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Tony
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Designed and used in WW1 and still in use circa 1932. Some links below will give the general idea. The last link shows a later round with the impact fuse exposed the copper cap could have been from either an early stokes or the later design after WW1.
http://www.militaryfactory.com/smallarms/detail.asp?smallarms_id=651 http://www.worldwar1.com/dbc/smortar.htm //www.google.co.uk/search?q=stokes+mortar+bomb&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=BWq_UqqsH8WthQeF_YHoBA&ved=0CDgQsAQ&biw=792&bih=453 http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30024236 http://riv.co.nz/rnza/hist/mortar/mort7.htm NO HOADIE I'm NOT that old! |
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You learn some thing new everyday it is a good day.
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Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts.
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ill agree with that , and it is indeed a good day , thanks everyone , im still curious what the OP has ?????????
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I had a blinding revelation whilst discussing the "cap" with Shamu! We're all totally wrong it's actually a " CEREAL OR SOUP BOWL FOR A GARDEN GNOME" Q HOADIE STAGE LEFT!!!
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Rottie (PitBulls dad.)
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And here I thought it was an officer's shot glass or cup.
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Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually
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Or a condom.
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Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts.
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Canuck
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Oh man, I could expand on that comment but I won't out of respect for all the gnomes who frequent this site....
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Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually
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Go a head, gnomes do not mind.
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