mortar shell 81mm id

[jhonni \]

What do you think about this shell?
Italian? On body marking: "AMATOLO 81"
Shell the same as French 81mm.
Fuse french type, but i don't know what model of this..
In Russian manual this fuse have name "U2-00".
I know "U2-00" but with body in brass only...

 

[Yodamaster]

Italian 81 mm mortar

Here some info, in french evidently. Sorry.

Yoda

 

[jhonni \]

Very interesting!
Thanks for diagram Yoda!!

Marking on Italian language, fuse unknown model....
Italien shell?
May be this shell's was captured from French depot's by Germany?

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[Yodamaster]

Fuze V18 and V18I

Docs I have found
The pics are of V18, the drawing of V18I.
The difference is V18 you have a selector for SQ or Delay, V18I is only instantaneous.

 

[Yodamaster]

Italian fuze Seta 81 I-R

Italian SETA 81 I-R

 

[US-Subs]

It's definitely Italian. The color code its for Italian HE (around 1916-1950), the fuze is an Italian copy of the French.