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russian 50m/m mortar round ,etc...

Thank you all for these pictures. Here is a small collection of specimens I acquired at Chatham and Beltring.

Tony.
 

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More Soviet 50mm mortar bombs

Here are some more Soviet 50mm mortar bombs.
 

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Mortar in the second from the left [50mm mle.38 francaise], his painting is HE grenade?
Orange head means TNT ?

I have a two grenade 81mm stockes-brandt [francaise production] with this painting. One was a small cargo smoke? cover rubber and fragmentation cork.


Thanks

Sorry for my low English.
Regards
 
Przemek said:
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Mortar in the second from the left [50mm mle.38 francaise], his painting is HE grenade?
Orange head means TNT ?

I have a two grenade 81mm stockes-brandt [francaise production] with this painting. One was a small cargo smoke? cover rubber and fragmentation cork.


Thanks

Sorry for my low English.
Regards
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Hi:
Yes, but it is yellow. The standard colour for HE, (High Explosive), was yellow. With more than 60 years it turned a little orange.
 
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