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Finnish 81 mm mortar ?
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Dmitriy1901
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"....or practice version." 
Found a website about finnish ammo : http://www.pohjanprikaatinkilta.fi/PohPr/aseet/81KRH38.htm
But there àre not much pictures or documents
But there àre not much pictures or documents
The shell have a markings?
This alu fuzes useds in PL, exported a lot to Spain 1936/39.
Shell with holes as on your photo [with wood plugs and sealing] used in PL with double effect 22/31 fuzes.
They were found on the training/test ground, with a other types of "observation/smoke" shells 81 mm Polish construction model 1936 and m. 1939 [other construction - with demountable head (similar to German 8 cm wgr 38 deut and 8 cm wgr 39]).
This alu fuzes useds in PL, exported a lot to Spain 1936/39.
Shell with holes as on your photo [with wood plugs and sealing] used in PL with double effect 22/31 fuzes.
They were found on the training/test ground, with a other types of "observation/smoke" shells 81 mm Polish construction model 1936 and m. 1939 [other construction - with demountable head (similar to German 8 cm wgr 38 deut and 8 cm wgr 39]).