Can you identify this please

[A13XDB]

This was found in the River Ouse at St Ives Cambridgeshire next to the bridge on Saturday 15th Aug.

In the photo you can see what I guess is the business end. It is approximately 5" long, 3" in diameter, pineappled on the outside.

Overall the item was 15" long with a tube shaft from the business end leading to some fins, only two remained onthe item.

 

[paul the grenade]

thats a 1ww german Granatwerfer bomb!
Wonder what it was doing in the river ouse??:tinysmile_eyebrow_t
http://www.paul-spence1964.com/German7.html

 

[Dave83]

yes thats right

yes it should be an german ''Taube '' mortar M16 round !!
WW1 !!

regards David

 

[A13XDB]

Better photo

There is a better pho of it here.

http://www.huntspost.co.uk/content/hunts/news/story.aspx?brand=HPTOnline&category=News&tBrand=HertsCambsOnline&tCategory=newslatestHPT&itemid=WEED17%20Aug%202009%2009%3A43%3A42%3A120

 

[A13XDB]

How?

How would it have got there?
Dropped by aircraft?
Discarded by returning troops?

 

[Dave83]

here are one pic of this mortar round !!

Here are one pic of this german mortar round !!

Maybe after the war the there was a lot of droping remaining waepons and amo into the seas and rivers may because of this this round was laying in the river !!


best regards David

 

[A13XDB]

Strange that German munitions would end up in a town in Cambridgeshire, not that it floats!!

:tinysmile_eyebrow_t

 

[Falcon]

It was most likely a souvenir bought back by a soldier. Either they or someone who found it between WW1 and now decided that they wanted to get rid of it by throwing it in the river.

 

[poiskovik]

Look there, There is mortar ar mortar bomb too.
Photo from Latvian War museum.