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Italian 81mm M35 mortar bombe with Yugo post WWII markings

al'saad

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Couple of days ago I found an Italian 81mm mortar bomb marked according to Yugoslav marking standards. Bomb is designated as M48, but don't let it misguide you as Yugoslavia was using other model of mortar bombs marked as M48 or M48P1 which were Soviet 82mm O832D bombs repaired in Yugoslavia and fitted with UT M45P1 fuse which was duraluminum made of Soviet brass B-45-T. Some of the mines O832D used in Yugoslavia in late 40's...post WWII were fitted with Italian fuses IR81 and Soviet MP.

Markings on found are in cyrilic:

TREN. MINA M48
ZA
82MM MINOBACAČE

TV 5902-1

INSTANTANEOUS MINE M48
FOR
82MM MORTARS

TV 5902-1 (TITO VOGOŠĆA-ordnance factory near Sarajevo, 59-year of reparation, 02-series of reparation, -1 party of reparation)
 

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This is a very interesting find. Do you have any documents that talk about markings used in former Yugoslavia? Maybe even with some details about factories as you wrote.
 
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