Help Needed: 2" Smoke Discharger Round

[bacarnal]

I'm trying to find any information on the 2" smoke round used in the discharger used on American WWII tanks. I can't find it in any of my pubs, so any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Bruce.

 

[spotter]

Do you have a copy of TM 9-1901 if so go to pages 79 to 82 .. I believe the document is also in the downloads section somewhere if you dont already have a copy
short extract to see if this is what your looking for ..."The 2" mortar M3 is the same as the 2-inch british bomb thrower Mk1 .It is used on tanks to project smoke bombs"

 

[Bonnex]

In 1945 Canadian Military HQ in London produced a number of subject guides and there is one on Mortars and Projectors. Unfortunately these guides were classified Secret and printed on acid-rich paper, and the original text and images are poor to start with. Combining these factors make these guides hard to find. The volume on Mortars and Projectors covers all equipments from those countries that the Canadian ordnance guys were likely to run into. So the US 2-inch Mortar M3 features and "is the same as the 2-inch British Bomb Thrower Mark I"

Under Ammunition it says
"The round authorised for use in the MORTAR, 2-inch, M3 (or BRITISH BOMB-THROWER, 2-inch, Mk I* - steel jointed for tanks) is Bomb, smoke, Mk I/L, 2-inch mortar, M3, complete round"

It identifies a reference as " US War Dept Technical Manual TM 9-293, 8 Nov 1943.

Regulations for Army Ordnance Services describes the British Smoke bombs (including WP) used in British BTs (Copy attached).

Note the comments on North American Production. Ignore the line throughs which were added when the bomb went obsolete.

Some way to go yet but I hope this helps.




View attachment RAOS-BTextract 1.pdfView attachment RAOS-BTextract 2.pdf

 

[bacarnal]

Thanks, both SPOTTER and Bonnex. This really helps. Finding a bunch of them where we are at and I thought I knew what they were but this confirms it. Cheers, Bruce.