be, the only way I have removed one is by cutting the body but thats only ok if you have two too make one if you get what i mean, hear is a pic of a couple I have

wow, they are really nice.

With these mortar rounds, are the holes at the top for accepting some sort of tool for unscrewing the nose fuze 'in the field' or are they factory fitted and unremoveable?

 

[Andysarmoury]

Hi Tokarev, yes the holes are there for fitting it with a tool and would have been fitted at the factory i would have thought, good luck with yours.
Andy